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Jammu, Oct 19: Pakistani troops opened fire and pounded 14 forward Indian posts and civilian areas along the Jammu frontier with mortar shells overnight, leaving two BSF jawans injured. There was firing and shelling of mortar bombs on 14 forward posts and civilians areas in RS Pura, Pargwal, Samba, Hiranagar and Jagnockah border belts along the internation border (IB) in Jammu, Samba and Kathua

New Delhi, Oct 19: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Friday rejected resignations of 13 Seemandhra MPs, setting the stage for a confrontation when the Telangana Bill comes up for discussion in Parliament. The Speaker said the resignations were “not voluntary or genuine” as they came in the wake of protests in the Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions following the Congress’ decision to carve out a

New York, Oct 18: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cannot be kept out of the CBI probe into the controversial coal block allocation as he was the "competent authority" when the decision was taken, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said today. Naming industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former coal secretary P C Parakh by the CBI in its FIR sent a "very, very adverse" signal that investors and civil

Gonda (UP), Oct 18: Police keeping a watch as workers of Vishwa Hindu Parishad march during a protest against ban on Sankalp Divas meeting by the Uttar Pradesh government, in Mirzapur on Thursday. BJP MP Yogi Adityanath and 24 others accompanying him to VHP's 'Sankalap Diwas' rally in Ayodhya, were today arrested at the railway station here as a preventive measure, police said. The BJP MP from

Milan, Oct 18: Guido Ralph Haschke, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP choppers deal, has been arrested by Swiss authorities on charges of bribery, Italian media reported. According to Italian news website, La Repubblica, Haschke could be brought to Italy by next week in case he prefers not to appeal against extradition proceedings before the Swiss Federal court. The

Chennai, Oct 18: The Tamil Nadu Police have arrested 35 crew members of an US owned ship, that was detained on last Saturday for carrying arms and ammunition. The police detained the MV Seaman Guard Ohio ship owned by US company AdvanFort at the Tuticorin coast in Tamil Nadu on Saturday accusing it of illegally transporting weapons and ammunition in Indian waters. A First Information Report (FIR)

Bhopal, Oct 18: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi told an emotional tale involving his mother Sonia to strike a chord with people at a poll rally in the tribal-dominated Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh Thursday. He said there was nothing more important for him than ensuring respect to women and went on to suggest that women were not being respected in the state. "Izzat kya hoti hai ye meri ma ki

New Delhi, Oct 18: The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into various criminal aspects of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia’s conversations with prominent people. The apex court noted that it reflected “a deep-rooted malice” and showed that private people connived with government officials for illegal gain. A bench of justices G S Singhvi and C

New Delhi, Oct 17: Former top bureaucrats have come out in support of ex-Coal Secretary P C Parakh, who has been named by CBI in the coal blocks allocation scam, warning that harassment of honest officers will erode Government's credibility and stop senior officers from taking decisions. "Parakh, as I have known him, is an honest, competent officer. While I do not wish to comment on the CBI

Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh), Oct 17: Congress President Sonia Gandhi with Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Kumari Selja leaves Parliament House to All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi for treatment. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Thursday that his mother Sonia Gandhi was breathless when she was rushed from parliament to hospital two months ago. But although she