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New Delhi, Apr 12: Amid strong reservations within the party over Narendra Modi's much-speculated projection as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, the two-day national meet of JD-U beginning here tomorrow is set to bring the spotlight back on NDA's next candidate for the top post. The national executive and national council meeting of JD(U) will also see a formal announcment of Sharad Yadav as the

Ahmedabad, Apr 12: Everyone likes followers. On Wednesday, when chief minister Narendra Modi's Twitter account touched one million followers, he tweeted, "A million followers! These are not mere numbers but it signifies your love and affection. Heartfelt thanks to you all". However, all the love and affection Modi is overwhelmed with might not be all genuine. Modi, who is often accused by Congress

New Delhi, Apr 12: In a breather for Vodafone and Idea Cellular, the Delhi High Court today restrained the Centre from taking any "coercive steps" against the telecom majors which have been asked to pay penalty of Rs 550 crore and Rs 300 crore respectively for providing 3G services outside their circles without requisite licences. Justice Rajiv Shakdher, referring to a Supreme Court order on a

New Delhi, Apr 12: The Supreme Court today dismissed condemned prisoner and Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF) terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar's plea for commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment on ground of delay in deciding his mercy plea. Delivering the verdict in a packed court room, a bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhaya said that the petitioners failed to make

New Delhi, Apr 12: The domestic auto industry is foxed with the latest demand from the European Union — to allow zero duty import of cars. The proposal, which has come at the behest of the German lobby that includes global giants like Mercedes, BMW and Audi, has so far been resisted by the government but it has set off fresh fears in the industry that the government may agree to cut tariffs to as

New Delhi, Apr 11: There were three assassination attempts on Sanjay Gandhi, a key figure during the Emergency, including one where a high powered rifle was used when the leader was visiting Uttar Pradesh, a US cable outed by WikiLeaks has claimed. In a September 1976 dispatch, the US embassy reported the then prime minister Indira Gandhi's younger son was targeted by an unknown assailant in a

New Delhi, Apr 10: The Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence awarded to four persons for burning two men to death during 1984 anti-Sikh riots. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and M Y Eqbal turned down the plea of the convicts that they could not be held guilty of murder as the body was not recovered by the Delhi police and there was delay in lodging FIR in the case. "It is well-settled that

New Delhi, Apr 10: "Delhi is not a safe place," West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday, as she abruptly cut short her three-day visit here cancelling her appointments with the Prime Minister and the finance minister. "Today, I was supposed to have a meeting with the finance minister... but I am returning to Kolkata. I was unwell since last evening and had to be administered

New Delhi, Apr 10: It's the ultimate irony. While travellers are waiting for really low fares from AirAsia India, Indian carriers are waiting for it to begin operations so that they can increase their ancillary revenue by charging more for things like check-in baggage. Indian carriers have been planning to reduce the current domestic free check-in baggage allowance of 20 kg to 15 kg. But the only

New Delhi, Apr 10: Ahead of his visit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he intends to seek greater business ties with Germany as India continues to take steps to boost domestic investments, attract foreign capital and spur the economy back to its long-term growth potential of eight per cent. Singh, who left for Berlin on a three-day visit, said Germany is also a key partner for India in