New Delhi: India and Pakistan will discuss the Siachen issue, which has been hanging fire for over two decades, on June 11-12 in Islamabad with an aim of demilitarising the world's highest battle-filed. Defence Secretaries of the two sides will hold talks for two days there in an attempt to find a solution to the vexed problem which is costing immensely to both countries in terms of monetary and human...
08:32 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Hiranagar: Opposition People's Democratic Party on Sunday said any solution to the vexed issue of Kashmir should be found within the framework of the Indian Constitution and called for stronger Cente-State relations. "Today the people will demand self-rule and tomorrow they will ask for 'aazadi', this way we cannot find a solution to our problem. The real solution of Kashmir issue lies within the Constitution of India," PDP patron Mufti...
06:39 PM, May 27, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called an all-party meeting on May 23 to discuss the issue of quota in promotions to government servants belonging to the reserved category with a view to evolve a consensus after the matter evoked a positive response in Parliament. Sources said the all-party meeting will be held at the Prime Minister's residence on Wednesday morning to explore possibilities of bringing a legislation to...
11:54 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called an all-party meeting on May 23 to discuss the issue of quota in promotions to government servants belonging to the reserved category with a view to evolve a consensus after the matter evoked a positive response in Parliament. Sources said the all-party meeting will be held at the Prime Minister's residence on Wednesday morning to explore possibilities of bringing a legislation to...
11:54 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said that freedom of expression is "contextual". His statement came even as members in the Lok Sabha once again united in criticising cartoons in NCERT textbooks, stating that these allegedly denigrated political leaders, especially the ones on BR Ambedkar. Sibal promised the Lok Sabha that all objectionable material would be removed and the role of advisors of NCERT (National...
07:30 PM, May 14, 2012
Mumbai: Backing protesting Air India pilots, Jet Airways pilot body (SWIP) on Sunday called for immediate reinstatement of those sacked and appealed to Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh to intervene and get the issue resolved at the earliest. "We are calling for immediate reinstatement of our IPG colleagues and good faith negotiations between management, IPG and ICPA in the hope of reaching an agreement which is acceptable to all parties,"...
07:59 PM, May 13, 2012
Kolkata: Bangladesh wants speedy resolution of the visa problems being faced by its nationals who travel to India for medical treatment or to visit their relatives. Urging India to ease the visa rules, Bangladesh Liberation War Affairs Minister Capt (Retd) AB Tazul Islam on Sunday said the issue had been discussed at the foreign secretary level of the two countries. "The issue of visa rules simplification has been discussed at...
07:42 PM, May 13, 2012
New Delhi: India proposes to take the US to WTO against the latter's visa fee hike, which discriminates Indian software companies from American firms. "Department of Commerce proposes to seek consultations with the USA under the Dispute Settlement Understanding of WTO," Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scinida said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. Consultations give the parties an opportunity to discuss the matter and...
11:02 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: Terming anti-terrorism body NCTC as a "Constitutionally vulnerable" instrument which went against the country's federal structure, the BJP on Sunday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as to why the fight against terror through POTA was "compromised" for vote-bank politics. "When you talk of fighting against terror with a constitutionally vulnerable instrument, BJP puts forth some questions to you," said BJP chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad, while asking Prime...
09:49 PM, May 06, 2012
Hyderabad: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu has condemned Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's claim that he met him on the Telangana statehood issue. "While making a statement on Telangana in Lok Sabha yesterday, Chidambaram noted that I met him personally (on the issue). This is totally untrue," Chandrababu said in a statement on Thursday. He alleged that the Central government that was supposed to find a permanent solution...
02:44 AM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said the government will not thrust its opinion on Telangana and the decision on the statehood issue will be taken after consensus among political parties. "The government will not impose its views on Telangana and the decision will be taken only after the eight political parties come up with a view," Chidambaram said while replying to a debate in the Lok Sabha...
12:48 AM, May 03, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to hold a meeting on Wednesday to discuss supply of about 15 million tonnes of extra foodgrains to ration card holders that will help the government to create more storage space for new crops before monsoon. Food and Consumer Affairs Minister KV Thomas, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and PMEAC Chairman C Rangarajan will attend the meeting, sources said. The Prime Minister will...
05:06 AM, May 02, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Tuesday said he will not meet social activist Anna Hazare as long as he is surrounded by key aides Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Kiran Bedi. "Till Kejriwal, Sisodia and Kiran Bedi are part of Team Anna, I cannot think of meeting him (Hazare)," Thackeray told reporters on the sidelines of a function in Mumbai. Last week, Thackeray had refused to meet Hazare,...
04:31 AM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre will respond as soon as possible on the demand for separate Telangana state, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday. Addressing his monthly press conference, he appealed to MPs from Telangana including his partymen to allow Parliament to function while their demand can be discussed. "We will respond as soon as possible," he said in reply to a question about Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj...
04:00 PM, Apr 30, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting on Monday to deliberate on the objections raised by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over export of farm commodities such as sugar and cotton. The Prime Minister will chair two meetings on Monday, one of them would be on agricultural products, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma told reporters in New Delhi on Sunday. Pawar had earlier said, "There is no...
06:53 PM, Apr 29, 2012
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