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New Delhi, October 6: Seven Indian sailors, who have been held hostage by Somali pirates for the last two years, have appealed to the PM, the President, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and opposition leader Sushma Swaraj for help. The sailors have narrated their ordeal in a video message uploaded on YouTube and have sought immediate intervention of the government. "Our condition is very bad. I don't

Thiruvananthapuram, October 6: An article in the Sangh Parivar publication ‘Kesari’ advocating alliance between the CPI(M) and Sangh Parivar organisations have given rise to the speculation that the RSS is trying to build bridges with the CPI (M). The article written by T. G. Mohandas says there would be electoral advantage in an alliance between the BJP and CPI (M). It is time that the two

New Delhi, October 6: Continuing with their attack on the ruling establishment, anti-graft campaigners Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan on Friday accused Robert Vadra, son-in-law of UPA chairman Sonia Gandhi, of increasing his wealth from a scanty Rs 50 lakh to Rs 300 crore with the help of real estate giant DLF. “The DLF in return, received favours from the Congress ruled states of Haryana

Mumbai, October 6: "Asking for salaries is not a crime ", shouts one banner. The other poster questions, "Is your party over Mr Mallya?" Yet another hollers, "Criminal Executive Officer, Go Away!" Around 150 odd engineers, pilots and cabin crew of the Kingfisher Airlines marched with them. Wearing black armbands, the group meandered from Terminal 1A at Mumbai's domestic airport to Kingfisher House

New Delhi, October 5: The environment ministry has rejected the Navy's proposal to set up a missile testing site at Tillanchong Sanctuary in Andaman and Nicobar islands, saying the firing range would destroy the habitat of endangered bird species Nicobar Megapode. "The habitat of the megapode should not be disturbed and the missile firing range should not come up in that area," environment

Srinagar, October 5: Backing Centre's decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said the decision will help farmers prosper by removing middlemen from the supply chain and generate new jobs. Addressing the national executive of Indian Youth Congress in Srinagar last night, Rahul said FDI in retail will help farmers store their produce safely for a longer

New Delhi, October 4: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to grant interim bail to ex-Army officer Shrikant Prasad Purohit, Pragya Thakur and other accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. A bench of justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad refused to grant any interim relief after senior advocate U R Lalit appearing for the accused contended they have been behind bars for four years and their

Balasore (Odisha), October 4: India today test-fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km from a test range near here as part of a user trial by the army. "The flight test of the surface-to-surface missile was conducted at around 0907 hrs from a mobile launcher from Integrated Test Range's launch complex-III at Chandipur," defence sources said. The state

New Delhi, October 4: In another round of big-ticket reforms, the Union Cabinet will consider on Thursday raising the FDI cap in insurance sector to 49 percent and opening the pension sector to foreign investment besides creation of a National Investment Board. The Cabinet will also consider a number of other crucial measures like giving more powers to commodity market regulator FMC, Competition

New Delhi, October 4: The ceremonial office of the President is set to get a little less stuffy. Pranab Mukherjee is actually insisting that organizers of functions and government functionaries skip the use of honorifics like "Your Excellency" and "Hon'ble" for the President. Instead, Rashtrapati Bhawan is asking them to keep it simple: just "Shri". This, of course, has a spin-off — what do lesser