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New Delhi, August 28: The Supreme Court today said it would consider allowing former Gujarat Minister Amit Shah, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, to enter the state in view of the upcoming assembly polls but would like the trial of the case to be shifted to Maharashtra. "That is one aspect. That must come to an end (keeping him outside the state)," a bench comprising

New Delhi, August 28: Under unrelenting attack from the BJP over coal blocks allocation, the Congress Tuesday announced it will "hit the streets" to expose the double-speak of the opposition over sanctity of constitutional institutions. After a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party here under the chairmanship of Sonia Gandhi, spokesperson Manish Tewari told reporters here that lakhs of party

New Delhi, August 28: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday asked party MPs to take the Bharatiya Janata Party head on and said it was a "matter of shame and regret" that the BJP was not allowing parliament to function. "Creating confusion in the minds of people has become bread and butter of the BJP," a Congress insider quoted Gandhi as telling the Congress parliamentary meeting. She also said

Guwahati, August 28: One person was killed and five others injured in three separate incidents of violence in Assam's strife-torn Kokrajhar district late on Monday night, the police said. The first incident took place in Phumti Village under Salakati police outpost, but no casualty was reported from there. In yet another incident, one person was killed and four others injured when miscreants

New Delhi, August 27: Often at the receiving end of opposition's silence jibe, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today invoked an Urdu couplet to hit back at his critics. "Hazaron jawabo se achchi hai khamoshi meri, na jaane kitne sawalo ki aabru rakhe. (My silence is better than a thousand answers, it keeps intact the honour of innumerable questions)," Singh said reciting the couplet, asserting this

New Delhi, August 28: Declaring that allegations of impropriety in coal block allocations were baseless and unsupported by facts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said the official auditor's report was "clearly disputable" and "flawed" because of its assumptions and computations. Making a statement in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report that

Mumbai, August 27: India's benchmark October gold contract extended gains on Monday morning to hit a record high of 31,077 rupees per 10 grams, following a rally in the world markets and on a weak rupee. International spot gold rose to the loftiest level since mid-April on Monday, extending strong gains from last week as expectations for further monetary easing from the U.S. Federal Reserve kept

Kolkata, August 27: Senior CPM leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for attacking media and judiciary by terming them unnecessary. “Media is only highlighting the incidents that have been taking place in the state. But she is making unnecessary attacks on them,” said the former chief minister, a day after Banerjee had accused the media of inciting crimes

New Delhi, August 27: The defence ministry has virtually shot down a renewed bid by the Navy to get additional supplies of missiles to arm the Israeli Barak-I anti-missile defence (AMD) systems fitted on 14 frontline warships, including solitary aircraft carrier INS Viraat and three new Shivalik-class stealth frigates. While the MoD led by defence minister AK Antony accepted the "critical

Mumbai, August 27: In 1998, when German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s birth centenary ceremony was organised by 14 progressive cultural groups and numerous other left, secular individuals in Mumbai, veteran actor and activist AK Hangal inaugurated the programme. Hangal placed Brecht as an example for artists to fight against fascist powers that encroach on people’s freedom. “It is Brecht’s work