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Saharanpur violence: Curfew imposed; UP ...

Saharanpur violence: Curfew imposed; UP govt sacks top district administrat...

Even as the Uttar Pradesh government scrambled with firefighting measures, violence-hit Saharanpur remained on the edge on Wednesday, after another murder was reported in the wake of inter-caste clashes that have rocked the city since early May. The situation remained tense in the district,... read more »

Researcher Claims That India, Not China,...

Researcher Claims That India, Not China, Is The World’s Most Populous...

This potentially radical suggestion was made Monday by Yi Fuxian, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, during an event at China’s Peking University. HIGHLIGHTS China’s official population estimates wrong, a researcher has claimed If so, it means India has overtaken... read more »

Why Major Nitin Gogoi is a real hero for...

Why Major Nitin Gogoi is a real hero for the entire country

What cannot be overlooked is that the ‘out of box’ solution put in force by Major Gogoi saved the lives of his men, EC officials as well as stone pelters without firing a single bullet. When the news of Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat awarding Major Nitin Leetul Gogoi a commendation card... read more »

India does not impose partnerships on ot...

India does not impose partnerships on others: Arun Jaitley

Jaitley compared India’s investment in African nations with China and added that India is amongst the most important emerging investors in Africa today. Making a pitch for stronger ties with African countries, Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley today said India does not believe in imposing... read more »

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Don't hang Mollah, says rights group

Don’t hang Mollah, says rights group

New York – Human Rights Watch Thursday urged Bangladesh not to execute Abdul Quader Mollah, an Islamist leader sentenced to death for “war crimes” committed in the 1971 war of... read more »

Tejas LCA will be battle-ready by 2014: Browne

Tejas LCA will be battle-ready by 2014: Browne

Shillong – Tejas, India’s first indigenously designed and developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), would be fully battle-ready by 2014,... read more »

DMK flays UPA over fishermen arrests

Minor shake up in DMK's ranks, DMK chief M Karunanidhi,

Chennai – DMK leader M. Karunanidhi Thursday attacked the central and Puducherry governments for failing to secure the release of Indian fishermen jailed... read more »

Lokpal Bill likely to be taken up Monday

New Delhi - The Lokpal Bill is likely to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha Monday, said Satyavrat Chaturvedi, who chaired the select committee that looked into the anti-corruption bill. "The government has proposed a discussion on Lokpal bill on Monday," Chaturvedi told reporters here. Six hours have been allotted for the discussion, he added. This comes as anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare sits on an indefinite fast demanding passage of the bill. Earlier, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said that a notice for taking up the bill has already been given to Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Hamid Ansari. "Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) V. Narayanasamy, has already sent a notice that the (Lokpal) bill be immediately taken up in the Rajya Sabha," Shinde told reporters here. "Th! e select committee in the Rajya Sabha had recommended 13 amendments to ! the bill and that were also considered by the government," said Shinde. The Lokpal bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha in the winter session last year, has been majorly amended by the select committee. The government said it has accepted some of the amendments. Once passed by the Rajya Sabha, the amended bill will have to be returned to the Lok Sabha for approval before it becomes law. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath, meanwhile, refuted reports of parliament heading for an early adjournment. "At the moment all the speculations and the media reports are not true. There is no plan at the moment to curtail the session," he said Thursday. "Our priority is to pass the Lokpal Bill. The Lokpal Bill has to be taken in Rajya Sabha, then it will come to Lok Sabha."

New Delhi – The Lokpal Bill is likely to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha Monday, said Satyavrat Chaturvedi, who chaired the select committee that looked... read more »

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Finance minister P Chidambaram attacks BJP for 'cherrypicking' on Adarsh scam

New Delhi – Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has asked the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to focus on better trade facilitation, using the... read more »

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Mugabe rules out exception for foreign firms

Mugabe rules out exception for foreign firms

Harare – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Sunday that no sector would be spared from the indigenisation law, quashing media reports that platinum miners could be exempted from the rule... read more »

Hit-and-run fugitive Puneet's father says Oz prisons not safe for Indians

Hit-and-run fugitive Puneet’s father says Oz...

Sydney – India-born hit-and-run fugitive Puneet Puneet’s father has said he is not going to fight his son’s extradition to... read more »

51 killed, 191 injured Iraq attacks

Several dead in Iraq bomb blast

Baghdad – A staggering 51 people were killed and 191 wounded Sunday in deadly attacks witnessed across Iraq. Five people were killed and 18 injured when... read more »

N Korea confirms Kim’s uncle purged from power fo...

N Korea confirms Kim's uncle purged from power for 'anti-state' activities

Washington – North Korea has acknowledged the elimination of leader Kim Jong Un’s uncle from power for “anti-state” acts and... read more »

S Korea extends air defence zone to overlap with China&...

Air defence zone remarks: China refutes Japanese PM

Johannesburg – South Korea has said it has extended its air defence zone to partially overlap with a similar zone declared by China two weeks ago. South... read more »

India-Pak talks: Hope BJP has done its homework, says Tharoor

Reminding the BJP that it consistently opposed talks with Pakistan during the UPA regime, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said he hoped the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA... read more »

Bassi assures action over alleged rape of 23-year-old by ASI

Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi on Saturday said a chargesheet has been filed in the alleged rape case of a 23-year-old woman by an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) in the Rani Bagh area... read more »

With new brand launched, Xolo mulls to invest Rs 100 cr in next 18 months

Xolo, the sub-brand of the Lava International, is mulling to invest Rs 100 cr over next 18 months on development of its proprietary software, Hive, which is built on Google’s Android... read more »

Lava in talks with states for mfg unit; to invest Rs 250 cr

Domestic handset maker Lava today said it is in discussions with various state governments to set up a new assembly unit that will entail an investment of about Rs 250 crore. Lava has one... read more »

Doha Bank looking at setting up subsidiary in India

Doha Bank, one of the largest commercial banks of Qatar, is looking at the possibility of setting up a subsidiary in India, an top official of the bank today said. “Our long-term view is to set up... read more »