India

Jaipur, Oct 16: Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind chief Syed Mehmood Madani on Monday accused the Congress party of creating a Modi bogey to spook the Muslim voters into backing the party in the 2014 election. He asked Muslims not to be scared of the Gujarat chief minister being BJP's prime ministerial candidate. "The Muslim community should not be scared. Secularism is deep-rooted in the country and communal

Chennai/ New Delhi, Oct 15: The police on Monday questioned the crew of a US registered ship with armed guards aboard, accused of illegally transporting weapons and ammunition in Indian waters. The vessel was intercepted by the Indian Coast Guard about 15 nautical miles east of Tuticorin on October 12. Security forces seized 31 assault rifles and around 5,000 rounds of ammunition from the MV

New Delhi, Oct 15: CBI today registered a case against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former Coal Secretary P C Parekh in connection with alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks in 2005. CBI today registered a case against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former Coal Secretary P C Parekh in connection with alleged irregularities in allocation of coal blocks in 2005. After

Datia, Oct 15: The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended 21 officials, including the district magistrate and superintendent of police of Datia district, over the alleged lapses in connection with the temple stampede in which 115 people died on Sunday. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also announced setting up of a judicial commission, to be constituted today, to probe the stampede at

Lucknow, Oct 14: After clamping down on its yatra on the Ayodhya issue, the Uttar Pradesh government today banned VHP's proposed 'Sankalp Diwas' stir on October 18 to press for a parliamentary legislation on building Ram Temple, fearing a communal flare-up. The decision was taken in view of security concerns, especially after the recent communal violence in Muzaffarnagar and surrounding areas

Datia/Bhopal, Oct 14: Police and people remove bodies of pilgrims from the spot following a stampede on the Sindh river bridge near the Ratangarh temple in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. As the death toll in the stampede during Navratri festivities near a temple in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district climbed to 115 today, Congress today targeted Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh

Mumbai, Oct 14: Seeking to strike an emotional note at the first annual Dussehra rally of Shiv Sena after the death of its founder Bal Thackeray, party president Uddhav Thackeray today said he was ready to quit if the cadre had no faith in him. "If you feel that I have lost your confidence, then I will step down. I am ready to leave this stage," Uddhav said. Though he did not mention it, his

Lucknow, Oct 14: The Uttar Pradesh government late Sunday released a Rs.7 crore financial package for riot victims in Muzaffarnagar and nearby areas, an official said. The Uttar Pradesh government late Sunday released a Rs.7 crore financial package for riot victims in Muzaffarnagar and nearby areas, an official said. The financial aid would be used to give compensation for the losses to immovable

Washington, Oct 13: With a "little bit of euphoria" surrounding him with the arrest of the Indian rupee's slide, RBI's new governor, Raghuram Rajan, has sought to temper expectations saying "I am not a superman". Portraying himself as a regular guy with "a wife and two kids," he told a Washington audience Saturday what the country's central bank could do or not do. "Expectations are high. There is

Bhopal, Oct 13: At least 115 pilgrims, including 30 children were killed and more than 100 injured in a stampede on narrow bridge to the historic Ratangarh temple in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. This is shocking re-run of the 2006 tragedy at the same site when 50 pilgrims were washed away. The bridge over the swollen Sindh river, which leads to the temple was chock-a-block with over