New Delhi | 4 hours ago
Digvijay to give Sonia report on Azamgarh visit
New Delhi, Feb 8 - Special courts should be set up to fast-track terrorism cases involving youth from Azamgarh, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh has suggested after his 'fact finding' visit to the Uttar Pradesh district.Singh, who went to Azamgarh last week, told reporters here Monday that he would be submitting his report to party president Sonia Gandhi in the next two days. 'We want a ... read more

New Delhi | 5 hours ago
No political meaning to Pawar-Thackery meeting: NCP
New Delhi, Feb 8 - The Nationalist Congress Party - Monday sought to play down party president and union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's meeting with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, saying it was about the IPL and had 'no political meaning'.'It was about the IPL -,' NCP spokesman D.P. Tripathi told IANS. Pawar's daughter and NCP MP Supriya Sule told reporters in Pune that the visit was 'more of ... read more

New Delhi | 5 hours ago
Mandate to check prices with Pawar's ministry: Congress
New Delhi, Feb 8 - Apparently peeved with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's meeting with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, the Congress Monday sought to put the minister in a spot on the issue of price rise, saying his ministry has the main responsibility for tackling the problem.Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said the mandate for controlling food prices lay with the agriculture and food ministr ... read more

New Delhi | 5 hours ago
Court gives more time to Blueline bus operators
New Delhi, Feb 8 - The Delhi High Court Monday gave a 10-day breather to Blueline bus operators who were issued a notice by the state government to phase out the bus service.The Blueline bus operators Monday approached the court asking for more time against the government's notice. The bus operator association submitted before Justice S. Muralidhar that the government has not followed the proper p ... read more

Chandigarh | 6 hours ago
Badal seeks Azad's help for new paddy variety clearance
Chandigarh, Feb 8 - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday sought the intervention of union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad to immediately clear the samples of '201' variety of paddy.In the past few weeks, samples of this variety of paddy were collected from various parts of Punjab after a spot was seen on the grain and tests are now being conducted by the health mini ... read more

New Delhi | 6 hours ago
Chavan dares VHP, will watch SRK's film with family
New Delhi/Guwahati, Feb 8 - Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan Monday dared the Vishwa Hindu Parishad - to stop the screening of Shah Rukh Khan's 'My Name Is Khan', and said he will watch the movie with his family after the rightwing Hindu group threatened to disrupt the film's release.'Nobody can take the law into their hands. We will take action if somebody is issuing such threats. The law ... read more

Islamabad | 6 hours ago
Pakistan links talks to resuming composite dialogue: Report
Islamabad, Feb 8 - Pakistan has indicated it would not be possible for it to send its foreign secretary to India for talks without making progress towards on the composite dialogue, stalled in the wake of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, a private TV channel reported on Monday.'If India wants talks on one-point agenda and other issues have been ignored, then Pakistan is unlikely to send its foreig ... read more

Kolkata | 6 hours ago
Chidambaram to discuss anti-Maoist steps with chief ministers
Kolkata, Feb 8 - Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram will sit with the chief ministers of three eastern Indian states here Tuesday to draw up the details of a joint security operation against the Maoist menace.Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren will take part in the talks being hosted by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee at the state secre ... read more

Chandigarh | 6 hours ago
Badal urges Antony for clearance to defence university plan
Chandigarh, Feb 8 - Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday urged Defence Minister A.K. Antony to immediately grant approval for setting up the National Defence University in Mohali town of Punjab.Badal met Antony at his official residence in New Delhi Monday. 'The Punjab government has already offered to provide land for establishing the defence university in Mohali. A high-level delegat ... read more

New Delhi | 6 hours ago
Shocked over husband's death, wife commits suicide
New Delhi, Feb 8 - A 32-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping from the second floor of her house in Paschim Vihar in west Delhi after seeing the body of her husband killed in an accident, police said Monday.The tragedy took place Saturday when Veena saw the body of Ajay, who died earlier that day after a speeding van rammed into his motorcycle from behind near Nihar Vihar area. 'Ajay was tak ... read more