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Chennai, May 30: Within hours of threatening to pull out of the Central government if it failed to roll back the petrol price hike, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Wednesday denied having made any such threat. Blaming the media for misquoting him with a view to creating mischief, Karunanidhi told mediapersons that what he meant was that the DMK had not hesitated to pull out of the ministry in the past

Chennai, May 30: The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, a key ally of the United Progressive Alliance, on Wednesday issued a veiled threat of pulling out of the combine on the issue of the “atrocious” petrol price hike, saying the party had never hesitated to do so earlier respecting people’s sentiments. “The DMK is in the coalition. But (being in) alliance is different but it is our duty to voice concern

New Delhi, May 30: The Centre will move the Supreme Court against the order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court striking down provision to provide 4.5 per cent sub-quota for the minorities. Strongly defending its decision to earmark sub-quota for minorities within the 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Classes in Central educational institutions and jobs, Law Minister Salman Khurshid said on

New Delhi, May 30: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi will be back in the capital from a brief summer break this week and will get down to taking decisions which will be crucial for the party and the UPA government in the interregnum before Lok Sabha polls. It is being seen as a crunch fortnight for the party. Soon after her return from the cool climes of Kausani, Sonia has to consult UPA supporters

Bhubaneswar, May 30: The Naveen Patnaik government in Odisha is headed for serious trouble with at least three Ministers and over 25 MLAs of the ruling Biju Janata Dal raising a banner of revolt and exploring the option of forming an alternative government. The dissidents met here on Tuesday evening at a time when the Chief Minister was on a tour to London. The meeting was held at the residence of

Onboard PM's Special Aircraft, May 29: Rejecting Team Anna's allegations of corruption against him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday declared he will quit public life if the charges on coal block allotments are proved. "It is unfortunate that irresponsible allegations relating to irregularities in allocation of coal blocks are being made without confirming facts. "I will give up my public

Ghaziabad, May 29: Team Anna members Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant Bhushan Tuesday alleged that External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna while serving as Karnataka chief minister indulged in corruption causing loss to the government - a charge denied by the Congress. Bhushan told reporters here that Krishna, who headed the state government between 1999 and 2004, responded to their allegations by

New Delhi, May 29: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh Tuesday said Air India would not take delivery of its first batch of Boeing 787 Dreamliner until both the airline and the aircraft manufacturer decide upon the compensation package for the delay. "We will not be in a position to take delivery of the aircraft, as the compensation package for the delay in the delivery of the plane has not been

Islamabad, May 29: Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, convicted for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in 1990 in Pakistan, has sent a fresh clemency appeal to President Asif Ali Zardari, a media report said today. This is the fifth mercy petition from Sarabjit, who was sentenced to death for alleged involvement in a string of bombings in Punjab in 1990 that killed 14 people. The 49-year

Nay Pyi Daw, May 29: As India sought to expedite its infrastructural projects in Myanmar, PM Manmohan Singh and President U Thein Sein for the first time set a deadline, 2016, for trilateral road connectivity which will make it possible to drive right up to Thailand from India via Myanmar. After the PM's "restricted" meeting with Thein Sein, who received Singh at his resplendent palace wearing the