UPA readies for life after Didi

NEW DELHI: The Congress-Trinamool divorce seems complete with the government ruling out any rollback of fuel hikes and FDI in retail and Mamata Banerjeeinsisting there was no room for negotiation.

Within minutes of finance minister P Chidambarammaking an emphatic "no rollback" statement on Wednesday, Banerjee said TMC ministers at the Centre would quit on Friday. The CM's charge that the government was "distorting facts" in claiming that the PM tried to reach her only increased the acrimony. Her demand that the number of cheap cooking gas

Bharat Bandh to hit major cities; SP, BJP, JD(U) workers stop trains

New Delhi: The nationwide protests on Wednesday against fuel price hike and FDI in retail are likely to bring life to a stand-still in major cities. The strike call has been given by both the NDA and the Third front parties.

Shiv Sena, though, has opted out of it. BJP leaders have fanned out to all major cities to lead the protest. Sushma Swaraj will be in Bhopal, Nitin Gadkari in Delhi, Rajnath Singh in Lucknow and Venkaiah Naidu in Hyderabad. Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party

One killed, 12 hurt in Guwahati blast

GUWAHATI: One CRPF jawan was killed and twelve others injured in a grenade blast at the crowded Paltan Bazar of the city on Saturday evening. The injured include three CRPF personnel and nine civilians.

The deceased was identified as Bhabani Singh (35), a CRPF jawan from Rajasthan. Hospital sources said another injured, a woman, is also critical. All injured are undergoing treatment at Gauhati Medical College Hospital. Police officials

Captive US soldier safe: Haqqani commander

A US soldier held by Afghan militants will not be harmed despite the Obama administration's decision to declare his alleged captors a terrorist group, a senior member of the Pakistan-based Haqqani network told The Associated Press on Saturday. However, the United States and NATO can expect stepped up attacks, he said.

The commander, who spoke by telephone from an undisclosed location, denied that the Haqqanis held the only American prisoner of war of the

Delhi: 1 dead, 2 injured as mob clashes with police in Mayur Vihar

New Delhi: One person died and two others were injured as clashed erupted between locals and police in East Delhi. Though police have denied firing at the mob and have claimed that they only used tear gas to disperse the crowd, bullet injuries have reportedly been found on the body of the dead and those injured. 

The incident was reported at 8 pm from Mayur Vihar Phase-III. Heavy police force has been deployed in the area.

Fifteen police personnel were also injured in the incident and about six to seven locals are

Questions on coal removed from Parliament website, alleges BJP

Jaipur: Alleging that all questions related to coal department have been removed from Parliament website, BJP today accused Congress of trying to hide the truth about the “coal scam” said said it will lodge a complaint with Rajya Sabha Chairman.

“Congress party is now trying to hide the truth about coal scam and have removed all questions related to coal department from Parliament website, this shows their