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BJP backs Sushma, says she was misquoted

Stunned by the NDA allies` attack for behaving like a big brother in taking unilateral stand on the presidential election, the BJP on Tuesday clarified as a damage control that "whatever we do, we will do it along with the Opposition."

Lokayukta takes on Delhi LG for not acting against ex-councillor

Piqued by Delhi lieutenant governor Tejinder Khanna’s refusal to act against a public servant found guilty of collecting funds from the poor and destitute by abusing his office, Delhi Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin has decided to take on h

`Road accidents set GDP back by 2 percent`

Ruchir Sharma’s book “Breakout Nations” may not be the only scholarly work which explodes the myth of India’s growth rate. A 60- page interim report of the national transport development policy committee headed by an eminen

NHAI acting chairman in a fix: to repatriate or not

What the secretary of ministry for road transport and highways proposes, the acting chairman of the national highway authority of India disposes. More surprisingly, it is one man, AK Upadhyay, who holds both the posts. As a secretary, he had order

Cong distances itself from party MP`s media bill

Congress on Tuesday distanced itself from a private member`s bill tabled by party MP Meenakshi Natarajan saying it contained her personal views and not those of Rahul Gandhi with whom she is considered close. "The bill was base

SC asks Tiwari to undergo DNA test

Refusing to give any relief to Congress leader N D Tiwari, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed him to give his blood sample for DNA test on a paternity suit against him, saying "enough is enough". "Enough is enough, you we

Rahul advises party workers to shun groupism

Undeterred by the poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on tuesday advised party workers to shun groupism and strengthen the organisation. "You all should shun groupism and work unitedly to

I`m not joining politics: Sachin Tendulkar

Putting to rest all speculation about his joining politics following his nomination to the Rajya Sabha, Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday said he was not quiting cricket to join politics and will always remain a sportsman. Speaking for the first

Aarushi case: Nupur to spend second night in Jail

Nupur Talwar, an accused in the 2008 double murder of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, will have to spend a second night in jail after a local court on Tuesday reserved till Wednesday its order on her bail plea. Additional di

SC transfers to itself the case of Rajiv Gandhi killers

The supreme court on Tuesday decided to adjudicate itself the pleas of Rajiv Gandhi killers against their death penalty due to the delay of over 11 years in deciding their mercy petitions by the President. A bench headed by Justice G S Sin

"Historic agreement" bw Maoist and govt: Raman Singh

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Monday termed as "historic" the agreement reached between the state government and the Maoist-nominated mediators to secure the safe release of Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon within 48

Kashyap asks govt to clarify on Sachin’s RS nomination

After the government nominated bating maestro Sachin Tendulkar to the Rajya Sabha, former secretary general of the Lok Sabha Subhash Kashyap told Hindustan Times that sports was not a category mentioned in the constitution under which a nomination

Prez poll race hots up; Sonia to meet Mamata

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee will meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi later this week when the issue of presidential poll candidate may come up for discussion. While Congress sources said the meeting between the two is billed

Naveen tells Hikaka not to worry

Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday asked his party MLA Jhina Hikaka to "relax" and questioned why the legislator should quit, as demanded by the Maoists before his releaese on April 26. "The BJD president told me

`Freedays` are here for Village Girls

In order to promote menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in rural areas, the ministry of health and family welfare has decided to distribute sanitary napkins in villages at nominal rates. This new scheme that has been launched as a par

Par panel slams govt for ammunition shortage

After Gen V K Singh pointed out critical shortage of tank ammunition in a letter to the Prime Minister, a Parliamentary panel on Monday pulled up the Government saying it was alarmed over the way deficiencies were allowed to continue leading to su

C`grah: mediators agree on some points

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday said that there was some progress in the talks with Maoists for the release of abducted Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon, with both sides agreeing on some points. The hostage crisis i

Chidambaram advocates NCTC again

Faced with frequent incidents of abduction, the Centre on Monday said if the controversial National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) comes into existence, it would help in the long run to deal with hostage situations in a better way.

RS passes two key education bills

The Rajya Sabha today passed two key bills to enable students of Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research get their degrees and give 8 new IITs their status through an Act of Parliament. The Institutes of Technology (Amen

Nupur Talwar in jail in Aarushi murder case

Nupur Talwar was on Monday jailed after a special CBI court rejected her bail application in the case of murder of her 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in Noida four years ago. Nupur, a dentist by profession, br

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