BJP plans to form Jharkhand govt with JMM

Ranchi : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday decided to call on the Governor and stake claim to form a government in Jharkhand with the support from its erstwhile partners Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU).

The Jharkha

Mumbai oil spill Inquiry blames Khalijia

Mumbai : The inquiry by the Director General of shipping into the collision of two cargo ships off the coast of Mumbai which caused a huge oil spillage nearly a month ago, has found one of the ships, MV Khalijia to be at fault for the mishap, reports said on T

Bihar poll dates announced

New Delhi : The Election Commission (EC) on Monday announced a six-phase Bihar Assembly election, beginning from October 21.

Chief Election Commission SY Qurashi announced the dates at a press conference here.

The polling dates are October 21, Octobe

Maoists release Bihar cops unharmed, unconditionally

Bringing an end to a nine-day-long hostage drama, the Maoists on Monday freed unharmed three Bihar policemen in their captivity as the administration tightened the noose around the abductors while all appealed to the rebels to release the cops.

The police

CPI-M will be uprooted from Bengal: Rahul Gandhi

Kolkata : Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday heavily criticized the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) led Left Front government in West Bengal and said that Communism will end in the state just like it has happened in other countries.

Maoists are my brothers : Cop’s wife

Patna : Reacting to her husband’s release from Maoist dens in Bihar’s Lakhisarai jungle after about nine days in captivity, Kanti Devi, wife of sub-inspector Abhay Prasad Yadav, said the rebels are her ‘brothers’ and she is thankful to them.

Kanti Devi was

SC stays death of Akshardham attackers

The Supreme Court on Monday put a stay order on the death sentence of three men found guilty in the 2002 Akshardham Temple attack that killed 32 persons.

The bench of Justice B Sudarshan Reddy and Justice S Nijjar stayed the death sentences of Adam Ajmeri,

Nitish Kumar thanks intellectuals for cops’ release

Patna, Sept 6 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday stuck to his stand on the Maoist problem as he first thanked the country’s intellectuals for putting pressure on the rebels for helping secure the release of the abducted cops.

He also claimed th

Maoists may release cops on Sunday: Reports

Patna : The Maoists may release the three kidnapped Bihar policemen on Sunday, media reports said.

The latest report of the possible release of the cops came hours after Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar’s talk offers with the Maoists, reports added.

LK Advani hits out at Geelani over Kashmir

New Delhi, Sep 4 : Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president in his latest blog entry has voiced his concerns on the ongoing turmoil in the Kashmir valley hitting out at Hurriyat Conference Chief Syed Ali Shah Geelani for sticking to their demand for the

J&K inseparable from India: SM Krishna

External Minister SM Krishna on Saturday said Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) is inseparable from India, reacting to China’s controversial remark on the state.

“J&K is inseparable from India…it is an inalienable part of India. I hope the Chinese government r

Nepal Maoists seeks Chinese help to ‘buy’ lawmakers?

The Maoists in Nepal are allegedly seeking Chinese help to get their chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal elected as the new prime minister of that country as well as ‘neutralize’ India’s ‘influence’ in the affairs of the neighbouring country.

A day before

Bihar in reverse gear of development: Rahul Gandhi

Saharsa, Bihar, Sept 4 : Alleging massive corruption in the Bihar government, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that Bihar was still in the ‘reverse gear’ with regards to development.

Addressing a massive rally here as part of t

Hostages alive and safe, claim Maoists

Maoists on Saturday claimed their hostages- three policemen- are alive and safe, even as security forces intensified combing operations around Lakhisarai jungles in Bihar to trace out their colleagues, local media said.
The Maoists’ claim comes a day after

Three arrested in attack on media in Lalgarh area of West Bengal

Three members of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) were arrested from Lalgarh area of West Bengal on Saturday in connection with an attack on mediapersons the day before, police said.

The three- arrested from Buripal village in West Midnap

Sachin Tendulkar becomes IAF Group Captain

Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar added another feather to his crown on Friday, as he was conferred the rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force (IAF).

The ‘Master Blaster’ said it is one of the ‘greatest honours’ he has ever received.

Te

Woman SP Kalpana Saxena assaulted by subordinates in UP

Bareilly, Sept 3 : A woman police officer was physically assaulted and dragged on the road for almost one kilometer by her subordinates in Bareilly town of Uttar Pradesh when she caught them red-handed while extorting money from truckers.

The incident happ

Nitish Kumar convenes meeting to discuss Maoist mayhem

Facing the heat from the red rebels, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday summoned an all party meeting here on Saturday to elicit views on hostage crisis in Lakhisarai district where four policemen abducted by the Maoists of whom one was killed.

“Th

Sonia Gandhi set to continue as Congress chief

The longest serving Congress party chief, Sonia Gandhi, is all set to be re-elected to the post as the last date of filing nominations for the top post of India’s ruling party elapsed on Wednesday with Gandhi being the only contender.

Her name for the part

Maoists kill one of four abducted policemen, Abhay Kumar Yadav

Maoists Thursday killed Abhay Kumar Yadav, one of the four Bihar policemen they abducted four days ago, following a decision by a ‘jan adalat’ or kangaroo court.

The Leftwing rebels killed Yadav six hours after their second deadline – at 10 a.m. -expired.