India

New Delhi, July 12: It's "absurd and laughable" to suggest that PV Narasimha Rao was indifferent to the December 6, 1992 demolition of Ayodhya's Babri Masjid and sequestered himself in his prayer room, a key aide to the then prime minister says of the events of the fateful day, whose repercussions are still being felt. "It is absurd and laughable. They cannot target anybody else, as only this

Gurgaon, July 12: Mahatma Gandhi was never formally conferred the title of Father of the Nation by the government. This was stated by the Home Ministry in reply to an RTI query. "Although Mahatma Gandhi is popularly known as Father of the Nation, no such title was ever formally conferred upon him by the government," Shyamala Mohan, Director and Central Public Information Officer (CPIO), said in a

Lucknow, July 11: NDA backed Presidential candidate PA Sangma on Wednesday said that presidential election were not held on party lines and every body has a right to vote according to their conscience. "Today I have come to appeal to all MPs and MLAs. Presidential election are not held on the basis of political parties, it is above political party," Sangma told reporters. He said that in

New Delhi, July 11: Home minister P Chidambaram, who may take charge of the finance ministry before Parliament's monsoon session begins early next month, on Tuesday indicated that the government has lined up measures to boost revenue collection and control unnecessary expenditure. "I think the prime minister-cum-finance minister is contemplating a number of measures to tighten revenue collection

Kolkata, July 11: Alliance partners Congress and Trinamool Congress on Tuesday continued to spar over Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's sharp indictment of the continuing political clashes in West Bengal. While state Congress chief Pradip Bhattacharya endorsed Chidamabaram's critical comments and challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to prove the veracity of the counter data presented by her

New Delhi, July 11: After his comments in an interview to national daily Indian Express, saying the Congress party was "directionless" and Rahul Gandhi is only playing a "cameo role" triggered a controversy, law minister Salman Khurshid on Tuesday clarified saying his comments had been "misinterpreted and misconstrued". Khurshid disowned the remark made about the party being "directionless" but

New Delhi, July 10: The government has bought thousands of letters, papers and photographs which shed light on the life of Mahatma Gandhi, days before they were to be auctioned at Sotheby's in London, a government official said on Monday. India paid around 60 million rupees or $1.1 million for the papers, which cover Gandhi's time in South Africa, his return to India and his contentious

New Delhi, July 10: The humble navel has been an onscreen scorcher in many Bollywood and south Indian movies but now, the belly button is all set to don a more responsible role - the scarless route to treat common abdominal conditions like appendix, gall bladder stones and the weight loss bariatric surgery. Surgeons in Delhi will for the first time in Asia Pacific use what is called a 'spider

Mumbai, July 9: The Bombay high court on Monday acquitted five accused in the 2002 Best Bakery riots case for want of evidence but upheld the conviction of four others sentenced to life term by the trial court. A division bench comprising Justices V M Kanade and P D Kode, who had on July 3 reserved the judgement on the appeals filed by the accused against the trial court verdict, upheld the life

New Delhi, July 9: Seeking to rubbish the Time Magazine report on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the UPA government, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said that it was "just a magazine". "It is just a magazine... The BJP's comments (on the PM and the government) are distasteful," he said. Time Magazine, in its latest issue, had dubbed the Indian PM 'The Underachiever', criticising him for