Guwahati, April 29 (IANS) In the face of stiff criticism by opposition parties over the India-Bangladesh land-swap deal, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Monday said it will, in fact, serve the state’s interest in tackling infiltration, smuggling and promoting trade relations between the two countries. “I am in favour of [...]

Chennai, April 29 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Monday blamed the Vanniyar caste party PMK for April 25 violence at Marakkanam near here and said compensation will be paid to the victims. She said a case has been registered against PMK leader S. Ramadoss. Replying to a special [...]

Kolkaata, April 29 (IANS) Police Monday quizzed Trinamool Congres MP Kunal Ghosh in connection with the Saradha Group chit fund scam that has rocked West Bengal. Bidhannagar Deputy Commissioner of Police Arnab Ghosh called in Kunal Ghosh, who was the CEO of Saradha Media controlling at least ten television news [...]

New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Monday assured a delegation of senior Congress leaders from Haryana, Punjab and Delhi that no wealth tax would be imposed on agricultural land in the country. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who led the delegation, said it submitted a [...]

Islamabad, April 29 (IANS) Pakistan Information Minister Arif Nizami Monday accused the Taliban and other armed groups of sabotaging the upcoming parliamentary elections under a ” very organised campaign”. “This is an existential threat and it’s not new. There is a very organised campaign to sabotage the election,” Nizami told [...]

Hyderabad, April 29 (IANS) An aircraft carrying senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L. K. Advani made an unscheduled landing at the old airport at Begumpet here Monday, after developing a technical snag. Advani was on his way from New Delhi to Bangalore to campaign for BJP for the next [...]

Shimla: Bye-election to Mandi parliamentary seat creeping up has both BJP and Congress out activating cadres for a semi-final round before General Lok Sabha elections come up in May 14. Talking to Hillpost, chief electoral officer HP, Narinder Chauhan said, “elections guidelines hold that election to a seat vacated by [...]

Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee would sue senior CPI-M leader Gautam Deb for alleging that he has amassed fortune worth Rs.300 crore and was into the chit fund business, the Trinamool Congress said Monday. A day after Deb made the claims at [...]

New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday accused the UPA government of being “weak and cowardly” over the reported incursion of Chinese troops in Ladakh. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the former defence minister warned that China “is the biggest enemy” of India and that [...]

Bangalore/Hubli, April 29 (IANS) The Congress would build world class infrastructure in ‘Bengaluru’ if voted to power again in Karnataka, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday while attacking the ruling BJP for its “corruption” which had stalled the development of the city and the state. “I assure you, the new [...]