India

Washington, Feb 23: The prospect of a crippling economic sanctions, "improving" electoral chances and his "desire" to be noted as the architect of India's economic revolution might have prevented the then Prime Minister Narasimha Rao from going for nuclear tests in the winter of 1995-96. This was the conclusion that the Clinton Administration had arrived which for weeks in December and then in

Hyderabad, Feb 22: A "highly-disturbed" crime scene has not helped police make much headway into the twin bomb blasts probe at Dilsukhnagar here even as special teams from NIA, NSG and the Central Forensic Science Laboratory collected samples and sent them for detailed analysis. The Saroor Nagar police registered a case, based on a complaint by eye-witness Gadagolla Anand, under different sections

New Delhi, Feb 21: CBI has arrested Gujarat Police officer G L Singhal in connection with the alleged fake encounter of 19-year old student Ishrat Jahan by a team of Ahmedabad crime branch officers in 2004. CBI sources here said Singhal, an inducted IPS officer, who was then Assistant Commissioner of Police Crime Branch, was arrested by the agency in Ahmedabad and searches are going on at his

Kolkata, Feb 21: Trinamool Congress workers allegedly chopped off the ear of a panchayat worker in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Thursday for joining the two-day nationwide strike by major trade unions, police said. "We have received information of the incident but no complaint has been registered so far," an officer of Jalangi police station, under which the incident happened, said. The

New Delhi, Feb 21: CBI has arrested Gujarat Police officer G L Singhal in connection with the alleged fake encounter of 19-year old student Ishrat Jahan by a team of Ahmedabad crime branch officers in 2004. CBI sources here said Singhal, an inducted IPS officer, who was then Assistant Commissioner of Police Crime Branch, was arrested by the agency in Ahmedabad and searches are going on at his

New Delhi, Feb 21: President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday said the government, deeply concerned about incidents of sexual offences against women, promulgated an ordinance amending criminal law to provide stringent punishment for sexual offences. "After considering the recommendations of the Justice J.S. Verma Committee, the government has promulgated an ordinance, amending the criminal law to provide

New Delhi, Feb 21: The two-day Bharat bandh called by 11 major trade unions is into its second day today. Banks are shut like yesterday and public transport in many cities remains affected. Noida adjoining Delhi, where factories and vehicles came under mob attacks yesterday, is under heavy police watch. At least 71 people have been arrested for vandalising factories at a hosiery complex and

Bangalore, Feb 21: The Congress is yet to announce how many migrants from other parties it will accomodate. But there are speculations that Forest Minister C?P Yogeshwara and Small?Scale Industries Minister Rajugouda will resign from their posts and also give up the BJP membership on Thursday. It is said that keeping the ‘winnability’ factor in mind, the party high command has orally told these

New Delhi, Feb 20: Central trade unions Wednesday said that the first day of their nationwide strike in support of demands to contain inflation and employment generation had drawn "overwhelming response". All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) general secretary Gurudas Dasgupta said here that the strike was "unprecedented". "All the central trade unions congratulate the working people of India for

New Delhi, Feb 20: In the wake of BJP's protests over his Hindu terror remark, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde is likely to talk to senior party leader Sushma Swaraj to find a way out to ensure smooth functioning of Parliament during the Budget session beginning on Thursday. "The BJP wants an apology from home minister Sushilkumar Shinde over his Hindu terror remarks for smooth functioning of