India

New Delhi, June 9: The race to Raisina Hill is nearing the finish line and the Congress is now reaching out to allies outside the UPA for consensus on Finance Minister Pranab Mukerjee's nomination. The Congress is already in touch with the Samajwadi Party and is expected to be speaking to key ally and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee soon. The West Bengal Chief Minister had earlier

New Delhi, June 8: After forcing Sanjay Joshi out of the BJP national executive, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Friday ensured that his bete noire is also out of the party. BJP, whose president Nitin Gadkari and Modi joined hands at the party conclave at Mumbai a fortnight ago after Joshi's resignation from the executive, today announced that Joshi has resigned from the party also. Joshi

Ahmedabad, June 8: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) poster controversy seems to have become bigger in Gujarat. Posters indirectly targetting Chief Minister Narendra Modi, while promoting his bete noire Sanjay Joshi have been put up in Ahmedabad and other parts of the state. This is the second poster of its kind to be put up, after BJP president Nitin Gadkari sacked Joshi from the party's national

Hyderabad, June 8: There has been a new twist in the Jagan Mohan Reddy disproportionate assets case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief and India Cements MD N Srinivasan in connection with the case. Srinivasan has been summoned in his capacity as the Managing Director of India Cements Ltd. The CBI wants Srinivasan to

New Delhi, June 8: Filing of income tax returns has become more complicated for those with assets overseas as the government has introduced a compulsory disclosure law for Indians in the country and abroad aimed at tracing black money. “The overseas assets will not be taxed, but it is an additional hassle for taxpayers,” said Neeru Ahuja, a partner at Deloitte Haskins and Sells. Apart from the

New Delhi, June 8: The Ghaziabad court on Friday will begin examining the prosecution witnesses in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case. This comes a day after the Supreme Court dismissed the Talwars' plea to quash the ongoing trial proceedings. Both Nupur and Rajesh Talwar are expected to be in the court on Friday. Nupur Talwar's lawyer Avinash Kumar said that the option for the Talwars to file

Hyderabad, June 7: Between April and June, 236 people have died in Andhra Pradesh, according to local officials. The heat wave in the state this year has seen the maximum temperature hit 49 degrees in areas like Rentachintala in Guntur district. 50 people have died in the Vishakhapatnam district, which has been the worst-affected. Areas like Adilabad and the East Godavari district have also been

Madurai, June 7: The Madras High Court today declined to dismiss a petition challenging the election of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram to the Lok Sabha in 2009 but struck down two charges of malpractices against him. Disposing of a plea by Chidambaram seeking dismissal of the petition filed by AIADMK's Raja Kannappan, who lost to him from Sivaganga constituency by a narrow margin of 3,354 votes

New Delhi, June 7: Observing that the states have not yet fully implemented one of the key recommendations of the Sachar Committee report, the Centre has recently written to all the states reminding them to post at least one Muslim inspector or sub-inspector (S-I) in police stations that fall under areas having high concentration of Muslim population. In a note written to chief secretaries of all

Hyderabad, June 7: Jagan Mohan Reddy's sister, Sharmila has now taken political centre stage in Andhra Pradesh after the YSR Congress chief put behind bars by the CBI. Sharmila, whose speech and style are already drawing comparisons with her late father, is sweating it out on the campaign trail alongside her mother Vijayamma, playing the sympathy card and accusing Congress of witch hunting her