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New Delhi, Jan 19: India Friday welcomed the "positive statements" coming from Pakistan on talks to defuse their border tension and said the border flare-ups of the past 10 days, including the Jan 8 brutal killing of two Indian soldiers, would not undermine their peace process. The statement by External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid came even as Congress president Sonia Gandhi said India was

New Delhi, Jan 19: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered all states and Union Territories not to give permission for installation of any statue or structure in a public place or road, saying that citizens’ right to move freely must not be obstructed in any manner. A bench of Justices R M Lodha and S J Mukhopadhaya observed that the government should act in public interest by using money on

Kolkata, Jan 19: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav Friday while demanding death punishment for the perpetrators of the Delhi gang-rape and murder, mentioned the name of the victim. "I went to meet the family of the victim in Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) and the father related how the young girl was subjected to barbarism. He revealed his daughter's name to me," said Lalu before

Jaipur, Jan 18: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday expressed concern that "competitors" were making inroads into the party's traditional support bases. "The Congress is facing increased competition and inroads have been made into its traditional support bases," Gandhi said while addressing the opening of the party's 'Chintan Shivir' brainstoriming session leaders here. "There are some states

New Delhi, Jan 18: Barely hours after the government permitted oil marketing companies to set diesel prices, the retailers increased the price of the fuel. Oil companies hiked the price of diesel by 45 paise excluding taxes effective today, Indian Oil said in an official statement. The good news -- petrol prices, which were only earlier this week hiked by 35 paise, will come down by 25 paise per

New Delhi, Jan 17: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its orders on the maintainability of the Centre's plea for recall of its July 4 order appointing an SIT to probe the black money issue. A bench of justices Altamas Kabir and S S Nijjar said it would pass appropriate orders on the maintainability plea on September 20. Earlier, resuming the arguments, senior counsel Anil Divan, appearing for

Sangareddy, Jan 17: Jailed MIM legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi, facing sedition charge for a “hate speech”, was on Thursday produced before a court in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh in connection with a case booked against him in 2005 for protesting against the demolition of a worship place. The MIM leader, who was arrested from Hyderabad on January 8 and sent to judicial custody for the “hate

New Delhi, Jan 17: The government today raised the cap on supply of subsidised LPG cylinders to nine bottles from six per year and allowed oil companies to hike diesel prices by a "small quantum" periodically. There will be no change in LPG and kerosene rates, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily told reporters here after the meeting on Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA). "I am happy to inform

New Delhi, Jan 17: The Boeing P8-I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft (LRMRA) which the Indian Navy got lat month is the most sophisticated weapon system in its inventory yet. The aircraft, which is now being used for training by Indian naval personnel in coordination with the US Navy in the US, has the latest radars, electronic warfare systems, and weapons to kill hostile submarines

New Delhi, Jan 17: In a major climb-down after facing military as well as diplomatic heat from India, the Pakistani Army on Wednesday shed its earlier confrontationist attitude to declare its troops would now firmly uphold the ceasefire agreement and exercise restraint on the 778-km-long Line of Control (LoC). The Indian Army, while still furious over the beheading of one of its jawans, promptly