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No rift, Manmohan Singh will be PM till 2014: Congress
Dismissing reports that its vice president Rahul Gandhi may replace Manmohan Singh after a rift between the latter and party chief Sonia Gandhi over...
Indian government issues notification on FDI
New Delhi: The government Thursday issued a formal notification on foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail, civil aviation, broadcasting and power exchanges, giving effect...
Trinamool quits UPA
Kolkata/New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday withdrew her Trinamool Congress party’s support to the UPA government, but both she and the...
Thackeray bats for Sushma Swaraj as PM
Mumbai/New Delhi: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Sunday expressed admiration for BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and termed her best suited to becoming the next...
US daily terms PM Manmohan Singh ‘tragic figure’
Washington/New Delhi: Months after the Time magazine termed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh “an underachiever”, The Washington Post described him as “a dithering, ineffectual bureaucrat...
Kasab will hang: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Indian Supreme Court Wednesday upheld the death sentence awarded to Pakistani terrorist Kasab for his role in the Mumbai savagery, marking...
Freedom acquiring new meaning for thinking India
New Delhi: Freedom as an idea is no longer what it was 65 years ago when India emerged from the shackles of British domination...
Vilasrao Deshmukh dies in Chennai hospital
Chennai: Indian Union minister and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh died at a hospital here Tuesday after prolonged illness. He was 67.
Deshmukh passed...
Team Anna to form ‘political alternative’
New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare and his team announced Thursday they would call off their indefinite fast against corruption Friday evening and proposed...
UPA renominates Ansari for Vice President
New Delhi: Incumbent Hamid Ansari will be the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate in the Vice Presidential election, Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced here...