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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

New Delhi, December 7: Shoddy implementation of the government's new quota system for subsidized cooking gas has resulted in chaos. There's utter confusion about how many subsidized cylinders a consumer is entitled to in the remaining six months of 2012-13 since the new scheme was announced on September 13, 2012. That day's government release was unambiguous. It said: "The number of subsidized LPG

Lucknow, December 6: The 20th anniversary of Babri Mosque demolition passed off peacefully on a sombre note in the twin towns of Ayodhya and Faizabad and the surrounding areas amidst tight security arrangements. While shops and business establishments owned by Muslims remained partially closed and main markets wore a deserted look it being a weekly off day in Faizabad, black flags were seen at