India

Hyderabad, May 31: In a psychological setback to the Congress in Andhra Pradesh, former Congress Working Committee member and senior party leader from Telangana K Keshava Rao and MPs G Vivekanand and M Jagannatham on Thursday announced their decision to join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). The announcement came after the expiry of the deadline set for the party leadership to take a decision

Singapore, May 30: Gold jumped more than a percent to a one-week high on Thursday as investors dumped equities, but the metal still risked losing its safe-haven appeal on worries the U.S. Federal Reserve could scale back its bullion-friendly bond buying programme. The Fed's stimulus programme has pushed money into riskier assets such as commodities and stoked inflation fears, but signs of strength

New Delhi, May 30: Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ram Jethmalani has threatened to retaliate, exposing what he claims are ''undesirable elements within the party, who are in league with corrupt leaders''. Saying that the BJP’s decision to throw him out of the party for six years over a “breach of discipline” was “stupid”, the noted lawyer and Rajya Sabha member added that “there are

New Delhi, May 30: Congress on Wednesday alleged that BJP and Maoists stood to gain directly from the attack on "Parivartan Yatra", with the objective being to keep Congress from beefing up its base in the Maoist stronghold that was swept by the saffron camp in 2008. The Congress has decided to boycott Thursday's all-party meeting called by chief minister Raman Singh to discuss security

New Delhi, May 29: Former BCCI President Sharad Pawar today demanded a Home Ministry inquiry into all the 75 matches of the scandal-hit IPL VI, saying not doing so will give an impression that the Cricket Board is not serious about dealing with corruption in the sport. "If the BCCI gives in writing to the Home Minister and request to investigate all the matches, the government can then investigate

New Delhi/Kanpur, May 29: The sweltering heat wave with mercury levels rising above 45 degrees in some places continues to persist in northern and eastern parts of India. Heat wave conditions, which have seen over 500 people losing their lives since April due to heatstroke, continued across India. According to the Department of Disaster Management, 524 people have died of sunstroke since April 1

Srinagar, May 28: Betting in cricket should be legalised, union Renewable Energy Minister Farooq Abdullah said here Tuesday said while coming out in defence of cricket board president N. Srinivasan. "If betting is legal elsewhere why shouldn't it be legalised in India as well," the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and ruling National Conference patron told reporters on the sidelines of an

New Delhi, May 28: Appearing in the court for the first time, former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia on Tuesday said she felt that Swan Telecom Pvt Ltd “was not eligible” to get the 2G Spectrum licences as it was said to belong to Reliance ADAG group company Reliance Communications. Testifying as a prosecution witness in CBI court in the case, she said that during the time of grant of spectrum

New Delhi: May 28: Intelligence inputs here suggest that Maoists’ politburo, the group’s highest decision-making body, had entrusted Left ideologue Katakam Sudarshan with the task of carrying out Saturday’s attack in Chhattisgarh to inflict the maximum damage on their target. The plan to ambush a convoy of Congress leaders was conceived by the seven-member politburo. Sudarshan is also a politburo

Raipur, May 27: In wake of the deadly Maoist attack on the Congress Parivartan rally in Chhattishgarh, more than 1,000 security personnel have been pumped into the jungles of the Naxalite-infested Bastar region for a major offensive against the ultras. "Over thousand security men are on a combing operation in the region (Bastar) after the attack on Congress leaders," director general of police