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New Delhi, Jul 20: Admitting that “things are going bad,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told India Inc on Friday that growth will be less than the targeted 6.5 per cent, but promised that the government would “leave no stone unturned” to revive the sagging economy. Singh’s address at the 92nd annual general meeting of Assocham in the Capital was in many ways an acknowledgement of the people’s

New Delhi, Jul 19: Narendra Modi's stamp was written all over as BJP on Friday announced its election campaign committee for 2014 polls including top leaders Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley who will work under him. The 12-member Committee to which Modi was appointed as chairperson in Goa last month will also have other senior leaders including M Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari

New Delhi, Jul 19: Reliance ADA group chairman Anil Ambani, his wife Tina and 11 others were on Friday summoned as prosecution witnesses in the 2G spectrum allocation case by a Delhi court. "I find that examination of these witnesses is necessary for just decision of the case...," special CBI judge O P Saini said, adding "the application is allowed in total and all 13 are summoned." CBI, in its

Azamgarh (UP), Jul 19: Former MLA and BSP leader Sarvesh Singh Seepu and another person was today shot dead by unidentified assailants, leading to violence in the district with protestors clashing with police and a man being killed allegedly in police firing. Six others were injured in the violence. The tension erupted after 35-year-old Seepu and Narad Rai (40), who came to him for some work, were

New Delhi, Jul 19: The Juvenile Justice Board has held the minor guilty of illegally confining and robbing a carpenter on December 16 night before allegedly participating in the gangrape of a 23-year-old girl in a moving bus here. The carpenter, Ramadhar was lured into the same bus before the girl and her male friend boarded it in south Delhi. Sources in the prosecution has said the JJB Board

Jammu, Jul 19: Protests rocked several areas of Jammu division on Friday to protest the firing incident in Ramban where curfew remained in force even as authorities stopped a fresh batch of Amarnath pilgrims from leaving for the shrine. A shutdown was called by Muslim outfits in several areas like Bhaderwah, Banihal, Thathri, Kishtwar, Gool, Doda, Sangaldan to protest against the incident

New Delhi, Jul 18: The Supreme Court today directed states and Union Territories to frame rules to regulate sale of acids and other corrosive substances within three months and make acid attack a non-bailable offence. The court also directed that acid attack victims shall be paid a compensation of at least Rs three lakh by the state government concerned as an after-care and rehabilitation cost for

Hyderabad, July 18: Parts of the Indian Himalayan region are facing the risk of major earthquakes in the future, according to a study conducted by city-based National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI). "The conclusion was reached following seismic imaging (similar to human body imaging) of the Kumaon-Garhwal region in Uttarakhand for the purpose of the study," Shyam Rai, Chief Scientist

Masrakh (Chapra), Jul 18: A day after the midday meal tragedy in Chapra, the Bihar government claimed that the death of children at Dharmasati primary school, was not due to food-poisoning. Rather, the food had traces of organic phosphorous, a form of pesticide. This was confirmed by Bihar Education Minister P K Sahi on Wednesday. He, however, could not say whether the adulteration was a

Patna, Jul 17: Under attack from the opposition over the death of 23 school children after consumption of mid-day meal at Saran, the Bihar government today said it suspected a conspiracy behind the tragedy. "The deaths were not due to food poisoning but it's a clear case of mixing poison in food," state Education Minister P K Shahi told reporters here. He said doctors attending the students at