India

Lucknow, Feb 25: BJP and BSP members on Monday tried to corner Uttar Pradesh government over the number of riots in the state and rehabilitation of Muzaffarnagar riot victims leading to a din and adjournment of the state Assembly. The matter was raised during Question Hour by Congress member Anugrah Narain Singh, who sought to know from the government about the number of riots and those killed and

Patna, Feb 24: Lalu Prasad's RJD in Bihar today split with 13 of the 22 legislators of the party pledging support to the Nitish Kumar government. The 13, including five belonging to the minority community met at the residence of party MLA Samrat Chaudhary and wrote a letter to Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary withdrawing allegiance from the RJD and expressing support to the Nitish Kumar government

Beijing, Feb 24: China today asserted that it had never waged a war to occupy "an inch of land of other countries", days after BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi slammed the Communist giant for its "expansionist mindset". "You mentioned expansionism by the Chinese side. I believe all of you can see that China has never waged a war of aggression to occupy an inch of land of other

New Delhi, Feb 24: With AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal making hike in gas prices a poll issue, oil minister M Veerappa Moily has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying Reliance Industries' contract for KG-D6 gas fields cannot be terminated pending arbitration on issue of output lagging targets. While the contract provides for termination in case of a default by a contractor, the oil ministry

New Delhi, Feb 24: Congress today termed as "purely speculative" reports that LJP could ally with BJP for the Lok Sabha polls, noting that Ram Vilas Paswan was the first one to quit the NDA on the issue of Gujarat riots. "If at all there is anything that is playing out in the public space, my instant reaction would be that it is completely and purely speculative," Union Minister Manish Tewari said

Noida, Feb 24: Israel has invited Indian companies to take part in extracting natural gas from its newly-found reserves, with 40 percent of the produced hydrocarbon reserved for exports, even as it wants talks on a free trade pact to fructify soon. Israeli Ambassador to India Alon Ushpiz said his country will soon emerge as one of the biggest producers of natural gas and is willing to export it to

New Delhi, Feb 24: After a letter to the BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal has shot a similar missive to Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi on the hike in gas prices for Reliance Industries. In the open letter released to the media, Kejriwal alleged that Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Induries had already secured a higher price of over $4

New Delhi, Feb 24: The Supreme Court will hear Thursday the centre's plea seeking to restrain the Tamil Nadu government from releasing the conspirators in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam agreed to hear the plea after Additional Solicitor General Siddharth Luthra told the court the Tamil Nadu government had no jurisdiction to release

Rohtak, Haryana, Feb 23: The AAP launched its Lok Sabha campaign here Sunday, with former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal launching a bitter attack on the BJP and the Congress. Addressing thousands at a ground here, the Aam Aadmi Party leader warned that the country was headed towards another round of price rise because of what he said were the government's faulty gas pricing policies

New Delhi, Feb 23: Political parties can no longer make tall promises on freebies in their election manifestos as they will now have to explain the rationale of their pledges and ways and means of meeting the financial requirements. This follows an Election Commission move to create a level-playing field before elections following directions from the Supreme Court. In fresh guidelines to political