Kanpur, May 5 (IANS) Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal Saturday said Congress President Sonia Gandhi was “on the job” to finalise the presidential candidate even as the party continued its efforts to build a consensus on the issue. On who would be the Congress’ candidate for the top post, Jaiswal told media persons here that  [ Read More ]

New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The central government Saturday failed to convince dissenting chief ministers, including some of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), on its proposed anti-terror hub despite the over two-month effort to explain its contours, raising doubts over the agency’s operationalisation any time soon. At a day-long meeting here, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh  [ Read More ]

Rohtak (Haryana), May 6 (IANS) AT least twenty-six people were reported injured when eight coaches of the Punjab Mail derailed at Sampla in Haryana’s Rohtak district early Sunday. The derailment occurred around 4 a.m., railway officials said. The injured were admitted to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Rohtak, 70 km from New  [ Read More ]

Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived here Sunday on a two-day visit during which she would hold talks with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and interact with a cross-section of people. Clinton, 64, flew into Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on a special flight from Dhaka at 12.55  [ Read More ]

Nearly two weeks after he was kidnapped by Maoists, Sukma Collector Alex Paul Menon is likely to be released around noon today. BD Sharma and Professor G Hargopal, who represented the Maoists in the talks with the Chhattisgarh government for the 32-year-old IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer’s release, told PTI yesterday that they would leave  [ Read More ]

Ghaziabad:  Nupur Talwar has asked the Supreme Court for bail after her request was rejected by a court in Ghaziabad on the grounds that she may tamper with evidence if she is allowed to leave prison. Mrs Talwar will continue for now as a prisoner at the Dasna jail, where she was taken on Monday  [ Read More ]

Mumbai:  Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, who is currently on a week-long visit to India to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, visited the Western Naval Command Headquarters in Mumbai. Prince Andrew, himself a naval officer in the Royal Navy, visited the Indian Navy’s Aircraft Carrier INS Viraat (ex-HMS Hermes) where  [ Read More ]

New Delhi:  Members of Parliament have expressed their anger over offensive remarks after yoga icon Baba Ramdev said some MPs are “murderers and robbers.” A Lok Sabha MP from the Samajwadi Party has moved a privilege motion seeking action against people who make “derogatory” remarks against MPs. . Without naming Baba Ramdev, Shailendra Kumar of  [ Read More ]

New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday termed veteran social activist Anna Hazare’s remark that voters were not informed enough and could be influenced by money and alcohol to be his personal opinion, and emphasized that it believes people of the country vote with full honesty and integrity. “This might  [ Read More ]

New Delhi, Apr 29 (ANI): Evading posers on who will be the next presidential candidate, former President Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam has said patience needs to be exercised on the matter. “Let us wait for sometime, please ask me after some time,” Kalam told media here. His remarks come at a time when  [ Read More ]