PM conveys dismay over Sri Lanka move on 13th Amendment

New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday told a delegation of Sri Lanka Tamil MPs that he was 'dismayed' by reports suggesting that Colombo planned to dilute certain key provisions of the 13th Amendment on devolution...

Yamuna water crosses danger mark, flood threat over Delhi

New Delhi : Threat of flood loomed large over the national capital as the water level in Yamuna rose well above the danger mark and is set to go up significantly with Haryana releasing over nine lakh cusecs of water into...

Mamata shouts at Barasat anti-rape protestors

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's belated bid to soothe the family of a murdered gang-rape victim in North 24 Parganas Monday turned sour when she lost her cool after facing noisy protests from villagers....

Will be happy to see Rahul as PM, says Manmohan Singh

New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday expressed his readiness to make way for Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and hoped he would be the leader of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the future. Speaking...

Manmohan inducts eight veterans with eye to polls

New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday inducted eight veterans into the union council of ministers, evidently with an eye to state assembly elections this year-end, but the exercise was seen as lacklustre with no...

Monsoon fury: Toll rises to 131, Kedarnath shrine in mud

Dehradun/Shimla ; The famous Kedarnath shrine was virtually submerged in mud and slush where 50 people died in the unprecedented flash floods that claimed over 130 lives in Uttarkhand and Himachal Pradesh and left...

Nitish rejects BJP's charge of 'betrayal'

Patna : A day after JD(U) snapped ties with NDA, a combative Nitish Kumar today rejected BJP's charge of betrayal and squarely blamed it for the break-up of the 17-year-old alliance, saying his party was left with 'no other...

Ahmedabad: In an apparent move to avoid stoking a fresh controversy as BJP comes to terms with a bitter separation from JD(U), Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has declined an invitation to visit Ayodhya, his office said...

New Delhi : Eight new faces will be inducted in the Council of Ministers today, with Sisram Ola and Oscar Fernandes making a re-entry after a gap of four years. Ola, along with Girija Vyas and K S Rao, are to be inducted...

Gandhinagar: CBI today questioned Intelligence Bureau Special Director Rajinder Kumar in connection with the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case at its office here. This is the second time the IB officer has been grilled by...

Modi meets Advani

New Delhi : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi met senior BJP leader L.K. Advani here Tuesday, a week after the party patriarch quit following the former's elevation as the party's campaign committee chief. Modi, who...

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took oath as member of Rajya Sabha on Monday after being re-elected from Assam. 80-year-old Singh, who is the leader of the Upper House, was recently elected a member of Rajya...

BJP allies welcome Modi's elevation, Congress says not afraid

New Delhi: After the BJP named Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday as its campaign chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, a section of the party's allies welcomed the move while others said it was not an NDA decision....

Himachal CM, 1,000 tourists stranded in valley

Shimla : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and over 1,000 tourists were stuck in the picturesque Sangla Valley Monday as the area was cut off due to landslides, an official said. Incessant rainfall in the...

Unacceptable if US is found violating Indian privacy laws, says govt

India said it would be 'unacceptable' if it is discovered that Indian laws on privacy have been violated by the surveillance launched on web users worldwide by the US National Security Agency (NSA). 'If it is discovered...