India

New Delhi, August 25: Five people were killed in fresh violence in Chirang district of Assam on Saturday. Curfew has been imposed in the district to curb further clashes between Bodo tribals and Muslim settlers. The neighbouring district of Kokrajhar has been put on high alert following the latest violence. Earlier, Bodoland Peoples' Front MLA, Pradeep Brahma, was arrested on Thursday for his

Balasore (Odisha), August 25: India's nuclear-capable Prithvi-II ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 km was today successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range near here as part of user trial by the army. "The flight test of the surface-to-surface missile was conducted around 1100 hrs from a mobile launcher from ITR's launch complex-III at Chandipur," defence sources said

New Delhi, August 25: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has refuted charges that the Centre is censoring Internet, in the wake of its move to check objectionable content on the social media. “There is no censorship at all. We decided on taking action because there were pictures of Myammar etc online, which were disturbing the atmosphere here in India. We are not taking action against other

New Delhi, August 25: Heavy rains on Friday lashed the national capital, bringing down the temperature but Delhiites had to face troubles while commuting due to waterlogged roads and traffic jams. The city received 10.9 mm rains between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm which brought the mercury below normal levels, MET officials said. The maximum was recorded at 30.7 degree Celsius, three points below the

New Delhi, August 24: The government on Friday rejected the CAG report on allocation of coal blocks in which it has indicated a Rs 1.85 lakh crore ($37 billion) loss to the exchequer, saying the notion of presumptive loss is flawed. "If the coal is not being mined, there is no question of gain or loss... the notion of this presumptive loss is flawed," finance minister PChidambaram said at a joint

New Delhi, August 24: The government stepped up its efforts to stop what it feels is an online campaign of misinformation and rumour mongering in the wake of lower Assam riots and ordered blocking of 16 Twitter accounts, including two belonging to journalists, considered sympathetic to the right in India. The department of telecommunications (DoT) ordered blocking of the accounts on August 20. The

New Delhi, August 24: The Supreme Court has dismissed two petitions against P Chidambaram asking for him to be investigated by the CBI in the telecom scam and to be made co-accused along with former Telecom Minister A Raja. The verdict offers significant relief for the Finance Minister, whose resignation has been demanded by the main opposition party, the BJP, in the 2G scam, described as India's

Guwahati, August 24: A day after an MLA of Bodoland People’s Front, an ally of the ruling Congress, was arrested early on Thursday, BPF has called for an indefinite bandh in Kokrajhar district of Assam. Pradeep Brahma, alias Gara, was held after seven cases were registered against him in Fakiragram and Dotama police stations in Kokrajhar district, Inspector General of Police LR Bishnoi told a news

New Delhi, August 24: There were no signs of an end to the deadlock in Parliament with BJP indicating further escalation of the confrontation over the CAG report on the coal block allocation issue in the remaining part of the monsoon session. Opposition BJP hasn't allowed the Parliament to function for the last three days demanding the Prime Minister's resignation over the issue. Their argument is

New Delhi, August 24: Gold price on Thursday surpassed all previous records to touch the Rs 31,035-mark per 10 grams, in tune with global prices that touched a 16-week high. In the spot market, the price of gold rose by Rs 290 to Rs 31,035 per ten grams in the national capital, surpassing the previous record of Rs 30,750 set on June 19. In Mumbai, gold prices increased by Rs 135 to Rs 30,515