India

New Delhi, August 28: Declaring that allegations of impropriety in coal block allocations were baseless and unsupported by facts, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said the official auditor's report was "clearly disputable" and "flawed" because of its assumptions and computations. Making a statement in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report that

Mumbai, August 27: India's benchmark October gold contract extended gains on Monday morning to hit a record high of 31,077 rupees per 10 grams, following a rally in the world markets and on a weak rupee. International spot gold rose to the loftiest level since mid-April on Monday, extending strong gains from last week as expectations for further monetary easing from the U.S. Federal Reserve kept

Kolkata, August 27: Senior CPM leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Sunday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for attacking media and judiciary by terming them unnecessary. “Media is only highlighting the incidents that have been taking place in the state. But she is making unnecessary attacks on them,” said the former chief minister, a day after Banerjee had accused the media of inciting crimes

New Delhi, August 27: The defence ministry has virtually shot down a renewed bid by the Navy to get additional supplies of missiles to arm the Israeli Barak-I anti-missile defence (AMD) systems fitted on 14 frontline warships, including solitary aircraft carrier INS Viraat and three new Shivalik-class stealth frigates. While the MoD led by defence minister AK Antony accepted the "critical

Mumbai, August 27: In 1998, when German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s birth centenary ceremony was organised by 14 progressive cultural groups and numerous other left, secular individuals in Mumbai, veteran actor and activist AK Hangal inaugurated the programme. Hangal placed Brecht as an example for artists to fight against fascist powers that encroach on people’s freedom. “It is Brecht’s work

Ahmedabad, August 27: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday slammed the Congress for what he called the country's "durdasha" (mismanagement) and urged the Gujarat BJP Mahila Morcha to prevent the Congress from coming to power in the state. "Congress is campaigning for 'change of direction, change of situation' in Gujarat. But due to the bad direction of the Congress, our country is in a

New Delhi, August 26: Anti-graft activist Kiran Bedi on Sunday appeared to be breaking ranks with erstwhile Team Anna by skipping a protest against corruption over differences on targeting the BJP, saying they cannot forget the support from the opposition party in some ways on the Lokpal Bill. She also said that Arvind Kejriwal-led India Against Corruption cannot become the alternative to existing

New Delhi, August 26: Activist Arvind Kejriwal and hundreds of erstwhile Team Anna supporters were detained on Sunday when they marched to the residences of the Prime Minister and the chiefs of the Congress and the BJP on the issue of coal block allocation with police using teargas and water cannons to disperse them. Mr. Kejriwal was detained for the second time on Sunday as he was picked up from

Kolkata, August 26: Even as she claimed that no government in the world had ushered in so much development as her administration since it came to power last year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday continued her tirade against a section of the media and said the police would register cases against “those who are spreading lies.” It was spreading canards against her government

New Delhi, August 26: Erstwhile Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal and five others on Sunday assembled in front of the residences of the Prime Minister and Congress and BJP party presidents for a protest on the coal block allocation issue but were detained. All the six — Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Gopal Rai, Kumar Vishas, Sanjay Singh and another person — were later released from custody after being