Politics

Coalgate: CBI being pressurized to save PM, alleges BJP

New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday demanded a thorough probe of the coal blocks allocation scam, and said that if no action is taken against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, it will send out a message that the CBI is not able to work independently. The CBI is likely to file a status report on the coal blocks allocation before the Supreme Court today, regarding details of its 14th FIR against Hindalco and others and also progress in the remaining 13 cases.

Oct 22, 2013

SP threatens withdrawing support from UPA, Cong says wont bow down

Lucknow, Oct 22 (ANI): Even as the Samajwadi Party (SP) warned the UPA government at the Centre by claiming the party leadership is thinking of withdrawing support to the Congress-led alliance, the Congress on Tuesday said that it won’t bow down against its principles.

Oct 22, 2013

BJP on PMs China visit

New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): Reacting over Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s ongoing tours to Russia and China, the BJP on Tuesday said that till now his foreign visits have not yielded tangible results. BJP leader Captain Abhimanyu said that the opposition, however, expects that the PM will take up the issues pertaining to the border violations by China in the strongest possible manner. He further added that matters like issuing visas to Indian citizens, water sharing, trade and commerce should thoroughly be discussed.

Oct 22, 2013

Response to firing should not be limited to just words: Jay Panda on Pak Ceasefire Violations

New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): BJD leader Jay Panda on Tuesday supported Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s statement that if Pakistan continues to violate the ceasefire agreement, India would have no option but to respond with force. Talking to mediapersons in New Delhi, he said that response to firing should not be limited to just words.

Oct 22, 2013

Pak is using anti India glue to unite: Defence Analyst

New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): Defence expert Bharat Verma on Tuesday stated that Pakistan is internally breaking up as there are too many contradictory forces within the country. He further said that these forces are using the anti India sentiment to unite. Verma added that until India gives a proper reply to Pakistan by using its forces, Pakistan will continue to create trouble for India.

Oct 22, 2013

Russian firm to provide 2.5 million tonnes of gas to India: Foreign Secretary

Moscow, Oct 22 (ANI): India's foreign secretary Sujatha Singh has said that the country's biggest gas transporter and marketer, GAIL, had signed a 20-year deal with Russian gas major, Gazprom, for the supply of 2.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas. Singh, made this statement at a news conference in Moscow, after the conclusion of the summit talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh.

Oct 22, 2013

Time has come to give Pak strong reply: Satyavrat Chaturvedi on ceasefire violations

New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): Reacting over the continuous ceasefire violations by the Pakistan in the recent times, Congress leader, Satyavrat Chaturvedi on Tuesday said that now time has come to give Pakistan a strong reply.

Oct 22, 2013

Manmohan Singh to begin China visit today

New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, will arrive in Beijing on Tuesday for a two-day visit to China. Dr. Singh, who will reach Beijing after a two-day visit to Russia, will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang and meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. Several agreements in areas like trade, economy, culture and people-to-people contacts are expected to be signed between the two sides after the talks. This will be the Prime Minister's second visit to Beijing. Dr. Singh had previously visited China in January 2008.

Oct 22, 2013

Baba Ramdevs brother accused of kidnapping, assault

New Delhi, Oct 22 (ANI): In fresh trouble for yoga guru Baba Ramdev his brother Rambharat and one of his close aides Naresk Malik have been accused of kidnapping and assault.

Oct 22, 2013

Russia plans to set up new units at Kudankulam nuclear plant: Putin

Moscow, Oct 22 (ANI): Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has said that his country plans to build new nuclear units at India’s Kudankulam plant, as both the nations vowed during their annual summit to resolve the legal issues that had held up the deal for long. A joint statement, issued after Putin hosted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the Kremlin, contained no concrete energy breakthroughs, however. The statement had just stated that the countries agreed to speed up the finalising of deals on two new nuclear energy units. Addressing mediapersons, Putin said that the first unit at Kudankulam which had already attained criticality would be linked to India’s power grid shortly. Putin was also optimistic about the finalizing of the deals on the second unit at Kudankulam.

Oct 22, 2013