India

New Delhi, November 17: The Election Commission has asked the returning officer of Amethi Lok Sabha constituency to probe allegations by Subramanian Swamy that Rahul Gandhi gave "wrong information" regarding his assets while filing nomination papers in the 2009 polls. In a letter to chief electoral officer on November 15, the commission said Swamy has alleged that Gandhi had given "wrong

New Delhi, November 17: A day after the Congress asked Rahul Gandhi to lead the election campaign, its UPA ally Samajwadi Party on Friday declared names of 55 candidates for Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, adding to wide-spread speculation that the polling may take place much before 2014. Officially, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) allies are desisting from making a statement on early

New Delhi, November 17: Retail giant Walmart has disclosed that it is investigating alleged violations of the US anti-bribery law in India, China and Brazil. The development could trigger fresh opposition to the opening up of the domestic retail market to global companies. The disclosure is likely to provide ammunition to political parties that are planning to corner the government on its decision

Islamabad, November 17: A Pakistani lawmaker surprised his colleagues on Friday by suggesting that the country's railways should be handed over to former Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, if the government was unable to tackle the state-run entity's numerous problems. Muttahida Qaumi Movement lawmaker Sajid Ahmed made the suggestion in the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament

New Delhi, November 16: Attributing ‘sensationalism’ over the CAG’s presumptive loss figure of Rs.1.76 lakh-crore for the “killing” of the telecom sector, the Central Government, on Friday, said it planned to auction by March-end the circles that were not taken in the flopped sale of mobile phone spectrum this week. It also rejected Opposition allegations that the government was celebrating the

New Delhi, November 16: Yet another textbook in a CBSE school has sparked a controversy by allegedly insinuating that non-vegetarians lie, cheat and commit crimes, with the government terming it as "unfortunate" and asking state bodies to remain alert about such content and monitor them. "Sensitivities of communities have to be kept in mind. I think its unfortunate, an occasional aberration

New Delhi, November 16: Voicing concern and angst over the death of an Indian woman who was denied an abortion by doctors in Ireland, India Friday summoned Irish Ambassador Feilim McLaughlin and hoped that the inquiry into the incident would be independent. The Irish envoy was summoned by M. Ganapathi, secretary (west) in the external affairs ministry. During his meeting with the Irish ambassador

Hyderabad, November 16: Police lobbed tear gas cannisters after the repeated lathicharges proved ineffective to quell unruly mobs near Charminar on Friday afternoon.A tense situation prevailed in the Old City as the huge crowd began thorwing stones on the police. Trouble broke out immediately after the noon prayers in the historic Mecca Masjid. Anticipating trouble following the controversy over

Guwahati, November 16: An Indefinite curfew was clamped and the Army called out in Kokrajhar district on Thursday after miscreants gunned down a 50-year-old man at Telipara under the Gossaigaon police station. Another man was injured in a stabbing incident in Kokrajhar town, headquarters of the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD), under the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). Assam Home

Mumbai, November 16: The condition of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray continues to remain stable. Late last night, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said his father's health was improving and stable. "Balasaheb is responding to medical treatment," Uddhav had said. Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and other prominent persons from the field of