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New Delhi, June 1: On his first day in office, Indian Army chief Gen Bikram Singh Friday sent out a strong message regarding difficulties facing the force, including sexual misconduct allegations during deployment in the UN Congo mission, and said nothing would be brushed under the carpet. Bikram Singh, who took over as the 27th Indian Army chief and the 25th Indian to hold the coveted position

New Delhi, June 1: India on Thursday said a new liberalised visa regime could not be worked out with Pakistan as some internal approvals were pending there. "Some internal approvals are pending there... Pakistan wants home ministers of both the countries to sign the pact," Home Secretary RK Singh told reporters. Singh held two-day talks with his Pakistani counterpart Khwaja Siddique Akbar in

New Delhi, June 1: Air India will turn to expat pilots sacked recently by Jet Airways to beef up its dwindling numbers in a last-ditch attempt to normalize operations devastated by a 24-day strike by pilots. "Air India seeks to operate a small international schedule from now on with the help of 200 pilots, for which it is looking to hire 50-60 expats sacked by Jet Airways recently," a senior

New Delhi, June 1: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be split wide open. A day after senior leader LK Advani attacked party president Nitin Gadkari in his blog, BJP mouthpiece Kamal Sandesh has slammed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a man in a hurry, who is damaging the fabric of the party. Kamal Sandesh in its editorial on the just concluded BJP National Executive has

New Delhi, May 31: India's annual economic growth slumped in the January-March quarter to a nine-year low of 5.3 percent as the manufacturing sector contracted and a fall in the rupee to a record low suggests the economy remains under pressure in the current quarter. The growth rate was much lower than expected and was even below the lowest forecast in a Reuters poll that had produced a median of

New Delhi, May 31: The cabinet on Thursday approved a new telecom policy that proposes to abolish roaming charges on mobile phones and allow users to retain the same number across the country. The cabinet approved the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012, a senior minister told reporters after the meeting of the cabinet. The NTP 2012 aims to provide free roaming to telecom users and allow them to

New Delhi, May 31: BJP leader L K Advani on Thursday admitted that people were "disappointed" with the party and appeared to be hitting out at party chief Nitin Gadkari as he said the campaign against corruption had been hurt due to induction of an ousted BSP leader facing graft charges. He said the BJP had not risen to the occasion at a time when there was anger against the UPA government over

Ahmedabad, May 31: In an additional affidavit filed before the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) on Tuesday, suspended DIG Sanjiv Bhatt has asked the rights panel to initiate action against the Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by R K Raghvan for incorrectly recording his statements or tweaking them to give a clean chit to Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Bhatt stated in the affidavit

New Delhi/MumbaI/Chennai, May 31: The BJP and the CPM will come together in a nationwide protest against hike in petrol prices on Thursday. Markets may remain shut and autos and taxis might go off the roads. Delhi: Traders decide to support BJP's call Residents of the Delhi may find many markets shut and fewer autos and taxis on the road today, with BJP workers staging demonstrations on arterial

Mumbai, May 31: Sachin Karpe would have never imagined that an innocuous $5,000 transfer from a friend's UBS offshore bank account to his personal bank account in Mumbai would come back to haunt him and the wealth advisory business his wife, along with three others, runs in the city. The unidentified NRI friend, who was travelling to India, had moved the money from his UBS account to Karpe's