BHUBANESWAR: Rebel leader and Rajya Sabha BJD MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, who was suspended from the party six months ago for attempting a coup against the Naveen Patnaik government, was today expelled for anti-party activities.The decision to expel Mohapatra, who had floated the Odisha Jana Morcha (OJM) within the BJD, and his close aide Jagneswar Babu was announced by...
KANPUR: Expressing his displeasure over the performance of the Samajwadi Party-led Uttar Pradesh government, Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid Maulana Syed Ahmed Bukhari has said the formation of governments with absolute majority doesn't do any good for Muslims."For the safeguard of rights of the Muslims, it is better that governments should not be formed with absolute majority.Formation of government...
NEW DELHI: The government plans to put on auction the circles that went without bids in the just concluded sale of 2G mobile phone spectrum, by March 31, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said on Friday.The "intent" is to have the auction of spectrum in four circles, including Delhi and Mumbai, before the end of the fiscal, Sibal told a...
NEW DELHI: Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi today said had Mahatma Gandhi been alive he would have been "vocal" about his "disapproval" of India's stand regarding her country."I think Mahatma Gandhi would have been very vocal about his disapproval," the Noble Prize winner, for whom Gandhi has been one of the greatest influences, told Karan Thapar at...
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, whose condition turned critical last night, is showing signs of improvement and has been taken off the life support system, party spokesman Sanjay Raut said today."Yesterday definitely there was some problem.Balasaheb is stable and responding to treatment and off life support system. Yesterday there was the need for him to be on life...
LAHORE: Batting for peace, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said India and Pakistan should jointly combat hunger and poverty rather than fighting each other.On his first visit to Pakistan, Kumar said he would always measure his visit this country in terms of the enormous love he has received from the people."The amount of love I have received from...
NEW DELHI: Expressing "concern" over the circumstances in which an Indian woman dentist died in Ireland, India today said it is awaiting the results of two probes ordered by Irish authorities in the matter and will "take it from there.""We deeply regret the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar. The death of an India national in such circumstances is a...
MALE: Terming the controversial GMR airport project here in Maldives as a "bad contract", President Mohammed Waheed today said it was signed "conceivably under dubious conditions" by his predecessor Mohammed Nasheed.He also reacted strongly to India's concerns about developments in his country saying, "there is no reason to be concerned, since the country is fully functional and operational".In an...
NEW DELHI: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday said Department of Posts and state-run BSNL should waive-off fees charged on money transfers by people in the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category, under the Mobile Money Transfer Service launched on Thursday."I would urge the two departments, as a first step before revising the transaction cost... to ensure that BPL category...
AHMEDABAD: International news agencies today decided to boycott the high-profile Test series between India and England which began here to protest against the restrictions imposed by the BCCI on some photo agencies covering the tour.International agencies Thomson Reuters, Agence France-Presse and Associated Press decided to suspend reports from the tour as well as pictures. The Press Association, national agency...