Even as the pro-unified Andhra Pradesh leaders stepped up activity in New Delhi, Telangana seeking groups on Monday threatened to launch a "militant struggle" if their demand for a separate state was not conceded by January 28, "as promised" by the Centre. Congress legislators from Telangana decided to go to Delhi on Tuesday along with ministers and MPs from the region and prevail upon the Centre to take a favourable...
06:33 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Andhra Pradesh ministers from the Andhra-Rayalaseema regions will camp in New Delhi from Monday to prevail upon the Congress high command as well as the Centre not to divide the state. "We want Andhra Pradesh to remain united. We will present our case strongly to the party high command and the Centre in a democratic manner," School Education Minister S Sailajanath told reporters after a meeting of ministers here this...
06:20 PM, Jan 19, 2013
New Delhi: Unitech Ltd MD Sanjay Chandra, an accused in 2G spectrum allocation scam case, on Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the charges framed against him saying the order by the trial court was passed in a 'casual and perfunctory manner'. He said the order was passed without application of judicial mind as there was no evidence to show that he had conspired with any public...
09:01 PM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: Essar group on Wednesday said the special 2G court had no jurisdiction in taking cognisance of the CBI chargesheet filed against its five officials and three companies, and said it would be taking legal recourse in this regard. The company said in a statement that it has been "advised that the special court has no jurisdiction in matters where no corruption charges have been alleged. Essar will take...
05:43 PM, Dec 21, 2011
Jammu: The Indian Army on Wednesday put its foot down on the issue of revocation of AFSPA, telling Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah that the security forces were required in the militancy-ridden state. At the meeting of the unified command in Jammu, the army took a tough stand saying that a partial repeal of the AFSPA, as suggested by Omar, would create terror sanctuaries in the state. Omar...
09:00 PM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will meet the Unified Command on Wednesday over removal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the state. The big question remains that will Omar be able to convince the Army about removing the act? However, Omar did say that he wanted the act to be removed from certain areas but not from strife-hit areas like Sopore, Baramullah and...
01:25 PM, Nov 09, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said that the United States strongly condemns the use of violence on protesters in Libya and said a unified international response was forming. "The suffering and bloodshed is outrageous and it is unacceptable," Obama said in his strongest and most direct statements to date on the unrest in Libya. "So are threats and orders to shoot peaceful protesters and further punish the people...
09:18 AM, Feb 24, 2011
Srinagar: A day after 4 protestors died in police firing across Jammu and Kashmir, curfew has been re-imposed in the Kashmir Valley. The only places where there is no curfew are Ganderbal, Bandipore and Awantipore. With Friday's killings, the total number of protesters killed in violence since June 11 has gone up to 55. Four people, including two teenagers, were killed and 47 others injured in Jammu and Kashmir on...
12:35 PM, Aug 14, 2010
Chidambaram requested the state governments of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa and West Bengal to create a unified command. ...
10:54 AM, Jul 14, 2010
Action against anti-India terror groups is a pre-condition for peace, says Antony. ...
06:10 PM, Jun 25, 2009
Madhav Kumar Nepal is Nepal's new prime minister. ...
04:59 PM, May 23, 2009
32 politicians from a key ethnic Nepal party will support govt led by CPN-UML. ...
01:38 PM, May 18, 2009
