India

New Delhi, Oct 23: Former state health minister Harsh Vardhan is Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) chief ministerial candidate for the Delhi assembly polls slated for Dec 4, party officials announced Wednesday. The decision was taken following the BJP's parliamentary board meeting attended by party president Rajnath Singh and senior leader L.K. Advani among others.

Beijing, Oct 23: India and China Wednesday inked a key border agreement for peace on the border as well as managing trans-border rivers and water sharing as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang held talks here. Manmohan Singh said the agreement on Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) will add to "existing instrument to establish peace and tranquillity on the border"

Jammu, Oct 23: Pakistan troops resorted to heavy shelling at Indian positions at 50 locations along the International Border killing one BSF jawan and injuring six others a day after Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde reviewed security situation in Jammu And Kashmir. According to reports, heavy firing from the Pakistan side was reported last night in the RS Pura and Pargawal sectors and

New Delhi, Oct 22: Thousands of employees of Airports Authority of India (AAI) today started a relay hunger strike across the country to protest against the government's move to privatise six airports. The employees associated with various unions of AAI have formed a joint forum and started the three-day-long strike in front of the Civil Aviation Ministry at Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan here and at AAI

Patna, Oct 22: In probably the first case of same sex marriage in Bihar, two girls ran away from their homes in Patna to get married to each other, a police official said on Monday. The father of one of the girl's had lodged a case of kidnapping against the other girl's family. Reema and Akansha (names changed) were married and living as a couple when police found them at a hotel in Sasaram in

New Delhi, Oct 22: RJD chief Lalu Prasad (in pic) and JD(U) leader Jagdish Sharma disqualified from Lok Sabha after being convicted in fodder scam case. Lalu Prasad and Jagdish Sharma were Tuesday disqualified from the Lok Sabha following their conviction in the fodder scam, a Lok Sabha Secretariat official said. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad, an MP from Bihar's Saran district, and

Jammu, Oct 22: Pakistan troops resorted to heavy shelling at Indian positions in RS Pura sector of the international border in Jammu district late on Monday night. A senior paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) officer told IANS that Pakistan troops used 82 millimetre mortars and other heavy weaponry to target their positions in Nikkowal and Abdullian areas of RS Pura sector late on Monday

New Delhi, Oct 22: A day after his disqualification from the Rajya Sabha, Congress leader Rashid Masood on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and four years sentence in a corruption case. Justice Hima Kohli issued notice to the CBI and sought its response by November 13, on Mr. Masood’s appeal. Mr. Masood’s counsel H.R. Khan Suhail also sought suspension of his client’s

Mumbai, Oct 22: The Rupee continued to fall for third trading day on Tuesday, slipping 22 paise to 61.74 per dollar on sustained demand for the U.S. currency from importers and banks amidst its higher value overseas in spite of good foreign capital inflows. The rupee resumed lower at 61.71 per dollar as against the last closing level of 61.52 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) Market. It

Chennai, Oct 22: India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) Tuesday generated 160 MW power at its first unit in Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), said a senior official. "Unit 1 synchronisation with the power grid was done at 2.45 a.m. on Tuesday, generating 75 MW of power. We then increased the power output to 160 MW and maintained that for around