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Condemning the violence in Mumbai, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today warned of strong action against rumour mongers and appealed to the people to maintain peace. Shinde also offered full cooperation to the Maharashtra government in dealing with any situation arising out of the...
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The Maharashtra government has asked the Crime Branch to probe the violence which erupted in Mumbai today, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said. The Crime Branch will probe whose hand was behind the violence. It will also probe how the protest turned so violent, Chavan said in a...
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Senior BJP leader Murali Manohar Joshi today accused the UPA government at the Centre of being an utter failure in protecting Indians in other countries. He was referring to the killing of six Sikhs by a white supremacist at a gurudwara in Wisconsin last Sunday.
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RSS ideologue Sanjay Joshi today claimed that the divide between the rich and the poor would further broaden if FDI in retail was allowed. The government's economic survey last year pointed to the vast gap between the rich and the poor and between the city dwellers and rural inhabitants. The...
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The condition of Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who is undergoing treatment for serious liver ailment, continues to be stable today, hospital sources said. He continues to be stable, sources said. Asked about a possible liver transplant, they said it was too...
21:34
Paul Ryan, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, today lashed out at the US President for his failed economic policies and said Barack Obama was part of the problem. Regrettably, President Obama has become part of the problem, and Mitt Romney is the solution, Ryan said in his maiden...
20:09
Struggling Kingfisher Airlines today said its net loss widened by a whopping 147 per cent to Rs 650.8 crore in the quarter ended June, from Rs 263.5 crore in the year-ago period. This was due to higher interest costs and cost on grounded planes even as curtailed operations helped the...
20:08
Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney has chosen Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, a strong critic of the Obama administration's economic policies, as his running mate for the November presidential polls in US. I am proud to announce Paul Ryan as my VP, Romney, 65, said on the micro...
19:01
After a protest in Mumbai against Assam riots turned violent, prompting the police to fire in the air, Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has appealed for peace. Patil, who was in his home district Sangli in western Maharashtra, has left for Mumbai after the incident, his spokesperson...
18:41
Two people were killed and 10 injured after protests against the Assam violence turned violence in Mumbai.Around 10,000 protestors had gathered at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai and a a section of the crowd burnt vehicles, including media vans. The police had to then fire in the air and...
17:26
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan to be his running mate, according to a Republican with knowledge of the development. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because this person was not authorised to disclose the...
16:37
A protest in Mumbai against Assam crisis which turned violent earlier today has now been contained. The situation has returned to normalcy.Earlier today, BEST buses were torched and one vehicle was set on fire near Azad Maidan in Mumbai after a mob went on a rampage for 30 to 45 minutes. Media...
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At least 30 people were injured, six of them seriously, when a wooden bridge on the Dal Lake collapsed during a protest demonstration in downtown Srinagar today. A group of people at Gaadi Mohalla locality of Saidakadal took to streets and staged a demonstration in support of their demand for...
14:54
Taking on Manmohan Singh, senior Bharatiya Janata Party Arun Jaitley said, The prime minister is deceiving the people of this country. He is in denial over the state of our economy. He should be given a wake up call. Earlier in the day Dr Singh said the downgrade of India's growth...
14:45
A deaf and mute Indian woman, whoin advertently strayed into Pakistan at least 12 years ago, is desperate to return home to her parents. The woman -- whom leading Pakistani rights activist Bilqees Edhi has christened Geeta as no one knows her real name -- apparently...
13:30
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has constituted a three-member committee of parliamentarians, tasking them to visit various parts of Sindh to express solidarity with members of the Hindu community, reassuring them for providing adequate security. Pakistan Senator Hari Ram, MNA Lal Chand...
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The CBI will investigate seven cases related to ethnic violence in parts of lower Assam. The CBI will hear preliminary investigation of seven cases related to the violence. Of them four cases are from Kokrajhar, two from Chirang and one from Dhubri, Assam IGP (law and...
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Batting for Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said today, I would welcome Rahul Gandhi's entry into the Cabinet. On Moody's forecast on India's growth rate, he said, Downgrade is a cause of concern but we should not draw unwarranted conclusions. Fundamentals...
11:59
About 130 members of a group of Pakistani Hindus travelling to India on a month-long pilgrimage are set to cross the Wagah land border today, authorities said. After clearance from the Interior Ministry, immigration authorities yesterday began allowing the group of some 250...
11:35
Mohammed Hamid Ansari was sworn in as the 14th Vice President today after he was re-elected on Tuesday. This is his second consecutive term as the vice president, only the second to do so after Dr S Radhakrishnan. In an almost one-sided contest Ansari got 490 votes out of the 788 valid votes...
11:23
Mitt Romney, the Republican Presidential nominee, will announce his vice presidential pick today during a campaign event in Virginia, as two Indian-Americans were in the fray for being his running mate. The announcement would be first made on a smart phone application at 6:30 pm IST. While there...
10:23
Abu Jundal, the 26/11 handler who is in jail in Mumbai, has made some startling revelations to the Mumbai police, reports NDTV. Sources say Jundal has revealed that terror group Lashkar-e-Tayiba is planning to carry out aerial attacks on Indian cities and has trained para-gliders for this. He...
09:44
Noted Indian-American journalist and author Fareed Zakaria has been suspended by his employers CNN and Time magazine after he admitted to plagiarism and apologised for the ethical lapse. Zakaria, was suspended by CNN and Time magazine after he admitted that he had plagiarised...
09:40
Five Indian software professionals, all from Hyderabad, were killed when their out-of-control Chevrolet Camaro hit a tractor-trailer and burst into flames in a fiery crash on a highway near Oklahoma city on Friday, police said.The accident took place as the driver of the car, travelling south...
03:34
An Afghan man wearing a uniform has shot and killed three US soldiers in the southern province of Helmand, a NATO spokesperson has announced.The incident took place early on Friday morning, and details were still being gathered, Major Lori Hodge, the spokesperson for the military alliance in...
00:58
PTI reports: The US today imposed a new set of economic sanctions against Hezbollah for providing support to Syria's government, the Obama administration's latest move aimed at stopping President Bashar al-Assad from violently suppressing Syrian people. The US is committed to take every step...
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Bo Xilai's wife admits involvement in Brit's murder'Geetika didn't realise what she was being led to'Five Hyderabad youth killed in road mishap in USMourners pay homage to six Gurdwara shooting victimsRamdev wants 'big decision' from govt to end fastAfghan-Pakistan talks on release of Taliban...
