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New Delhi, Aug 2: Setting the stage for a standoff in the Supreme Court on the autonomy issue, an assertive Centre today junked CBI's stand for more power for its Director with a minimum three-year term, saying an all powerful Chief without checks and balances entails the risk of "potential misuse". Rejecting CBI's opposition for an Accountability Commission for the agency, the Centre in an

Hyderabad, Aug 2: The spectacle of "resignation" by ministers and legislators of the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh as well as the main Opposition TDP over the Telangana issue is becoming chaotic as a clear headcount of those who claimed to have quit remained ambiguous. The Congress leaders are clearly finding themselves pushed to a corner, with protests intensifying across Andhra- Rayalaseema

New Delhi, Aug 2: BJP today refused to confront its MP Shatrughan Sinha and even requested the media to "ignore" him in the wake of a series of embarrassing comments by the leader over the last week targeting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. In his latest remarks, Sinha today said in an interview to a news channel that if popularity was the yardstick for choosing a leader, then actor Amitabh

New Delhi, Aug 2: Seeking to negate the two Supreme Court verdicts on lawmakers, one of which disqualifies MPs and MLAs from the House immediately upon their conviction, government may approach the apex court for a review and also go for a "legislative remedy" by amending the current laws. Law Minister Kapil Sibal today said the government will discuss and decide in the coming days on the two

New Delhi, Aug 2: Upset over the ruling Congress and UPA's decision to create Telangana, seven Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh today quit Parliament, with indications that some more were likely to resign soon. The MPs, who put in their papers, were A Sai Prathap (Rajampet constituency), Anantha Venkatarami Reddy (Anantapur) C V Harsha Kumar (Amalapuram-SC), Vundavalli Arun Kumar (Rajahmundry)

Lucknow, Aug 2: A video purportedly showing a senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader claiming he got IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal suspended in "just 41 minutes" has put the Uttar Pradesh government in a tight spot. The video comes after Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav firmed up his stance in the matter of the official's suspension, and said there was no question of revoking the order

Shimla, Aug 2: Tremors of the magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale rocked several parts of Himachal Pradesh at 8.03 a.m. Friday, triggering panic, an official of the meteorological office said. The quake lasted a few seconds, and no loss of life was reported. The epicentre of earthquake, which was of moderate intensity, was Kishtwar area of Jammu and Kashmir. A moderate intensity quake today

London, Aug 2: A controversial US surveillance programme that sweeps internet usage data had 700 snooping servers installed at 150 locations around the world, including one in India, according to a report. The XKeyscore programme, run by the National Security Agency (NSA), allowed analysts to search through vast databases containing e-mails, online chats and browsing histories of millions of

Hyderabad/ New Delhi, Aug 2: Two days after the UPA-Cong nod for formation of separate Telangana state, Andhra Pradesh plunged into a political crisis with a spate of resignations by elected representatives of Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions, including three ministers. After hours of discussions at Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy’s camp office, three Seemandhra ministers T G Venkatesh

Hyderabad, Aug 1: Ministers and legislators from Rayalaseema and Andhra regions of Andhra Pradesh Thursday decided to resign to protest Congress party's decision to carve out Telangana state. As many as 15 ministers and 26 legislators of the Congress party decided to submit resignations by the evening. The ministers from Seemandhra (Rayalaseema and Andhra) met at the ministers' quarters here to