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New Delhi, December 14: The government has rejected former CBI director US Mishra's allegation that he faced political pressure when he was investigating the disproportionate assets case against former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BSP chief Mayawati. "As far as CBI is concerned, it is an independent organisation that has been working within its domain and (there is) no political interference

New Delhi, December 14: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today said the government will take some more steps in the next few weeks to revive the economy and boost investment sentiments. "I am confident that the steps we have taken, and some more steps that we will take in the next few weeks, will help turn the Indian economy around," he said addressing the 'Delhi Economics Conclave' here. In the

Godhra, December 14: A decade after Godhra provided the spark that ignited almost the whole of Gujarat into a communal cauldron, this relatively underdeveloped constituency in the prosperous state remains deeply divided along religious lines. Going to poll in the second phase on December 17, the Muslims, who have a large presence among the 2.13 lakh electorate, are still not ready to forget and

New Delhi, December 14: First the good news: Indians are living much longer than they did 40 years ago. The life expectancy (LE) at birth of an average Indian male has gone up by 15 years between 1970 and 2010, while that of an Indian woman by 18 years. An average Indian man can expect to live for as long as 63 years, while an Indian woman can live 4.5 years longer than her male counterpart

Aligarh, December 13: Chairman of Press Council of India Justice Markanday Katju today alleged politicians in independent India "have played a major role in spreading deeper the poison of Hindu-Muslim divide, whose seeds were sown by the British, for serving their own votebank politics". Addressing a programme in Aligarh Muslim Univeristy (AMU), he said Pakistan was an "artificially-created state"

New Delhi, December 13: Samajwadi Party on Thursday made it clear that it will continue to support UPA government notwithstanding strong action taken against its members in Rajya sabha when they were protesting against consideration of a quota bill. “There is no relation between Thursday’s event in Rajya Sabha and continuance of our support,” party leader Ram Gopal Yadav told reporters outside

New Delhi, December 13: A day after her criticism of Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari, BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday changed tune to say that she had "respect" and "full faith" in the Chair and expressed hope that he will find ways for passage of the Bill for quota in promotion. Mayawati's impromptu remarks were followed by an assurance of "fullest cooperation" of the House by Prime Minister

New Delhi, December 13: The Supreme Court today directed CBI to go ahead with the probe against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in a disproportionate assets case. However, the apex court dropped the CBI probe against Dimple Yadav, daughter-in-law of Mulayam and wife of Akhilesh Yadav, saying that she was not holding any public office and she

New Delhi, December 13: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said nationwide Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is expected to be rolled out by February next year, which will allow users to retain their numbers even if they move from one state to another. "For the timely implementation of the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012, the Department of Telecom has finalised broad agenda for next three months

Rajkot/Ahmedabad, December 13: An average 38 per cent voting was recorded in the first five hours of polling across 87 seats in the first phase of Gujarat polls which will decide the fate of state political big-wigs like Keshubhai Patel, BJP's R C Faldu and Congress' Arjun Modhwadia. "An average 38 per cent polling has been recorded till 1 PM," Additional Chief Electoral officer Ashok Manek said