Clashes injure 20 in Valley
Kashmir Valley on Thursday again witnessed clashes between protesting mobs and security forces at a number of places leaving over twenty people injured, half a dozen of them with bullet injuries.
Opp. wants PM to speak on Bhopal
The BJP and other Opposition members rocked the Lok Sabha early on Thursday demanding explanation from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh a US government official’s email warning to the Indian government o
Foreign Contribution Bill passed
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Bill, 2006, seeking to enforce stricter regulations for foreign contributions in form of gifts, funds and other forms to indivi
Disruptions on ‘Modi deal’ in RS
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed repeated disruptions after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) members alleged a deal between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJ
House panel slams MoD on China watch
The parliamentary committee on defence has criticised the ministry of defence (MoD) for its “casual attitude” in not maintaining any details or data about infrastructure created on the borders by some
Vedanta issue: Orissa claims discrimination
The Orissa state government is upset that it has not been invited to participate in the crucial Forest Advisory Committee meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on Friday in order to explain its po
2 shot dead while hoisting tricolour
The patriotic spirits of Independence Day turned bloody in Bihar’s Bhabua, where two men were shot dead during the hoisting of the tricolour while the high spirits in Samastipur flowed not from patrio
Curfew clouds I-Day in Srinagar
For the first time in two-decade-old turmoil in Kashmir, Srinagar and several other towns were under curfew on Independence Day on Sunday whereas a strike called by separatists continued to disrupt no
RTE, price rise prominent in Manmohan speech
Addressing the nation on its 64th Independence Day from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unfurled the national tricolour and addressed the nation for the seventh co
Speech was cut, paste job: BJP
A “cut and paste job” is how the BJP has described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech today from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of India’s Independence day.