India

Jerusalem, Oct 20: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged the international community to step up the pressure on Iran, despite some optimism following the latest round of nuclear talks with the Islamic Republic. It was Mr. Netanyahu’s first public statement on last week’s round of talks between Iran and global powers over its nuclear programme. Negotiators ended the talks on an

New Delhi, Oct 20: The CBI is likely to file its status report in the coal scam before the Supreme Court on Tuesday stating details of its 14th FIR against Hindalco and others and also progress in the remaining 13 cases. Highly-placed sources said the Supreme Court would be given the details of fresh FIR filed against Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla, Hindalco and former Coal

Srinagar, Oct 20: Nearly a fortnight after the Army operations were called off in Keran sector, questions have cropped up over what happened during the long intrusion by infiltrators from Pakistan believed to be from its special forces. The Army operations, which were said to have been stopped on October 8, continued even five days later till a joint team of BSF and Army managed to reach the three

New Delhi, Oct 20: Indicating that the proposed border cooperation agreement with China will top the agenda during his visit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he will discuss the issue with Premier Li Keqiang with a forward- looking and problem-solving approach. In a statement before leaving on a five-day visit to Russia and China, he, however, made no reference to negotiations on a deal

Bangalore, Oct 20: Three terror suspects arrested for their alleged roles in the 2011 Advani pipe bomb case are among the 14 accused named in the chargesheet filed before a court in Bangalore on Saturday in connection with a blast in front of the BJP office in April this year. Panna Ismail and Bilal Malik, arrested in a joint operation by Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh police at border town of

New Delhi, Oct 20: The Prime Minister's Office on Saturday ended its silence on the latest and possibly most explosive development in Coalgate by acknowledging that Manmohan Singh put his stamp of approval (on October 1, 2005) on the allocation of a coal block to top industrialist Kumar Birla's Hindalco. At the same time, it vigorously rebutted the Central Bureau of Investigation's claim of

Lucknow, Oct 19: A batch of toxic bootleg liquor killed at least 32 people, mostly poor laborers, and sickened dozens more in northern India, police said Saturday. Police officer Arvibnd Sen said the victims bought pouches of tainted liquor Thursday from a shop in Adampur village in Uttar Pradesh state. They started falling sick immediately after drinking the liquor and were taken to local

New Delhi, Oct 19: Civil nuclear liability issues posing hurdles in clinching a deal with Russia on acquiring two new reactors for Kudankulam project and sticky points over an agreement with China to avoid army face offs on the border await resolution as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embarks on a five-day visit to the two countries on Sunday. Hopeful of reaching according on both the issues

Jammu, Oct 19: Pakistani troops opened fire and pounded 14 forward Indian posts and civilian areas along the Jammu frontier with mortar shells overnight, leaving two BSF jawans injured. There was firing and shelling of mortar bombs on 14 forward posts and civilians areas in RS Pura, Pargwal, Samba, Hiranagar and Jagnockah border belts along the internation border (IB) in Jammu, Samba and Kathua

New Delhi, Oct 19: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday rejected resignations of 13 Seemandhra MPs, setting the stage for a confrontation when the Telangana Bill comes up for discussion in Parliament. The Speaker said the resignations were “not voluntary or genuine” as they came in the wake of protests in the Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions following the Congress’ decision to carve out a