Finishing in the same vein as she started, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday closed the party's 83rd plenary in New Delhi on Monday with an attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party and its National Democratic Alliance government.
Senior Congress leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi's wife Deepa had on Sunday said that though the Trinamool was part of the United Progressive Alliance government, yet it issued statements against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and government policies. Also, she charged that Mamata put no photos of either Dr Singh or Congress chief Sonia Gandhi when she inaugurated projects in West Bengal.
As the All India Congress Committee Plenary session started in New Delhi, the party rank and file hoped that the Congress high command would be able to clear up the mess surrounding the party in the wake of the various scams surrounding it.
'India has always maintained that most of the money the US sends to Pakistan is used to bolster Pakistan's defences along the Indian border. This got conclusive proof when then Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf admitted that Islamabad has indeed been using aid money from the US on its eastern border.'
With lines like "He was very diplomatic", "I don't think he got my question right," the students let it be known who they thought came out trumps.
Romit Mitra had no doubts about what he will ask the president about: The US's Afghanistan policy.
"That such an unscientific method still exists shows total neglect for forensic collection. There is an urgent need for a complete overhaul of the system. And successive Indian governments have failed to understand and implement victims' rights," said Aruna Kashyap, the report's author.
Most names figuring in the investigations of the 2007 bomb blasts in Ajmer, at Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid, and in Malegaon hail from Madhya Pradesh's Malwa region. Rediff.com's Krishnakumar Padmanabhan traces the common thread that could have brought these men together.
The sensational acquittal of 26/11 Mumbai terror accused Fahim Ansari and Sabahuddin Ahmed have raised many eyebrows. But for Fahim's family, the decision has simply reinforced their belief that he was innocent. Rediff.com's Krishnakumar P visits Fahim's house in Mumbai, and brings forth their reactions.
I was not ready to spend money and they demanded money. I don't want to use money in politics. Unfortunately in the BSP, money has become everything. There is a mafia working in the party that controls everything.
Milind Deora was the Member of Parliament who represented Mumbai South, which was the theatre of the deadliest terror attack on Indian soil.
'The officers are sitting on their chairs today because these men paid with their lives. The least they can do is to give them the honour they deserved,' says Vinita Kamte.
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday lauded the sacrifice made by security personnel while combating terrorists during the Mumbai terror attacks.
With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh set to become the first foreign dignitary to visit President Barack Obama at the While House next week, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Tuesday said that India and the United States will look to take forward their strategic partnership and cement the ties forged under the Bush administration.
India is on the cusp of rapid growth and this is a great reason for the country to be at the forefront of promoting clean energy, United States energy secretary Steven Chu said on Friday.
Manoj Prabhakar, who played alongside Sachin Tendulkar in his first Test on November 15, 1989, salutes The Legend in a fascinating feature.
All it took was a letter from Ayyadurai addressed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for sparks to fly. In the letter, he cried foul over the manner in which he had been asked to pack his bag for 'taking on the CSIR leadership'. Though the CSIR cites a high pay package demand from Ayyadurai as reason for his termination, the Indian-American scientist and entrepreneur believes he has been victimised. It is illegal and irrelevant, he claims.
The Communist Party of India-Maoist have established linkages with the banned Students Islamic Movement of India, and are looking to set up a base in south India, an Intelligence Bureau report has revealed.
Days after India and China traded charges of interference in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh respectively, the leaders of the two countries will meet on the sidelines of the seventh ASEAN summit.
DoT sources confirmed receipt of the report by auditors Parekh and Co and said that it is yet to examine the findings. DoT would ask for RCom's response later.
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