India

New Delhi, Apr 10: They are hostile neighbours widely seen by many as competing to have a bigger nuclear arsenal. However, after its first nuclear test in 1974, India offered to share nuclear technology with Pakistan. In her statement to Indian Parliament after the tests on July 22, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said she had told her Pakistani counterpart, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, that New Delhi would

New Delhi, Apr 9: Even though the US establishment struggled during the Emergency to read Indira Gandhi's political moves, it seemed to have had a source in the Gandhi household between 1975 and 1977. According to the latest cables released by Wikileaks, on a few instances the dispatches from the US Embassy in New Delhi repeatedly refers to a "household" source and "sources close to the PM's

New Delhi, Apr 8: A private jet carrying BJP President Rajnath Singh and senior leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley made an emergency landing today at Delhi airport after it developed problems in its auto-pilot system. The BJP leaders were flying to Bangalore to address an election rally there but the plane made an emergency landing nine minutes after taking off this morning, sources told PTI

Hyderabad, Apr 8: Pakistan is "a fake country", and one day will reunite with India along with Bangladesh, Press Council of India chairperson Justice (Retd) Markandey Katju said here today. He also said that whereas today an overwhelming majority of Hindus and Muslims were "communal", it was not so a century ago. "A fake country was created in the name of Pakistan. It is an artificially created

Hyderabad, Apr 7: India is passing through a transition period from feudal to a modern society as witnessed in Europe, and media has to play an active role, says Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju on Saturday criticised the media for projecting non-issues and deceiving people instead of highlighting real problems affecting the

Colombo, Apr 6: At least 25 Indian fishermen have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly poaching in the country's waters. Naval spokesman Commander Kosala Warnakulasuriya said that the fishermen were arrested last night off the coast of Karainagar in the northern Jaffma penisula for violating Sri Lanka's international maritime boundary. Their six trawlers were also seized. They were

Hyderabad, April 5: The Press Council of India (PCI) Friday asked the Tamil Nadu chief minister to suspend 30 policemen involved in the illegal arrest of an editor of a daily nearly three years ago, or resign. Taking serious note of the government's inability to comply with earlier orders in the case, PCI chairman Markanday Katju directed the state administration to immediately suspend

New Delhi, Apr 5: President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected mercy petitions of three mass murderers and a rapist-killer confirming death sentences awarded to the convicts. Uttar Pradesh's Gurmeet Singh, convicted of killing 13 members of a family, and Suresh and Ramji who were found guilty of killing five relatives over a property dispute, are among those whose clemency has been rejected. Unlike his

Mumbai, April 4: After seeking pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt and Zaibunissa Kazi, found guilty in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, retired Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju is set to launch an NGO to offer justice to poor and helpless people. The NGO, "The Court of Last Resort" will be headquartered in New Delhi, and have branches in the states. It will be inaugurated formally April 15, at a

New Delhi, Apr 4: "These are irrelevant questions. It's all smoke." This was how Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today described speculation about his becoming the Prime Minister and getting married while addressing business barons of the country. "I got press guys asking when you are getting married. Somebody else saying, boss, when are you going to be the Prime Minister. Somebody saying, no