New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Grenadiers Association's PIL in the controversy surrounding Army Chief General VK Singh's date of birth. The apex court gave no reasons for rejecting the PIL and said that such an application made by an organisation which is not a party to the case is not admissible. The Grenadiers Association (Rohtak Chapter) had filed a petition which pleaded that General Singh's date...
12:40 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: UPA Chief Sonia Gandhi is expected to address the Youth Congress convention in Delhi on Tuesday. The convention has been named 'Buniyad'. AICC General Secretary and Youth Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had adressed the newly-elected office bearers on Monday. "People talk about corruption. The biggest corruption is in our political system. If we don't bring in change in the political system, we can't fight corruption. The only way...
10:54 AM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: The debate on who will have the final word on lifting the controversial AFSPA from some areas of Jammu and Kashmir intensified with the Union Law Ministry saying the Governor can overrule the recommendation of the state government. Reversing its stand, the Law Ministry has informed the Union Government that Governor NN Vohra enjoys the power to overrule any decision of the Omar Abdullah government for revoking the...
07:21 PM, Nov 23, 2011
New Delhi: India and Pakistan failed to reach a consensus on the long pending Siachen glacier issue during the Defence Secretaries meeting held on Tuesday after a gap of three years. The Defence secretaries of Pakistan and India also released a joint statement on Siachen. Both sides acknowledged that the ceasefire has been on since November 2003 and agreed to continue discussions in a meaningful, result oriented manner. India and...
03:06 PM, May 31, 2011
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Thursday acknowledged that separatists in North-East and Jammu and Kashmir are "misusing" social networking sites and said "proper corrective action" will be taken. Responding to queries of media persons on "misuse" of social networking sites like Facebook by the separatists, the Minister said, "We know people are misusing these but at the same time we are not going to take any hasty decision."...
11:07 PM, Feb 17, 2011
New Delhi: Finally, the government citing 'strategic interest' has scrapping the Antrix Devas deal. The Cabinet Committee on Security that decided to annul the contract India's Space Research Organisation's commercial arm Antrix entered into with Devas Multimedia was clear - the country's security forces needed the spectrum. The crucial S-band spectrum is needed for national needs including defence, paramilitary and railways and can't be handed over for commercial use. The...
08:50 PM, Feb 17, 2011
New Delhi: Terming the controversial S-band spectrum deal between the Indian space agency's commercial arm Antrix and private firm Devas a "mistake," Defence Minister AK Antony on Thursday blamed ISRO for the contract and said the government had corrected it by cancelling the pact. Asserting that the government's hands were clean and it had nothing to hide or fear on the S-band deal, Antony told reporters in New Delhi that...
06:14 PM, Feb 17, 2011
Kochi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday dedicated to the nation the first phase of the International Container Transhipment Terminal at Vallarpadam near Kochi terming it as a "mile-stone in logistic infrastructure development." The realisation of this a long-awaited project is a mile stone in the country's development of logistic infrastructure which would help Kochi emerge as a major hub of port-based and processing activities, the Prime Minister said. He...
10:37 AM, Feb 11, 2011
New Delhi: India on Thursday described as "unacceptable" the issuing of stapled visas to residents of Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh by China. "Issuing of stapled visas is unacceptable to India," Defence Minister A K Antony told reporters in New Delhi. He was responding to queries about the recent incident involving two sports persons from Arunachal Pradesh. The two athletes were prevented by immigration officials from boarding a flight...
08:49 PM, Jan 13, 2011
New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony on Wednesday said despite a "huge budget" set aside by the government, efforts for modernising the armed forces "have not borne the desired results" because of procedural delays which need to be eliminated. "Modernisation of our armed forces remains the top priority for us. However, despite our best intentions and earmarking huge budgets and allocating money, the modernisation efforts have not borne the desired...
08:21 PM, Dec 15, 2010
Cabinet ministers are ready to work according to the priority order. ...
04:58 PM, May 25, 2009
Natwar Singh has challenged the Congress disciplinary committee chairman to oust him from party. ...
05:45 PM, Nov 19, 2006
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