India

Ahmedabad, December 10: It is 8.30 a.m. on Saturday in the middle class area of Chandra Nagar. Jagruti Pandya, widow of former Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya, who was murdered in 2003, is doing a walkabout. She is the Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) candidate from the posh Ellisbridge constituency, which her late husband represented, and her decision to use this election to focus on the fact

New Delhi, December 9: Uttar Pradesh has earned the dubious distinction of witnessing over 100 communal clashes this year that left 34 people dead. The towns where incidents of such violence took place are Kosi Kalan in Mathura, Faizabad, Pratapgarh, Sitapur, Ghaziabad and Bareilly. More than 450 people were also injured in these clashes which took place from January till October 31, Home Ministry

Bhopal, December 9: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh has alleged that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh won the last two assembly elections by using money received from naxalites. Singh told reporters here last evening that he was saying this as the BJP wins by large margins in areas where naxalites wield influence in Chhattisgarh. He alleged that there has heavy corruption in the

Dehradun, December 8: Choppers flew past the historic Chetwode Building at the Indian Military Academy on Saturday showering flower petals on 615 cadets who passed out after successfully completing a rigorous training course to join the Indian Army as officers. Apart from them, 71 foreign gentlemen cadets too simultaneously passed out from the esteemed institution to join the armies of their

Ludhiana, December 8: A day after winning Parliament's approval to the decision of allowing FDI in retail, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the move will benefit farmers and consumers and help introduce new technologies in agri marketing. He also said the decision to allow FDI was "supported" by farmers' organisations in Punjab. Speaking as a chief guest at Punjab Agricultural

New Delhi, December 8: Describing himself as an honest man, a defiant Nitin Gadkari on Friday once again ruled out resigning from the BJP chief's post. Gadkari, facing allegations of financial irregularities and dubious funding of his firms, has painstakingly maintained that he won't quit despite knowing that his term as BJP president comes to an end this month. "I am an honest man, I will not

New Delhi, December 8: The Union Water Resources Ministry said here on Friday that it would notify the final award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal by the month-end even as the Cauvery Monitoring Committee (CMC)?directed Karnataka to release 12 tmc feet of water to Tamil Nadu in December. In the CMC meeting, chaired by Secretary, Water Resources, D V Singh, it was decided that steps “shall”

New Delhi, December 8: Eventually, it turned out to be a stroll rather than the tough climb it was billed to be. The Congress humbled the opposition in the vote on allowing FDI in retail in the Rajya Sabha by a convincing margin of 21 votes: a scoreline which was facilitated by desertions from the opposition ranks and support from all but one of the Independents. The victory — 123 votes for FDI to

New Delhi, December 7: The government Friday won the vote in the Rajya Sabha on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, two days after it sailed through the Lok Sabha, finally getting endorsement from parliament for a policy seen as a major step forward in its reforms process. Getting support once again from the unlikely combination of Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP) and Mayawati's

Erode (TN), December 7: Vehicles have stopped plying from Sathyamangalam near Erode to Mysore following demonstrations and hartal by some Kannada outfits in parts of Karnataka protesting the Supreme Court directive to release 10,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu. For the second consecutive day, more than 800 lorries, 300 vans and 200 other vehicles have been parked at Sathyamangalam, Bannari check