New Delhi, May 24 -- MAHARASHTRA'S elite Anti-terror Squad and CBI officials, who probed the 2006 Malegaon blasts may have to face probe as the Centre has taken a serious view of allegations that nine Muslim youths were framed with malafide intentions. Taking note of the chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) earlier this week in which four...

New Delhi, May 24 -- UNITED States's top diplomat will embark on his maiden India visit as the Secretary of State to hold 4th Indo-US Strategic Dialogue on June 24. Preparations for Kerry's visit were discussed by US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai told mediapersons here. ...

AHMEDABAD, May 24 -- TARGETING the Manmohan Singh Government at the Centre, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said the UPA's glass was filled with corruption. "In the last nine years (five years of UPA-I and four of UPA-II), the (UPA's) glass has been full with corruption. There is no space for trust or belief. Unfortunately, even the common man has to take...

New Delhi, May 24 -- A senior Navy officer has been awarded the punishment of loss of three years seniority by a court martial after a junior officer under his command died after drowning during an exercise off the coast of Gujarat two years ago. Under-training Sub Lieutenant Vipin Kumar had died during a sea swimming drill on December 29, 2011 while he was posted on...

Guwahati, May 24 -- BJP legislators in Assam will abstain from voting on May 30 elections for the two Rajya Sabha seats from the state, party state president Sabananda Sonowal said today. The BJP MLAs would not vote as the party did not support any of the contestants -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Santius Kujur of the Congress and AIUDF's Aminul Islam, Sonowal...

Lucknow, May 24 -- THE 50-year-old Amit Shah, a trusted lieutenant of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and UP BJP's in charge is scheduled to court arrest on May 29 from Rampur, the pocket borough of senior minister in Akhilesh cabinet and the main Muslim face of Samajwadi Party, Mohammad Azam Khan for week-long nationwide protest by the BJP against price hike,...

Panaji, May 24 -- THE sea-trials of INS Vikramaditya would be held from the next month in the North Sea before its final hand-over in December, Russian Ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin said here today. INS Vikramaditya, which was undergoing repairs at Russia's Servmash shipyard, would be having sea trials in the North Sea soon, he told mediapersons here....

New Delhi, May 24 -- EXPANDING its combat assets by inducting several new platforms including nuclear submarines, fighter planes and aircraft carriers, the Navy has decided to almost double the size of its manpower in next 15 years. The Navy has also decided to give B.Tech degrees to its officers to handle the high end technology being inducted into the force and the...

New Delhi, May 24 -- THE Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Delhi unit today staged a sit-in protest near Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's official residence here, demanding her resignation over alleged misuse of public money for "political purposes" ahead of the 2008 assembly polls. Led by unit chief Vijay Goel and former chief Vijender Gupta, over 100 BJP workers,...

Shimla, May 24 -- PRESIDENT Pranab Mukherjee today said he was saddened by repeated disruptions and adjournments of Parliament and state assemblies and asked the political establishment to find a solution to it. ...