Bangalore: The Congress would build world class infrastructure in 'Bengaluru' if voted to power again in Karnataka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday while attacking the ruling BJP for its "corruption" which had stalled the development of the city and the state. "I assure you, the new Congress government, when elected to power, will give world class infrastructure to Bengaluru because Bengaluru deserves the best. We will give good...
10:40 PM, Apr 29, 2013
India on Monday formally asked Pakistan to release Sarabjit Singh, the death row convict, whose condition remains critical after he was brutally assaulted in a Pakistani jail. ...
09:48 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Leh/New Delhi: Chinese troops have erected one more tent in Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in Ladakh raising the number of such structures in the area of incursion to five, as the standoff between India and China on Monday entered the third week. With China showing no signs of withdrawing its troops from the Indian territory, sources said efforts to break the impasse over the incursion are yielding no results...
09:01 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Jammu: BJP on Monday blamed Centre's soft attitude towards China as a reason behind the latest incursion in DBO sector in eastern Ladakh. "India's defence policy towards China is soft as a result of which China indulges in intrusions every now and then," BJP National Executive Member and former MP, Thupstan Chhewang, told reporters here on Monday. He also alleged that "Congress-led UPA government has adopted complete silence over incidents...
07:40 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Bangalore/Hubli: In an allround attack on the BJP Government in Karnataka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday accused it of "misgovernance" and "corruption" and said the minorities were feeling insecure under its rule. Addressing election meetings at Hubli and on Bangalore outskirts for the May 5 Assembly polls, he said Karnataka had been "slipping" behind others in the last five years as "good governance" and "dynamic leadership" were missing. Singh...
06:51 PM, Apr 29, 2013
New Delhi: Amid demands by opposition members for the outright rejection of the draft report on 2G, JPC Chairman PC Chacko on Monday said he was ready to take their amendments in the form of dissent notes but would not change the text of the documents. "I am willing for a detailed discussion on each of the (10) chapters. The text cannot be changed. The opposition's amendments can be in...
04:40 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Hubli: "Development has taken a backseat in Karnataka due to bad governance and corruption," said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attacking the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday. He was speaking at a public rally in Hubli. Karnataka will go to polls on May 5 and results will be declared on May 8. "...bad governance, carelessness in development works and above all corruption has led to the slackening of progress...
01:24 PM, Apr 29, 2013
Bangalore: With just a week before the state goes to polls, campaigning in Karnataka picks up steam. After Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will start his tour of the state on Monday. Singh will address two public meetings on Monday. He will first make a speech in Hubli, the most important city in north Karnataka which was a BJP stronghold till recently. From Hubli, the Prime...
08:07 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Vijayawada: CPM politburo member Sitaram Yechury said in Vijayawada on Sunday that the UPA government should reveal the names of those involved in the coal scam. "The government should reveal the names of the people involved in the coalgate scam. The resignation of either Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or Law minister Ashwani Kumar would not serve any purpose unless names of the people involved in it come out," Yechury said....
12:14 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Beijing: China on Sunday took note of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks over PLA's incursion into the Depsang Valley and said that it is willing to work with New Delhi to deal with differences while maintaining peace at borders and forging strategic cooperative partnership. "We have noted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement," a statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. "The two sides have been in communication through the working...
07:25 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: BJP on Sunday demanded that External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid's visit to China on May 9 be cancelled over the issue of Chinese incursion in Ladakh and slammed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for calling it a "localised problem". The Government on its part said India is trying its best to deal with the incursion issue in a constructive manner, as the standoff between India and China on Chinese...
06:58 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: Expressing concern over the misuse of central funds in Odisha, a delegation led by state Congress president Niranjan Patnaik met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek a need-based financial package for the state, party leaders said in Delhi on Saturday. "The prime minister has said that there is no discrimination whatsoever with Odisha as is being claimed by the state government, and under the revised guidelines of backwardness,...
06:01 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Chennai: Raising strong objections to certain aspects of Centre's Direct Benefits Transfer, Tamil Nadu chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Saturday said the scheme in its present form should "not be operationalised" in the state as it is an "infringement" on the authority of state governments. In a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Jayalalithaa wondered if the state governments were expected to look on as mere "bystanders", far removed...
02:31 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Amritsar: Indian prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh continues to be in a coma after being attacked by fellow inmates in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail. His family will be leaving for Pakistan on Sunday even as authorities there have suspended two jail officials. Sarabjit's sister Dalbir Kaur on Saturday had said that the High Commission in Delhi has issued visa to the family and she along with his daughters Poonam, Swapandeep...
09:33 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Sarabjit Singh was brutally assaulted inside Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail in Pakistan on Friday. ...
08:12 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath ruled out the possibility of Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigning over the coal scam affidavit. ...
06:30 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Daman: The stand-off arising out of Chinese incursion in Ladakh would be resolved through talks between the armies of the two countries, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said on Saturday. The area was "no-man's land" and disputed between the two countries, Shinde said adding troops of both the countries keep coming and going there. "The issue will be resolved by talks between two armies," he told reporters. Earlier in...
06:20 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said India does not want to "accentuate" the situation in the wake of the recent Chinese incursion in Ladakh and is working on a plan to resolve it. "We do have a plan. We do not want to accentuate the situation. We do believe that it is possible to resolve this problem. It is a localised problem. I think the talks are...
03:32 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Lahore: A day after Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh was brutally assaulted inside Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail, his family has been been granted visa to visit him in hospital. Four members of Sarabjit Singh's family have been granted visa by the Pakistan High Commission to meet the Indian prisoner. The Pakistani High Commission in Delhi also said that it will extend all possible help to facilitate their travel to Pakistan. Sarabjit's...
03:13 PM, Apr 27, 2013
New Delhi: With no let-up in the tension following China's border incursion into Leh, senior government officials have now told CNN-IBN that the entire situation could have been handled better. CNN-IBN's Strategic Affairs Editor Surya Gangadharan takes a look at what steps could have been taken: The Chinese camp should have been surrounded and the supply line behind them should have been cut off. This would have prevented them being...
02:37 PM, Apr 27, 2013
