Latest News

Ghaziabad: Undertaking a fast in support of agitating farmers in western UP, BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Thursday said Chief Minister Mayawati should step down and the state government stop acquiring land until the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill is passed by Parliament. Condemning the violence in Bhatta Parsaul, which witnessed violent clashes between police and […]

Ghaziabad/Lucknow: Congress leaders and workers were on Thursday baton-charged and detained by UP police during a statewide protest by the party against the arrest of Rahul Gandhi even as Chief Minister Mayawati slammed the opposition for attempting to disrupt law and order in Greater Noida hit by violence over land acquisition. Former BJP president Rajnath […]

Rourkela: Doctors of Rourkela Steel Plant run Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here saved the life of a six-year-old boy by removing a plastic whistle which had got stuck in his lungs. The boy, Tanmaya Behera of Chowdwar of Cuttack district had accidentally swallowed a plastic whistle while playing, that resulted a severe cough and syncopal […]

Bangalore: The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday pitched for increased foreign direct investment into the country, even as it expressed apprehension over the quality of portfolio inflows. RBI Deputy Governor Shyamala Gopinath said India has been able to absorb capital inflows because it has a current account deficit. "But we have expressed apprehension on […]

New Delhi: Poor performance of the manufacturing and mining sectors pulled down overall growth of industry to 7.8 per cent in 2010-11 from 10.5 per cent in the previous fiscal. Factory output in March, as measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) released today, also witnessed lower growth of 7.3 per cent, […]

London: The ICC Cricket Committee`s recommendation to have qualifiers for the 2015 cricket World Cup has given fresh hope to the associate nations, who were fuming over the governing body`s earlier decision to scale the event down to just 10 teams. "It`s excellent news that another group of people have put their support behind the […]

Islamabad: India and Pakistan on Thursday began two-day talks on water disputes, particularly the Wullar barrage-Tulbul Navigation project, here as part of their bilateral dialogue process that was resumed earlier this year. An Indian delegation led by Water Resources Secretary Dhruv Vijai Singh arrived in Pakistan late last night for the talks. India`s Indus Waters […]

Washington: A US lawmaker, who was given the rare opportunity by the CIA to view the death photos of Osama bin Laden, has said the pictures were "pretty gruesome" and there was no doubt that the al-Qaeda chief was dead. Senator James Inhoffe, a Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he was shown […]

Washington: Influential American Senator John Kerry will visit Pakistan to mend fences with a resentful Islamabad in the aftermath of the killing of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and seek answers on how the most wanted terrorist came to be there. While the US has been raising questions on the support system that bin Laden […]

Greater Noida: Security was on Thursday stepped up in Gautam Budh Nagar district hit by farmers` unrest over the land acquisition issue with the administration re-clamping prohibitory orders ahead of the protests planned by Congress against the arrest of its leader Rahul Gandhi. "To make sure that there is no law and order problem, we […]

Greater Noida/New Delhi: Congress on Thursday vowed to continue with its protests against the UP government`s land acquisition policy after Rahul Gandhi was arrested and released following his visit to the epicentre of the stir here to support the agitating farmers. After a three-hour midnight drama of arrest and release, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi […]

Mumbai: The Indian rupee turned weak by 7 paise to Rs 44.76 against the US dollar in early trade on the Interbank Foreign Exchange on Thursday, weighed down by dollar gains against the euro and other currencies overseas and a subdued trend in the equity market. Forex dealers said the strengthening of the dollar against […]

Mumbai: The BSE benchmark Sensex opened over 125 points lower on Thursday on fresh selling by foreign funds and retail investors ahead of the release of factory output data later today and a weak trend on bourses throughout Asia. The 30-share barometer, which gained 72.19 points in the previous session, fell by 125.98 points, or […]

New Delhi: Six years after he made his first trip to Afghanistan as Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh on Thursday embarked on a two-day visit to Kabul during which he will discuss terrorism, regional development and ways to step up India`s assistance to the war-torn country. The Prime Minister has emphasised that his discussions with President […]

Washington: India is still a larger threat to Pakistan than the al-Qaeda and Taliban, a top US lawmaker has said, while observing that certain members of the ISI continue to be sympathetic towards such terror outfits. "We know that certain ISI members still have a sympathy toward the Taliban and certain al-Qaida elements, and the […]