A parliamentary panel has adopted a report that opposes privatisation of airports "as it does not make any economic sense", its chairman Sitaram Yechury said here Friday. While refusing to disclose details of the report as it is yet to be submitted to the Rajya Sabha chairman, Yechury said: "We are totally against handing
Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a US drone strike in the country's North Waziristan Agency Friday, Geo News reported. Though Pakistan government did not confirm his death, it strongly condemned the air strike. "These strikes are a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity. There is an across the board
In the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case, defence counsel for dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar Friday found holes in an argument put forth by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) about the couple using the internet after allegedly committing the murders. The CBI had claimed that the Talwars had been awake that night
Indian cricket board president Narayanaswami Srinivasan suffered a major setback Friday after a court here asked the police to file an FIR and investigate allegations of match-fixing against him and his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, a former team principal of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Satish Chandra Godara instructed the Jyotinagar
A jail meant to hold 975 prisoners, arguably the biggest in India's northeast, was inaugurated in Tripura Friday by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. The jail is located at Bishalgarh in western Tripura's Sipahijala district. Jail Minister Manindra Lal Reang said the new jail, also called a correctional centre, was built on 32.62 acres at a
A dialogue between India and Pakistan is the only way to bring lasting peace in the sub-continent, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said Friday. Addressing a series of meetings in the border villages of Jammu region, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader said a dialogue can resolve all vexed problems.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will Saturday visit the homes of the six people who died in the serial blasts in Patna, ahead of a rally that he addressed at Patna's Gandhi Maidan last Sunday, the BJP said here Friday. Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said that Modi, the prime ministerial candidate of