India

New Delhi, September 28: The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Karnataka government today for ignoring the Prime Minister's orders in a huge dispute with neighbouring Tamil Nadu over sharing of water from the River Cauvery. On Tuesday, the Cauvery River Authority, headed by the Prime Minister, asked Karnataka to release 9000 cusecs of water everyday to its neighbour till October 15. Karnataka

Surajkund (Haryana), September 28: The BJP national council on Friday approved an amendment to the party's constitution to allow a second consecutive term for its president. Hitherto, a BJP president could only serve a single three-year term. The amendment to Section 21 of the Bharatiya Janata Party's constitution says that any eligible member can hold the post of the president for two consecutive

Kolkata, September 28: Congress has criticised Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee today for her 'personal attack' on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and said such 'impulsiveness' violated political decorum. "We have noted with dismay that the West Bengal Chief Minister has indulged in a personal attack on the Prime Minister and even described him as not being a grassroots leader besides

New Delhi, September 28: Panchayat leaders from Jammu and Kashmir met Rahul Gandhi on Thursday to demand safety and empowerment while the Youth Congress launched an agitation in the state to highlight their cause, setting the stage for a faceoff between Congress and its J&K partner, National Conference. The Congress support for panchayat leaders in J&K came barely two days after Rahul flagged the

Kolkata/New Delhi, September 27: Congress on Thursday hit out at former ally and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee for her 'personal attack' on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and mimicking him, saying such 'impulsiveness' violated political decorum. "We have noted with dismay that the West Bengal chief minister has indulged in a personal attack on the Prime Minister and even described him

Kolkata, September 27: Hundreds of Muslims today held protests against an anti-Islam video and tried to march to the American Center here, which closed down for the second half of the day. The protestors, belonging to Muslim organisations, including the All-Bengal Minorities Youth Federation, demanding an apology from the US, broke barricades and tried to approach the highly-fortified American

New Delhi, September 27: A Delhi court on Thursday asked police to lodge an FIR against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly branding Bihar natives as infiltrators in Mumbai and threatening them to throw out of the state. Metropolitan magistrate Neeraj Gaur's order came on a complaint by advocate Prem Shankar Sharma who said Thackeray's August 31 remarks, terming Bihar

New Delhi, September 27: The Supreme Court today rejected CBI's plea to cancel the bail granted to former Gujarat minister Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, but agreed to transfer the trial from Gujarat to Mumbai. "We are against the plea for the cancellation of the bail and the petition is dismissed," a bench comprising justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai said. "We

Imphal, September 27: At a time when militants have stepped up attacks on security forces in Manipur, 114 militants belonging to different groups laid down arms before chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh at the headquarters of Inspector General Assam Rifles ( South) at Mantripukhri here on Wednesday. The rebels were from UNLF, PLA, KCP, KYKL, Prepak, KNLF, UPPK, UNPC and PULF. Addressing the biggest

New Delhi, September 27: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has praised former RSS chief K Sudarshan in an article prominently displayed in the September 22 issue of its bi-weekly mouthpiece Dawat and mourned his death. Sudarshan died in Raipur on September 15. In the section Khabar-O-Nazar (News and Views), Dawat chief editor Parwaaz Rahmani recounted how Sudarshan wanted to visit Bhopal's Tajul Masjid