Politics

Kupwara, (IANS) Braving freezing temperatures and ignoring Muslim separatists' boycott call once again, voters came out in large numbers in the Kashmir Valley to vote in the third round of the staggered assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday

Mumbai, Dec 1 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil Monday submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to own up moral responsibility for the Mumbai terror siege that killed at least 183 people.

New Delhi, The assembly elections in the national capital Saturday saw about 60 percent of voters exercising their franchise, an official said.

Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived here Friday, announced a compensation of Rs.10 million for the families of the security personnel who lost their lives fighting terrorists who attacked India's financial capital.

New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Former prime minister V.P. Singh, who launched a bold initiative in social engineering while heading the country's first coalition government during 1989-90, died here after battling kidney ailment for several years. He was 77.

Srinagar, (IANS) Where do the unexpectedly high voting percentages in the first two phases of elections in Jammu and Kashmir leave the separatist leadership that had called for a boycott?

New Delhi, (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday said the country could not afford to have a “repetition of the kind of terrorist attacks” as witnessed recently and it was imperative to improve the intelligence machinery and undertake police reforms to be able to deal with such threats.

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The first visit to India by a Turkish prime minister in two decades began Friday, with an agenda to forge closer economic ties.

Amritsar, In a polite riposte to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Rajnath Singh who called him a 'bachcha' (child), Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said he should keep in mind that 70 percent of people in the country were young like him.