India

New Delhi, November 8: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that a politically and economically powerful person in Malaysia was stalling the probe into the foreign angle in the Aircel-Maxis case involving the former Union Minister, Dayanidhi Maran, and others. Senior counsel K.K. Venugopal, appearing for the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate, told a Bench

Gurgaon, November 7: Leaders of India Inc on Wednesday welcomed the re-election of Barack Obama as the US president saying that continuity will be good for bilateral relations, but some of them expressed concerns over the outsourcing issue. "This is a good development for India. Between two large economies there will be issues and concerns. Outsourcing is also a concern and I hope it will be

New Delhi, November 7: Divisions persisted within BJP over the continuance of Nitin Gadkari as its president even as its core group yet again stood behind him insisting that there was "no legal or moral wrongdoing" by him in the running of his company. The party's second public backing for Gadkari in a fortnight came on a day of hectic activities in the wake of public demand by eminent lawyer and

New Delhi, November 6: The Election Commission (EC) Tuesday rejected Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy's plea to derecognise the Congress as a party for extending a Rs.90 crore loan to Associated Journals Ltd, publisher of the now defunct National Herald. "Your letters dated Nov 3 and Nov 5 are not maintainable," the EC said in a letter to Swamy. The EC further told Swamy in its letter: "If

Lucknow, November 6: According to reports, the Muslim Jubilee Girls Inter College management has decided to strictly enforce the new rules with immediate effect and has warned that those found violating the directive would be expelled. The college administration justified its decision saying that it would curb incidents of eve-teasing and would promote Islamic culture among students. A member of

New Delhi, November 6: External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Tuesday met Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and urged him to await the verdict of Indian courts on the two Italian Marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kerala. The Italian prime minister requested a brief interaction with Khurshid on the margins of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Phnom Penh, the

New Delhi, November 6: Senior BJP leader Ram Jethmalani launched a scathing attack on Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday, openly challenging his continuance as party president. Calling for his immediate resignation, Jethmalani claimed that several top leaders in the party are against Nitin Gadkari continuing as party president in the wake of corruption charges against him. He named Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant

New Delhi, November 6: The Army troops deployed along the China border from Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh in northeast have reported more than 100 sightings of " Unidentified Flying Objects" (UFOs) in the last three months. Agencies including the Army, DRDO, NTRO and the ITBP have not yet been able to identify these luminous flying objects. The 14 Corps, which looks after

Mumbai, November 6: Trustees of Mumbai's Haji Ali dargah, the iconic Sufi shrine visited by thousands every year and immortalised in the movies, have barred the entry of women. The Haji Ali Dargah Trust says it's "un-Islamic under the Sharia" for women to visit graves and its decision is final. The trust says women are free to be within thedargah's compound but cannot enter the sanctum sanctorum

New Delhi, November 6: Indians may hate them, but Barack Obama's anti-outsourcing ads are helping him win swing states like Ohio which will determine the US presidency. Over the past few months the US president has released waves of advertisements against his Republican rival, Mitt Romney. These have claimed "Romney outsourced call center jobs to India" and was a "pioneer in outsourcing". Fact