India

New Delhi, April 16: Left—wing extremism, religious fundamentalism and ethnic violence are major challenges facing the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Monday, and urged states to fight them together with the central government. “Left—wing extremism, religious fundamentalism and ethnic violence are the major internal security challenges facing the country... I urge the states to

Faizabad, April 16: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday said his government would free Muslim youth who had been falsely implicated under terror charges. He was in the city to attend party MLA Tej Narain Pandey's wedding reception. The state government has sought opinion from the law department to withdraw cases against the accused in the November 2007 serial blasts in Faizabad

Amritsar, April 16: Union minister Farooq Abdullah on sunday paid obeisance at Golden Temple here. After paying the homage, Abdullah visited langar (community kitchen) and inspected the solar heating plant and solar energy plant here. "Recently installed solar energy plant was operating successfully and producing 25 megawatt electricity for the Golden Temple," said the Union minister for new and

New Delhi, April 16: The government has sought to assure parents that the Supreme Court’s verdict making free education to 25 per cent children from weaker sections mandatory in private schools will not prompt the school managements to increase other students’ fee in order to shift the burden. “I do not think that will happen. I think there would be ways and means to raise resources. We will be

New Delhi, April 15: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended a Jet Airways pilot for a goofed-up landing at Singapore airport in November last year that could have resulted in a disaster similar to the Mangalore air crash of 2010. The incident occurred on November 14, 2011, when the pilot, captain R Chaudhary, of the Delhi-Singapore flight was bringing down the aircraft on

New Delhi, April 15: BJP today took a dig at Rahul Gandhi for his reported comment that he is a brahman, saying it shows that he and Congress have lost patience after failing to get the mandate in the Uttar Pradesh elections. "Now this is crossing all limits that Rahul Gandhi has started informing what his caste is ... that he is a brahman. Congress has lost all patience after losing the mandate

New Delhi, April 15: India and Pakistan on Saturday expressed desire to encourage greater trade through the new Integrated Check Post (ICP) built at Attari, Punjab. In a joint press statement, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma and his Pakistani counterpart Makhdoom Amin Fahim said the new infrastructure will enable a substantial increase in the movement of goods traffic across the border. “Both sides

New Delhi, April 15: President Pratibha Devisingh Patil considers preserving the secular, democratic, fabric of India among the difficult tasks facing the country today, the others being the challenges of achieving inclusive growth and curbing social problems such as corruption. Ms. Patil, whose term ends in July, on Thursday shared with The Hindu her experiences as President and her views on what

Chennai, April 14: Joining her West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa today attacked the Centre for its "arbitrary" action in reducing Central Sales Tax (CST) compensation to states by linking it with VAT rate revision. Though the Centre had agreed to compensate states for the revenue loss for 2010-11 also, the eligible compensation was "arbitrarily

Lucknow, April 14: In her first public appearance after losing assembly elections in March this year, Bahujan (BSP) supremo and former chief Uttar Pradesh (UP) chief minister Mayawati was in a combative mood on Saturday when she warned the newly elected Samajwadi Party (SP) government of serious consequences if it tried to alter, damage or construct any new structure in Dalit memorials and parks