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The joint parliamentary committee (JPC) investigating the 2G spectrum has given a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, indicting former telecom minister A Raja in the scam. The draft report of…

The Congress-led UPA has decided to play its cards to woo Nitish Kumar and JD(U) ahead of the 2014 polls. The Union Cabinet has approved a package of Rs 12,000 crore for Bihar under the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF). It could be…

In a desperate bid to repeat her "social engineering" formula of 2007, which helped her to grab power in Uttar Pradesh with a massive mandate, BSP supremo Mayawati is back with a strategy to woo the upper caste and Brahmins. While…

In a big change of stance, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi's government has endorsed the SIT's decision to seek death sentence for former Minister Maya Kodnani and Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi in connection with the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot…

In a significant development, a Pune court has sentenced Mirza Himayat Baig to death in connection with the 2010 German Bakery blast, which killed 17 people and left 34 injured. Baig's crime was termed as "rarest of rare". The court had…

After the media took up the issue of relief to Sanjay Dutt and not to others by triggering a huge debate over the judicial system, the Supreme Court granted four weeks' time to Zaibunissa and three others to surrender. Earlier, the SC had…

TNI Bureau: Bollwyood Actress Priyanka Chopra finally broke her silence and offered help to bring back the body of her assistant Jiban Patra's dead body to India. Jiban died of a cardiac arrest at a Los Angeles hotel on April 7. As the…

Eminent Telugu writer, poet and critic Ravuri Bharadwaja has been chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2012. He was honoured for his contribution to Telugu literature. The decision was taken by a selection board chaired by…

While the nation is shocked at the blast outside the BJP office in Bangalore this morning, Congress leader Shakeel Ahmad created a flutter by giving it a political colour. Shakeel said BJP would get political mileage from the blast, drawing…

In a shocking development, a huge explosion occurred outside the BJP office at Malleswaram in Bangalore, causing maximum damages to many vehicles. At least 16 people, including some cops have sustained injuries. Two of them are said to be…