United States Deputy Secretary of State William Burns has sought to dispel “mistaken conclusions” that Washington's focus on Asia was part of a policy to contain China. Mr. Burns was addressing students and academicians at the University of Pune on Friday. “It is neither our purpose nor our intention. In fact, we strongly believe that a thriving China is good for China, good for the United ...Read More

New Delhi: A star-studded ceremony at the CNN-IBN 'Indian of the Year' awards function where politicians, entertainers, sportspersons and extraordinary citizens were felicitated on Friday night. Social activist Anna Hazare was named 'Indian Of The Year' for the year 2011 for bringing the grave issue of corruption to the forefront in the country. "I don't have any money in the bank but I ...Read More

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected the bail application of former telecoms secretary Siddharth Behura, one of the 14 accused in the 2G scam. He has been in jail since February this year. Behura will now approach the Supreme Court on Monday for bail, his legal counsel Aman Lekhi told ET. Rejection of bail to Behura also weakens the ...Read More

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said better implementation of rural development programmes can defeat Left-Wing Extremism and it is the fundamental and constitutional obligation of the Centre and states to do it. “We know that in many districts, with a sizeable adivasi population, there is Left-Wing Extremism. We can defeat them only by implementing rural development programmes in a better ...Read More

More than 150 people, most of them patients, were stranded in a virtual gas chamber for almost two hours after fire broke out at AMRI hospital in the early hours of December 9. The basement of the hospital caught fire at 2.10 am but the fire and rescue service was informed only at 4.15 am. There seems to have been no ...Read More

Jaipur: Bhanwari Devi's husband has allegedly confessed that he was paid ten lakhs for assisting in the midwife's kidnapping and murder. The case has ensnared politicians in Rajasthan, some of who were allegedly involved with Bhanwari. The CBI, which is handling the case, filed its status report with the Rajasthan High Court today. Sources say that the investigating agency claims Amarchand ...Read More

New Delhi: The Opposition parties created a ruckus in Parliament for the second day on Friday, demanding Home Minister P Chidambaram's resignation over the conflict of interest controversy. The members of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) rushed to the well of the House, demanding Chidambaram's resignation, following which both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha had to be adjourned till noon. CNN-IBN ...Read More

BANGALORE: Signalling relief to former chief ministers S M Krishna and H D Kumaraswamy, the High Court on Thursday ordered a four-week stay on Lokayukta proceedings and investigation against them in connection with a private complaint accusing them of facilitating illegal mining during their tenure. Krishna has been alleged of allowing illegal mining during between 1999-2004, and being instrumental in large-scale de-reservation of forest area (6832.48 ...Read More

Though activist Anna Hazare's threat on Thursday forced the government to fast-track the process to move the Lokpal Bill in the Parliament, Team Anna toned down its strident stand soon after. Team Anna members Prashant Bhushan and Kiran Bedi have realised that putting extra pressure may related stories * Govt fast-tracks lokpal to stop Anna's 'jail bharo' not work in their favour and they should ...Read More

Amid the controversy over screening of online content, the Centre on Thursday held talks with Google, Facebook and Twitter representatives. The government sought their opinion on effective use of their platforms but asserted there was no question of censorship of Internet, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said after the meeting. Asked if any mechanism to regulate Internet content was on ...Read More