India has sought dates from Pakistan for a bilateral meeting between the Home Secretaries of the two countries after May 22 when the Budget session of Parliament comes to an end. New Delhi has conveyed to Islamabad that it is not po
As part of its efforts to reach more people, the anti-corruption movement led Anna Hazare has introduced an SMS card which will provide subscribers with round the year updates about the campaign. "We have procured one crore cards, eac
A political handshake is historically billed as a tangible diplomatic initiative. Although Neville Chamberlain may not have agreed with this sentiment after Hitler gave him the cold shoulder instead of a warm hand and crushed the shrill claims of
The family of 80-year-old Pakistani national Khalil Chishti, currently being held in a jail in Rajasthan, on Monday expressed joy at the Indian Supreme Court`s order for his release on bail. Chishti`s emotional daughter Shoha told the media that s
The Rajasthan Assembly was adjourned twice in a row for total period of two hours amid slogan shouting by opposition BJP members over the arrest of party MLA Rajendra Rathore in Dara Singh fake encounter case. As soon as the House assemble
Jammu and Kashmir`s ruling National Conference today slammed opposition PDP for levelling "unsubstantiated" corruption charges against the state government and dubbed the party as "saboteurs of peace". "PDP
"The true colours of Congress are in the open now and its strategy of trying to project YSR as a corrupt leader will boomerang and the Congress will be swept away in the ensuing bypolls which will pave way for mid-term poll," YSR Congres
Terming the movement of two Army units towards Delhi in mid-January as a routine drill, Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma on Monday said no permission was required for the same from the Government. Appearing before the Parliament
Though the Maoists had on Sunday demanded release of five more persons in addition to the 23 agreed by the state government, two more names were added. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had earlier said that the government was examining
Kahlil Gibran said, “All work is empty save when there is love.” The argument has also an antithesis. Too much love is a spoiler. Press Council of India chief Justice Markandey Katju suffers from this. He has made a habit out of his pr
The tenure of secretaries at all levels in the CPI(M) has been limited to three terms, implying this could be the last term for incumbent General Secretary Prakash Karat. The significant amendment restricting the tenure was unanimo
Eighty-year-old ailing Pakistani microbiologist Mohammed Khaleel Chishty, serving life term in an Ajmer jail in Rajasthan in a murder case of 1992, was today granted bail by the Supreme Court. A bench of justices P Sathasivam and J Chelame
The situation in trouble-hit parts of the old city here, remained peaceful on Monday even as indefinite curfew continued for the second day in the communally sensitive Madannapet and Saidabad areas. "The situation is totally peaceful
Members of the Tamil Nadu assembly have been banned from carrying mobile phones inside the house following a directive from the Speaker D Jayakumar. The Speaker informed the assembly that usage of cellphones is being banned for all, includ
Uttar Pradesh government has transferred Superintendent of Police, Gonda, and attached him to the DGP office, official sources said on Monday. SP Gonda Upendra Kumar Agarwal has been attached to the DGP office in Lucknow in the same
CBI on Thursday arrested former Rajasthan Minister and BJP MLA Rajendra Rathore for his alleged involvement in the fake encounter case of local liquor smuggler Dara Singh in 2006. Dara Singh, a resident of a village in Churu district of R
If it wasn’t so comical, it would be grand tragedy. Except for embarrassing 1.2 billion Indians and providing gales of mocking laughter for India’s detractors and enemies, real and imagined, the report on the ‘coup’ attempt
Ruling out any move for a third front at the national level, CPI-M on Thursday said it was attempting to forge a combine comprising Left, democratic parties and secular forces for joint action on people`s issues. "There is no d
That there was some talk about the mid-January movement of two elite Army units towards the capital which had exercised Army Chief Gen V K Singh`s mind is evident in an interview he had given to an English magazine in middle of March. &quo
