Raipur/Bhubaneswar, Feb 8: The Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, Mr Raman Singh, on Tuesday assured civil rights activist Swami Agnivesh that all anti-Naxal operations in Bastar would be suspended for 24 h

Feb. 7: The delight in the Pathan household knew no bounds four years ago when both Yusuf and Irfan turned out for India in the inaugural World T20 final against Pakistan in South Africa. While Irfan

Feb. 7: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, on Monday, met two rape victims of Uttar Pradesh—Sheelu Nishad in Shahbazpur village in Banda district and Sarika Pasi who is admitted in a hospital in Kanpur.

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New Delhi, Feb. 7: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow the defence forces to be drawn into a case seeking a review of the so-called homosexuality law. The top court was reviewing the validity

New Delhi, Feb. 7: The Union finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has his task cut out when he faces Opposition parties to discuss their demand for a JPC probe into the 2G scam on Tuesday.

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Chennai, Feb. 7: The Janata party president, Dr Subramaniam Swamy, on Monday sought sanction from the Governor, Mr S.S. Barnala, to prosecute the CM, Dr M. Karunanidhi, for allegedly allotting governm

New Delhi, Feb. 7: The Union finance minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has promised the Praja Rajyam leader, Mr Chiranjeevi, to formulate an action plan to strengthen the Congress after the proposed merg

New Delhi, Feb. 7: In a stand that could cause further embarrassment to the Centre, the CVC, Mr P.J. Thomas, on Monday in the Supreme Court, questioned the competence of the MPs facing serious crimina

Islamabad, Feb. 7: Over three years after her assassination, the Pakistani authorities on Monday formally included the name of the former military ruler, Mr Pervez Musharraf, among the accused in Bena

New Delhi, Feb. 7: The government on Monday was hit by a news report of yet another scam with allegations surfacing that a private company was given the high-value bandwidth without any competitive bi