NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today sought response of Tata Motors on a special leave petition filed by the West Bengal government challenging the quashing of the Singur Land Acquisition Act by the state high court.A bench of justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad, however, said that the Calcutta High Court's interim order which had stated that...

NEW DELHI: Home Minister Sushi Kumar Shinde today said only those social media accounts which have posted objectionable and inflammatory content are being blocked and there is no need for others to be concerned."We are taking action only against those sites which can cause damage. We will not level charges unnecessarily on others be it SMS or Facebook or...

WASHINGTON: In the backdrop of appeals by India to remove hate posts, world's largest social networking website Facebook today said it will remove content, block pages or even disable accounts of those users who upload contents that incite violence or perpetuate hate speech.Comprehending the gravity, Facebook's stern warning to its users comes in the wake of the Indian government...

ITANAGAR: The Maharashtra government will make available chartered aircraft to take students of Northeast back to educational institutions in Pune or Mumbai from Guwahati.Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan told a goodwill team from Arunachal Pradesh, led by MP Takan Sanjoy, yesterday that concessional chartered flights would be offered to students willing to go back.In a statement, Sanjoy quoted Chavan...

WASHINGTON: The US has said it is not part of the Indian investigation that is looking into doctored images and videos being uploaded on the internet by elements in Pakistan to create social unrest in the country."The Indian government itself is investigating, so we're going to let that go forward," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland told reporters at a...

NEW DELHI: Observing that Pakistan and a number of other countries had conferred legal status to their nuclear regulators, the CAG today questioned the delay in according similar rights to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB)."...the legal status of the AERB continued to be that of an authority subordinate to the Central Government, with powers delegated to it by...

NEW DELHI: Extending the ban on tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court today pulled up the Centre for the depleting population of the wild cats in the country.A bench of justices A K Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar put some searching questions to the Centre as it made a fresh plea for the review...

NEW YORK: Indian teenager Yuki Bhambri ousted eighth seed Horacio Zeballos with a three-set win to advance to the second round of the US Open men's singles qualifying event, here.Yuki pipped his Argentine opponent, who is ranked 86 places above him at 109, 4-6 6-3 7-6 (5) in the first round of the hard court Grand Slam tournament.Yuki will...

HYDERABAD: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday added more fuel to the intense speculation about his strained relationship with V V S Laxman, saying he was not invited for a late night party thrown by the retired cricketer at his residence.Laxman, who retired from the game in controversial fashion just ahead of the series against New Zealand even...

NEW DELHI: The CAG report on coal block allocations rocked Parliament today with a determined Opposition disrupting proceedings by demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who held the Coal portfolio when the alleged irregularities took place.The Lok Sabha could not transact any business because of the unruly scenes, which first resulted in adjournment till noon and then...