New Delhi
SP seeks Azam re-entry to get Muslim votes
The Samajwadi Party camp is buzzing with talks of imminent re-entry of the expelled party leader Azam Khan, after the party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav offered public apology to the Muslims in the state. The SP is hopeful of
Digvijay: No regrets for criticising PC
Declaring that he has “no regrets” for his public criticism of home minister P. Chidambaram’s counter-Maoist strategy focusing “only on the law and order angle”, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh says he had conveyed his concerns to the “right quarters” in the Congress leadership before penning his comments.
RSS to counter terror charges
In a series of meetings held on Thursday, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has decided to counter allegations linking them to Hindu terror aggressively. For the RSS, since the CBI chief, Ashwini Kumar has made it clear
Jaswant confined to LS backbench
Former Union minister Jaswant Singh will find it difficult to get a seat in the front row in the Lok Sabha after his re-admission into the party.
Hearing in Bengaluru corridor project deferred
The much-awaited Supreme Court hearing on the latest affidavit of the Karnataka government in the controversial Bengaluru-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project could not take place on Thursday as Justice Cyriac Joseph one of the judges of a three-member bench withdrew from the case. Justice Joseph, who had been Chief Justice of
Pattern of Malegaon, Modasa blasts same
The intelligence as well as investigative agencies are suspecting the role of Right-wing outfits in 2008 Modasa (Gujarat) blast case.
T3 gets world’s largest aircraft
A “superjumbo” Airbus A-380 operated by Gulf carrier Emirates made a safe landing despite heavy rainfall at the New Delhi IGI airport on account of which the pilot decided to “go around” over the airport once before landing.
Congo: IAF to pull out 25 copters
The Indian Air Force has decided to pull out 25 helicopters that are currently on UN peacekeeping missions in the African nations of Congo and Sudan “in a phased manner” and utilise them for domestic operations.
‘Tough Pak steps needed on terror’
On a day when the Pakistani establishment reiterated that it too was a victim of terror just like India is, the US National Security Adviser (NSA), James Jones said that Pakistan would have to make the tough decision to go after terror organisations.
Cabinet for changes in Arms Act
The Union Cabinet decided to make police verification report mandatory for an applicant before an arms licence is issued to him.
