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New Delhi, Apr18: In its closure report submitted to the trial court, the Special Investigation Team that probed Zakia Jafri’s complaint against Narendra Modi and 58 others said there was no evidence to prove that the Chief Minister had sent the bodies of the 2002 Godhra victims to Ahmedabad with a view to parading them before the public. The SIT quoted Ahmedabad Police Commissioner P.C. Pande to

Mumbai, Apr 17: Comparing NDA constituents to horses of Arjun's chariot, Shiv Sena on Tuesday cautioned that BJP should take allies into confidence on the issue of its prime ministerial candidate or else there could be a "Mahabharata". With the chasm between BJP and JD(U) widening over Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial nominee, the Sena also insisted on convening a meeting of the opposition

Washington, Apr 17: The proposed changes in the issuing of H-1B visas, the highly sought after US work permits, will badly affect the Indian IT firms which depend heavily on these work visas. The changes under the Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) put a curb on use of H-1B visa for those companies which have a higher ratio of work force under this category. Most of the Indian companies will

New Delhi, Apr 16: Strongly condemning the Boston blasts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday wrote to U.S. President Barack Obama expressing solidarity with the American people in the wake of the “senseless and cowardly act”. Dr. Singh said it was a “tragic reminder” that the evil of terrorism that still threatened the U.S. and India and “lurks in our cities”. “The people of India join me in

Raipur, Apr 16: Ten naxals were killed and several others injured in an encounter with security forces in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. Eleven automatic guns were also recovered from the encounter spot. On a tip-off about the presence of Naxals in the forest area of Puarti village, a search was launched by Greyhounds force of Andhra Pradesh and district force on Tuesday morning

Udhagamanadalam (TN), Apr 15: A bandh called by Hindu Munnani protesting the attack on one of its leaders here by a 20-member gang for his alleged 'hate speech' evoked a mixed response today as tension prevailed in the famous hill resort town. According to police, Manjunathan, Nilgiris District Secretary of Hindu Munnani was waylaid and attacked by a motorcycle-borne gang last night, after the

New Delhi, Apr 15: While Tihar Jail authorities wait for Devender Singh Pal Bhullar to be shifted back to prison from the Institute of Human Behaviour Allied Science (IHBAS), intelligence assessments have started trickling in, warning of an adverse fallout in Punjab of his impending execution. Intelligence circles are already debating whether his hanging should be carried out in secrecy, as was

New Delhi, Apr 14: As it virtually shut the door on NarendraModi, JD(U) today indicated it would prefer BJP veteran L K Advani as NDA's prime ministerial candidate over the Gujarat chief minister. "NDA had contested under the leadership of L K Advani earlier. I do not think there should be a problem for any NDA faction to go to polls with his leadership. Advani will definitely be more acceptable

New Delhi, Apr 14: Disapproving of JD(U)’s remarks against Narendra Modi, BJP on Sunday firmly stood behind the Gujarat Chief Minister saying no “unfounded inferences” should be drawn against him. “We reject all unfounded inferences against Narendra Modi,” party spokesperson Nirmala Sitaraman told reporters in New Delhi, adding it was “unfortunate” that allies were “concentrating their energies”

Lucknow, Apr 14: The war of words in Uttar Pradesh (UP) politics saw yet another low on Sunday when Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, in a bid to consolidate her dalit vote bank, said that "her government will thrash the Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders black and blue after being voted back to power". "When the BSP was in power, it had distributed land to dalits but it has been forcibly taken