India

Lucknow, Sep 29: Sporadic reports of killings continue to trickle from the riot-hit Muzaffarnagar district, with police officers fearing another communal flare-up. While no communal clash occurred in the district in the past fortnight, attacks and killings continued in some parts, especially in rural areas. At least four persons were killed in the district in the last few days, while there were

United Nations, Sep 28: In a hard-hitting speech, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked Pakistan to shut down "terrorist machinery" on its soil while making it clear that there can "never, ever" be a compromise on the territorial integrity of India of which Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part. In his address to the UN General Assembly, he virtually rejected Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz

Srinagar, Sep 28: After Rahul Gandhi's attack on the controversial ordinance on convicted lawmakers, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today sought a meeting of UPA coordination committee to discuss the measure threadbare. Omar, whose party National Conference is part of UPA, said Gandhi's remarks were an internal matter of Congress but a meeting of the UPA coordination committee

New Delhi, Sep 28: In a blow to brick-kiln industry and road contractors, the National Green Tribunal has banned digging of earth across the country for making bricks and roads without prior environment clearance (EC). A bench headed by Justice P Jyothimani has directed the Chief Secretaries of all the states and union territories to ensure that its interim order is adhered to. "We restrain any

Washington, Sep 28: India and the US have reached the first commercial agreement on civilian nuclear power, five years after a landmark deal between the two countries was clinched. Addressing a joint media interaction after talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Barack Obama disclosed that the two countries have sealed the agreement. "We've made enormous progress on the issue of

New Delhi, Sep 28: Rahul Gandhi jolted the UPA government and left Prime Minister Manmohan Singh out on a limb on Friday by trashing a controversial ordinance designed to protect convicted lawmakers from disqualification. "My opinion of the ordinance is that it is complete nonsense and should be torn up and thrown away," the normally reticent Congress vice-president said of a piece of legislation

Washington, Sep 27: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday the issues raised by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi about a controversial ordinance sent to the president would be considered on his return to India. "The issues raised will be considered on my return to India after due deliberations in the cabinet," said a statement issued by the prime minister after Rahul Gandhi said the

New Delhi, Sep 27: Oil Minister M. Veerappa Moily today hinted at a reduction in the price of petrol in the next few days, the first cut in rates in over five months. The reduction in rates is likely to be announced by the month-end as per the practice of fortnightly revision in prices, and has been made possible due to the appreciation of rupee against the US dollar. "This is all dynamic pricing

New Delhi, Sep 27: In a major embarrassment to the UPA government, Rahul Gandhi on Friday denounced the controversial ordinance to negate the Supreme Court verdict on convicted lawmakers as “complete nonsense” and said what “our government has done is wrong". Making a surprise brief appearance at a meet-the-press programme of his party’s general secretary Ajay Maken at the Press Club in New Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 27: In a landmark judgement on Friday, the Supreme Court for the first time allowed voters to cast negative vote by pressing a button saying none of the candidates is worthy of his vote. The SC asked the Election Commission to provide None Of The Above (NOTA) button on EVMs and ballot papers. The apex court said the right to vote and the right to say NOTA are both part of basic