India

New Delhi, April 14: Post Congress's poor show in UP, recrimination has been mixed with the hunt for a stable vote bank in a state where caste remains a key arbiter of power. While UP Congress leaders are waiting to see how the party reinvents its caste appeal, the competition and jostling among social groups like OBCs, dalits and upper castes has become the party's focal point. The lament of

New Delhi, April 13: Improving the economic ties between the two nations, India on Friday said it will allow FDI from Pakistan paving the way for industries from the neighbouring country to set up businesses in the growing Indian market. "India has taken in-principle decision as part of trade normalisation process to allow foreign direct investment from Pakistan...," commerce and industry minister

New Delhi, April 13: With the Supreme Court throwing its full weight behind the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, (better known as the Right to Education Act or RTE Act) on Thursday, the composition of students in schools as well as the economics of running schools will undergo dramatic changes. The apex court upheld the constitutional validity of the Act and directed

New Delhi, April 13: The government says there is no reason for India to needlessly panic over China's rapid modernization of its armed forces as well as the massive build-up of infrastructure all along the 4,057-km Line of Actual Control (LAC). ``China's (military) budget is four times that of India. So, they will definitely have larger resources dedicated for all this. But that does not mean we

New Delhi, April 13: Chief Justice of India (CJI) S H Kapadia on Thursday said a very good law like Right to Information (RTI) was being misused to ask irrelevant and intrusive questions seriously impeding the working of the Judges and the Supreme Court. When a bench of CJI and Justices D K Jain, S S Nijjar, R P Desai and J S Khehar were deliberating on reporting guidelines of sub-judice matters

New Delhi, April 12: The Cabinet has approved compulsory registration of all marriages, irrespective of the religion. The move has been prompted by the consideration to help those opting for inter-faith marriages, along with the need to make the registration of marriages a simpler affair. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting on Thursday. Last month, the Union Cabinet had also approved

Anand, April 12: A designated court here today awarded life sentence to 18 people and handed out seven-year jail terms to five others in connection with the massacre of 23 people in Gujarat's Ode village during the 2002 post-Godhra communal riots. District and Sessions judge Poonam Singh pronounced the sentence after she had found 18 people guilty of murder and criminal conspiracy and five others

New Delhi, April 12: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the various provisions of the Right to Education Act, 2009. The apex court ruled that the RTE Act would apply to all categories of public and private schools except unaided minority schools. The SC judgement makes it clear that all schools will have to keep aside 25% of seats for poor children. The SC said the judgement would come into

New Delhi, April 12: The Maoists have finally released Italian hostage Paolo Bosusco who was in their captivity since March 14. According to NDTV, the Maoists have sought the relase of another Maoist Aarti Manjhi before releasing the Italian held hostage by them. Aarti Manjhi's bail plea is likely to come up for hearing in court later today. Earlier there were reports suggesting that the Italian

Bhubaneswar, April 12: Despite describing her husband Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda as her ''friend, philosopher and guide'', wife Subhasree Das alias Mili today denounced the act of taking a foreign national hostage and showed willingness to become a mediator. "It is not right to keep anyone hostage for fulfilment of certain demands. One should not put pressure on the government in this manner