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Bijapur, Aug 15: One more year passes by and 63-year-old Rajahmed Bagewadi’s hope to celebrate Id with his son is dashed. For five years, Mr. Bagewadi has been waiting for his son Mohammad Sami to return home from jail where he is incarcerated on terrorism charges. The ageing but doughty father has relentlessly tried to get his son freed as he believes he has been wrongly implicated. Sami (26), a

New Delhi, Aug 15: In an apparent attack on BJP leader and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today warned that "narrow and sectarian ideologies" would "weaken" the democracy and the country and they should be prevented from growing. "There can be no place for narrow and sectarian ideologies in a modern, progressive and secular country. Such ideologies divide our

Mumbai, Aug 14: The Indian Navy chief said the cause of the huge explosions that sank INS Sindhurakshak submarine here early on Wednesday was not known but sabotage was unlikely. Admiral DK Joshi told the media after defence minister AK Antony visited the disaster site that any number of factors could have led to the tragedy that is believed to have killed 18 officers and sailors. He said

New Delhi, Aug 14: Much to the discomfort of consumers, onion prices today touched Rs 80 per kg in most retail markets in the national capital despite normal supply in the wholesale markets. Wholesale price of onion have increased by Rs five to Rs 50-55 per kg in Azadpur mandi, according to the Onion Merchant Traders Association. Onion supply to the city, which comes from Maharashtra, Rajasthan

Mumbai, Aug 14: "I feel sad about those Navy personnel who lost their lives for the country," Antony told reporters outside Parliament. In a major setback to the Indian Navy, a submarine caught fire after a massive explosion and sank in the dockyard here early on Wednesday, with the fate of 18 personnel, including three officers, on board remaining uncertain. The explosion resulted in a major fire

Mumbai, Aug 14: An Indian Navy submarine caught fire after an explosion and sank here late last night, with the fate of 18 personnel, including three officers, on board uncertain. An explosion resulting in a major fire took place on board INS Sindhurakshak, a Kilo class submarine of the Indian Navy, shortly after midnight. The fate of 18 persons on board the submarine is being ascertained, a

Mumbai, Aug 14: Navy today ordered a board of inquiry to probe the explosion and subsequent fire onboard its submarine INS Sindurakshak which has sunk. The fate of 18 persons onboard the submarine is being ascertained, a Navy official said. An explosion resulting in a major fire took place on board INS Sindhurakshak, a Kilo class submarine of the Indian Navy, shortly after midnight, a defence

New Delhi, Aug 13: The average wholesale price of onion has more than doubled since the beginning of this month and the vegetable is now selling at up to Rs 80 per kg in the city due to shortages blamed on excess monsoon rains destroying crops. Insiders in the trade say prices are not likely to reverse till around September-end . Prices are likely to stabilize this week but another surge is

New Delhi, Aug 13: Upping the ante on Robert Vadra's controversial land deals in Haryana, BJP today termed it as a "serious case of fraud with a nationalised bank". After a meeting of BJP's Parliamentary Party, Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ravishankar Prasad rejected Congress contention that the matter was state related. "It is not a state subject. This is an issue of a serious bank

New Delhi, Aug 13: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir to file a detailed affidavit on the communal clashes in Kishtwar district and subsequent steps taken by the state government to control the situation. The apex court directed the chief secretary to file the affidavit by August 21 on a PIL seeking direction to the government to provide safe passage to