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Centre was not informed by state on deci...

Centre was not informed by state on decision to release Masarat Alam, Modi ...

NEW DELHI: Responding to the opposition charges in Parliament, home minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the Centre had sought report from the J&K government on the controversial release of hardline separatist Masarat Alam from jail. Making a statement in the Lok Sabha, Rajnath Singh said... read more »

Mamata Banerjee to Meet PM Narendra Modi...

Mamata Banerjee to Meet PM Narendra Modi With ‘Long List’

NEW DELHI:  Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of Bengal, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi shortly to discuss what she calls a “long list” that includes her state’s financial crisis. The meeting comes in the middle of the government’s last ditch attempts to bring the... read more »

India and Australia condemn woman killin...

India and Australia condemn woman killing in Sydney

India’s foreign ministry has said it has taken up the murder of an Indian woman in a Sydney park with the premier of New South Wales. Prabha Arun Kumar, 41, died in a stabbing attack while speaking to her husband in India on the phone on Saturday evening, reports said. Ms Kumar, an info-tech... read more »

Uproar in Lok Sabha over Masarat Alam...

Uproar in Lok Sabha over Masarat Alam’s release

The Lok Sabha was briefly adjourned till 11.30 a.m.on Monday after opposition parties tore into the BJP led-NDAgovernment over the recent release of Kashmiri separatist leader Masarat Alam. The session after the Holi break witnessed a huge uproar with vociferous slogans of “PM Jawaab... read more »

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DJB officials meet Kejriwal

DJB officials meet Kejriwal

Ghaziabad – Delhi Jal Board officials were holding discussions with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence on supplying free-of-charge 700 litres of water daily to families and other... read more »

AAP govt. of Delhi to give Rs.1 crore to killed constable's family

AAP govt. of Delhi to give Rs.1 crore to killed co...

New Delhi – The Delhi government Monday announced Rs. 1 crore compensation to the family of the 48-year-old excise department constable, who... read more »

Jaitley accuses Virbhadra Singh of corruption, writes t...

Jaitley accuses Virbhadra Singh of corruption, writes to PM

New Delhi – BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday alleged that there was an “open and shut case of corruption” against Himachal Pradesh Chief... read more »

Gold imports curbs should continue: Chidambaram

Govt mulls strengthening regulatory coordination panel: Chidambaram

Notwithstanding the likelihood of the current account deficit (CAD) narrowing to less than $50 billion, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday made a case... read more »

Kerala assembly no longer model for the country: Antony

Kerala assembly no longer model for the country: Antony

Thiruvananthapuram – The Kerala assembly is no longer a model for the country, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Monday, addressing the valedictory... read more »

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Bomb blast near Kabul airport

Bomb blast near Kabul airport

A car bomb went off on Wednesday near a gate used by NATO troops in the northern section of the Kabul airport, the Afghan Interior Ministry said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn... read more »

Improving ties with India top priority: Sharif

Improving ties with India top priority: Sharif

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told Indian High Commissioner T.C.A. Raghavan during a meeting here Wednesday that his country... read more »

US hopes India will persuade ‘friend’ Karza...

US hopes India will persuade 'friend' Karzai on troops stay post-2014

Washington – The United States has expressed hope India would persuade Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a deal allowing US troops to stay... read more »

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahead un...

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahead unless US sanctions issue resolved

Islamabad – Pakistan has said it cannot move ahead with the Iran gas pipeline project unless the issue of possible US sanctions is resolved. The comments... read more »

Op Blue Star Lt Gen Brar’s London attackers sentenced u...

Op Blue Star Lt Gen Brar’s London attackers sentenced upto 14 years in jail

London – Operation “Blue Star” Lieutenant-General Kuldeep Singh Brar’s London attackers have been jailed for slashing his throat in revenge for the... read more »

Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO to be awarded Pravasi Bharatiya Samman

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, has been selected for a Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, which will be presented to him  on January 9, 2015 in Gandhinagar. Satya Nadella is among the 15... read more »

7 Bodo Militants Arrested in Joint Operation by Army, Assam Police

Seven terrorists of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songojit faction), suspected to be involved in the December 23 massacre of Adivasis (tribals) in Assam’s Kokrajhar, were... read more »

Sunanda Pushkar death case: Domestic help says ‘Sunil sahab’ helped her tweet

Even as Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is set to leave a Kerala ashram and likely to join the Delhi Police probe into the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, a report has quoted the domestic... read more »

NBCC gains after winning order

National Buildings Construction Corporation rose 3.46% to Rs 833.80 at 9:37 IST on BSE after the company said it bagged a Rs 1236.88-crore order in Odisha under the Pradhan Mantri Gram... read more »

Gold firm ahead of US nonfarm payrolls report

SINGAPORE — Gold rose on Friday ahead of a closely watched US jobs report and the metal was set to post its first weekly gain in four thanks to safe-haven bids amid political uncertainty in Greece... read more »