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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

Hyderabad, May 29: Seven Congress MPs from Telangana on Monday expressed shock at what they termed unfounded allegations by YSR Congress leaders against Congress president Sonia Gandhi regarding the CBI probe against Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy and his companies. In a statement, G. Vivekananda, Gutha Sukhender Reddy, Ponnam Prabhakar, Madhu Yaskhi, P. Balram Naik, Manda Jagannath and S. Rajaiah pointed

New Delhi, May 29: Veteran Congress leader and former Andhra Pradesh Governor ND Tiwari, who is embroiled in a paternity suit, will have to submit his blood sample for DNA profiling on Tuesday as per the orders of the Supreme Court. The apex court had directed Tiwari last Thursday to submit his blood sample in a paternity suit filed by a young man, Rohit Shekhar, who claims to be his biological

Hyderabad, May 28: In a setback to government, the Andhra Pradesh High Court today struck down its proposal to give 4.5 per cent reservation to minorities within OBC quota in central educational institutions and jobs, saying that the decision was based on religious grounds and not on any other consideration. Slamming the Centre for handling the issue in a "casual" manner", a division bench

Hyderabad, May 28: CBI today sought 14 days custody of Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy, saying it needed to further question him in the disproportionate assets case. 39-year-old Jagan, who was arrested yesterday, was produced before a CBI court here. Seeking 14 days police remand, senior CBI counsel Ashok Bhan alleged that YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy "sent (bribe amount) abroad and got it

Hyderabad, May 28: YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on charges of corruption, will be produced in court Monday, officials said. Jagan, as the MP popularly known, remained in Dilkusha Guest House, the CBI camp office. Charged with illegally amassing wealth, Jagan would be produced in the CBI court at the Nampally court

Thiruvananthapuram, May 28: When renowned ornithologist Salim Ali conducted the bird survey of southern Kerala 79 years ago he was moved not just by the region's diversity of avifauna but the panoramic beauty of the setting. If Ali was alive now, he would certainly be a sad man as serious habitat destruction and degradation pose a grim threat to survival of the bird population in the state. This

Hyderabad, May 28: From a small-time realtor who used to occasionally help his father during poll campaigns, to a high-profile industrialist with interests in power, infrastructure, cement and media sectors, Jagan’s rise has been phenomenal. So was his tryst with controversies. The growth of his business empire is only matched by brazenness of his political ambitions. In April 2009, he had