Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Amit Shah wants to return to Gujarat, misses family's 'warmth and affection'

Amit Shah wants to return to Gujarat, misses family's 'warmth and affection'


Amit Shah wants to return to Gujarat, misses family's 'warmth and affection'

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:25 AM PST

Amit Shah, who was forced to quit as Gujarat's Home Minister because of alleged links to a fake encounter, has asked the Supreme Court to allow him to enter Gujarat and stay with his family there. He...


Mumbai 13/7 serial blasts: Anti-Terror Squad defends itself after Centre's rap

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:14 AM PST

After considerable embarrassment, claims and counter-claims, the Centre now says it is happy after all with the breakthrough that the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad has had in the 13/7 blasts case. Yes...


Salman Rushdie blacked out, Jaipur pulls plug on video link

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 03:00 AM PST

The Jaipur Literary Festival will end without any participation from writer Salman Rushdie. After security concerns forced the Booker Prize winner to cancel his scheduled appearance at the five-day ev...


Rushdie welcome in Delhi, says Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:12 AM PST

Amid protests by Muslim groups against hosting Salman Rushdie in Jaipur, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said that one may have differences with what he writes but the "very, very eminent" w...


Kalraj Mishra denies reports he said Uma can't be UP Chief Minister

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 02:11 AM PST

BJP vice-president Kalraj Mishra has denied reports that he had ruled out senior party colleague Uma Bharati as a contender for the post of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister since she was an outsider. Mr M...


Supreme Court slams Centre over Pak prisoners

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 01:30 AM PST

Protests over Rushdie's video link create new uncertainty in Jaipur

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:53 AM PST

Barely two hours after the organisers of the Jaipur Literary Festival confirmed that Salman Rushdie would join the event via a video link from London, protests at the venue are leading to reports tha...


Kashmir: 1 BSF personnel killed, 5 Armymen missing after being swept away by avalanche

Posted: 24 Jan 2012 12:33 AM PST

A Sub-Inspector of the Border Security Force (BSF) has been killed after being swept away in an avalanche in Kupwara district along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Kashmir valley. Five Army and one B...


UP health scam: Why did Mayawati sack ministers if there was no irregularity, asks Congress

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:31 PM PST

The death of yet another key accused in Uttar Pradesh's multi-crore health scam has sparked off a political blame-game. After Chief Minister Mayawati yesterday blamed the National Rural Health Mission...


Mumbai serial blasts: Anti-Terror Squad defends itself after Centre's rap

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:12 PM PST

Is Naqqi Sheikh of Darbhanga in Bihar, arrested recently, an informer or a man who helped Indian Mujahideen mastermind Yasin Bhatkal allegedly set up the Mumbai triple blasts of July 13, 2011? It depe...


Uttarakhand polls: Black money worth Rs 43 lakh recovered

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:03 PM PST

Just a week ahead of polling in Uttarakhand, a huge haul of black money worth Rs 43 lakh has been recovered in the state.


Shoe thrown at Rahul Gandhi: Ramdev behind act, says Digvijaya Singh

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 08:54 PM PST

Rajasthan government says it had received inputs of SIMI threat to Salman Rushdie

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:24 PM PST

Dismissing Salman Rushdie's charge that the state police had invented a "plot" to keep him away from the Literature Festival, the Rajasthan government tonight said it had received intelligence inputs ...


Norway custody row: Grandparents likely to get custody as compromise

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 07:03 PM PST

An NRI couple in Oslo fighting to win back custody of their children -currently in foster care - could receive some good news soon. Sources say that after the Indian government's intervention, Norwa...


Full transcript: Nandan Nilekani on UID project, Aadhaar

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:23 AM PST

Goa polls: Congress meet today to finalise list of nominees

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:34 AM PST

A crucial meeting of the Congress to finalise the first list of candidates for Goa Assembly election would be held in Delhi today. Party sources here said Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, Goa Pradesh Co...

The Prime Minister's Office - Now on Twitter

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:16 AM PST

Modi is potential PM candidate, says Gadkari

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 05:51 AM PST

Ruling himself out as his party's prime ministerial candidate, BJP President Nitin Gadkari today favoured Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the top job and also promised to back his candidature...


Shoe thrown at Rahul Gandhi in Uttarakhand

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:56 AM PST

Rushdie row: BJP claims match fixing by Congress

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 04:42 AM PST

The controversy over author Salman Rushdie skipping the Jaipur Literature Festival due to alleged security threats has turned into an ugly spat between the congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP...


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