The Congress Saturday stepped up its efforts to find a solution to the Telangana issue with the national capital witnessing a flurry of activity and meetings. Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh called on party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi and is believed to have briefed them about his visit to Andhra Pradesh this week, during which he heard the views of the ...
Federal front has ceased to exist as a idea BJP
Ridiculing Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's proposal for a Federal Front, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday said the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) has already ditched her just like the Samajwadi Party did in the past. "The JD-U leaders posed for photos with Didi (Banerjee) for setting up the Federal Front together. But soon enough, they joined hands with the Congress and took ...
Asian Athletics Indians draw blank
Indian athletes drew blank on day four of the 20th Asian Athletics Championship here Saturday when medals in seven events were decided. Two new Asian records were set, both by the Chinese athletes, who have helped their country to open a huge gap between second placed Bahrain. China has won 12 gold medals so far besides four silvers and five bronzes, while Bahrain has won four gold, as many ...
GIC preparing hazard map to identify disaster-prone areas
In the wake of the Uttarakhand floods, India's national reinsurer General Insurance Corporation(GIC Re) said it is preparing a "hazard map" to identify areas which are more prone to disasters. The map will take around six months to prepare and once ready, could be used by insurance companies to assess their exposures in such areas and build the risks into their pricing. "Kedarnath is a wake-up ...
Trinamool boycotts poll meet Mamata wants revenge democratically
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday accused the State Election Commission of taking decisions at its "whims and fancies" and vowed to take revenge "democratically", hours after her Trinamool Congress boycotted a meeting called by the panel. The opposition parties lambasted Banerjee and her party for targeting a constitutional body and staying away from the crucial all-party ...
Minor raped murdered in Rajasthan
An eight-year-old girl was raped and then murdered in Rajasthan's Pratapgarh district, police said Saturday. According to police, the body of the girl was found in a forested area Saturday afternoon near Arnod town in the district, some 400 km from Jaipur. Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) Bhagwat Meena said the girl was last seen around 4 p.m. Friday with Prahlad Kumar, a resident of ...
1984 riots Victims kin challenge Sajjan Kumars acquittal
Family members of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots victims Saturday challenged the acquital of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the case, saying the trial court failed to appreciate the large body of legally admissible evidence in its verdict. Filing the appeal, Jagdish Kaur and Nirpreet Kaur, who had lost their close relatives in the riots, sought setting aside of the trial court's April 30 ...
Modi slams JD-U for dumping BJP
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday targeted the ruling Janata Dal-United in Bihar, saying that people of the state will reply in next general elections to the party's decision to severe ties with the BJP. "People of Bihar will give reply to the JD-U for its betrayal," Modi, who was last month anointed as the chief of BJP's poll campaign committee, told nearly 1,500 Bihar BJP workers ...
Telangana JAC to soon chalk out future course of action
Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC), which is spearheading the movement for separate Telangana state, will chalk out its future course of action in two to three days. JAC convenor M. Kodandaram told reporters Saturday that efforts were on to finalise an action plan to further intensify the movement. He said the JAC would continue the struggle till a separate state is carved out. JAC, which ...
Baby swapped in Ghaziabad hospital claims family
A man has given a complaint that his new-born baby was swapped in a government hospital in Ghaziabad, police said Saturday. The hospital authorities denied the incident. Sonu, a resident of Daulatpura, said that Friday night he was informed that his wife had delivered a boy but Saturday morning a nurse told him that his wife gave birth to a girl, police said. Hospital's Chief Medical ...
Ishrats family says she was innocent
The family of Ishrat Jahan Saturday said she was innocent and had been framed as a terrorist. "She was somebody who used to be scared of cockroaches and lizards. How could she be a terrorist and kill people," her sister asked at a press conference here. She said the fight has been going on for the last nine years since Ishrat was killed in 2004. "Every channel has been asking whether she was ...
Rajnath Singh defends Shah on Ram temple
BJP president Rajnath Singh Saturday defended party general secretary Amit Shah who has pitched for a Ram temple in Ayodhya, saying he had only expressed his wish. "What I got to know is that he said he wished a grand Ram temple is built. I would say, any Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or Christian, every religious person wants their religious structures to be grand," Rajnath Singh told reporters in ...
Talks on for waiving service tax on life insurance premium IRDA
India's insurance regulator IRDA Saturday said it is holding talks with the union finance ministry for waiving the service tax on the savings part of life insurance premium. There are demands from the country's insurance industry that the central government should not levy service tax on the total amount of life insurance premium as apart from mortality charges, a portion of the premium goes ...
Dalai Lama exhorts people to promote world peace
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, Saturday exhorted the people, especially the youth, to promote world peace through love and compassion. "People should embrace love and promote world peace through compassion to live in harmony," the Dalai Lama said at his 78th birthday celebrations at Bylakuppe, about 250 km from here, where the largest Tibetan monastery was set up in the early ...
Bookie Shoban Mehta sent to police custody till July 12
A Mumbai court Saturday remanded top bookie Shoban Mehta alias Shoban Kalachowkie to police custody till July 12 in connection with the investigations into the IPL match-fixing scam and related issues. Mehta, who was nabbed by the Mumbai police from an offshore casino in Goa two days ago, in what was billed as a prize catch in the ongoing probe into the IPL scam. The 48-year old bookie was ...
Dalai Lamas 78th birthday celebrated
Thousands of Tibetan exiles assembled in Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh) and Bylakuppe (Karnataka) Saturday morning to celebrate the 78th birthday of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. "Exiles, monks and well-wishers joined the birthday celebrations. Prayers for the well-being and long life of the spiritual leader were held across Tibetan settlements in India and abroad," an official of the ...
Special Bangladesh police to ensure tourists safety Official
Bangladesh's tourist police initiative, that began in the popular Cox's Bazar beach town this year as a pilot project, will soon become an official force across the entire country, said an visiting official Saturday. In order to ensure safety of tourists, a special police outfit was set up earlier in 2013 that included a unique police station in Cox's Bazar catering only to travellers. Now the ...
Dalai Lamas 78th birth anniversary celebrations in India
Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah has on Saturday offered prayers on the 78th birth anniversary of their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. Bylakuppe is home to the largest gathering of Tibetan exiles outside of Dharamshala. Meanwhile, in Shimla , capital of Himachal Pradesh province the birthday celebrations of the spiritual leader was held in great fervour. Tsering Tashi, Tibetan ...
Antony invites Chinese Defence Minister to visit India
Defence Minister A.K. Antony has invited his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Chang Wanquan, to visit India in 2014 as convenient. The Chinese Defence Minister has accepted the invitation. Antony, who is presently on an official visit to China at the invitation of the Chinese Defence Minister held talks with his counterpart Gen. Chang Wanquan and also called on Premier Li Keqiang. He also met ...
Government car kills biker in Delhi
A 40-year-old businessman was killed while his friend suffered injuries in the capital Saturday morning after the motorcycle they were riding was hit by a speeding car of a government department, police said. The incident took place around 10 a.m. at Millenium Depot near Sarai Kale Khan area. "The errant driver managed to flee from the spot but the car, which had an excise department sticker ...
India China for enhancing mutual trust understanding between two militaries
Noting that peace and tranquility on the border was an important guarantor for the growth and development of bilateral cooperation, India and China on Saturday emphasized the importance of enhancing mutual trust and understanding between the two militaries. "They reviewed the working of agreements and protocols dealing with the maintenance of peace and tranquility and directed that it be ...
Bodoland to to attract visitors through community tourism
Despite instances of social unrest in Assam's Bodoland, community tourism will open up avenues to make it a top national attraction, an official said Saturday. "The only threat that comes in the way of developing Bodoland as a top draw for tourists across India is the unrest. Now it has been controlled a lot. Despite any such instances of agitation, we feel community tourism will help establish ...
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