India

Mumbai, Mar 13: BJP today came under fresh attack from its ally Shiv Sena, which slammed it for creating a "trust deficit" by hobnobbing with Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena in the run-up to the polls and asked it to mend its ways and follow "alliance dharma". In a hard-hitting editorial in mouthpiece 'Saamana', party president Uddhav Thackeray asked BJP to adhere to the "dharma" of

New Delhi, Mar 13: India today termed as "good as far as it goes" the dismissal of visa fraud charges by a US court against senior diplomat Devyani Khobragade, whose arrest and strip-search had triggered a diplomatic row between the two countries. "We have seen the judgement related to the indictment of January 9. It is good as far as it goes," spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs said

Hyderabad, Mar 12: In a mid-air scare, "incorrect" input by Pakistan's air traffic control to a Mumbai-bound Air India Dreamliner plane from London led it to come close to another aircraft, prompting a sharp reaction from India. The Mumbai-bound Air India flight AI-130 from London's Heathrow Airport yesterday escaped a near-miss incident after the Karachi Air Traffic Control (ATC) gave pilot a

New Delhi, Mar 12: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Wednesday skipped a rally addressed here by TMC chief Mamata Bannerjee who attacked Narendra Modi and ruled out support to either Congress or BJP after the Lok Sabha polls. What was billed to be a platform to launch Bannerjee's national ambitions with Hazare on the dais turned out to be just a Trinamool Congress rally. No reason was given

New Delhi, Mar 12: Malaysia has sought India's assistance to trace its missing aircraft with 239 people on board even as the Government here initiated the process of appointing designated people to share information and take the matter forward. "Malaysia has yesterday sought India's assistance in locating the plane. "We are appointing designated people to deal with the issue and also take forward

Mumbai, Mar 12: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal started his two-day Maharashtra election campaign here Wednesday by taking an autorickshaw from Mumbai airport to go to Andheri station. Welcomed by a huge crowd of AAP activists, a large media contingent and a significant police presence, the former Delhi chief minister stepped out of the airport and hailed an auto along with two other senior

Washington, Mar 12: US' National Security Agency, India's Centre for Development of Telematics, and the UK's GCHQ have been named among the worst online spies by a non-profit group for implementing censorship and surveillance. Three of the government bodies designated by Reporters Without Borders as 'Enemies of the Internet' are located in democracies that have traditionally claimed to respect

New Delhi, Mar 12: After overcoming initial hiccups, the BJP is all set to field its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi. Party chief Rajnath Singh is expected to contest from Lucknow. The BJP is expected to make announcements in this regard at a scheduled meeting of its Central Election Committee on Thursday. The party witnessed a minor revolt last

Balasinor, Mar 11: In a hard-hitting attack on Narendra Modi on his home turf, Rahul Gandhi today accused his government of "stealing" farmers' land and charged the BJP with appropriating credit for schemes launched by the Congress-led UPA. Without directly naming the Gujarat Chief Minister, Gandhi also alluded that Modi works like Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and attacked him for retaining "corrupt

Mumbai, March 11: A veritable storm has erupted in the Shiv Sena two days after its bete-noire, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), decided to support the BJP in the state without joining the NDA or the saffron Grand Alliance. Amidst a public clamour from Shiv Sainiks to break the nearly 25-year old alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), senior BJP leaders rushed to meet and mollify