Politics

The latest job report, which pegs US unemployment at 8.3 percent may be a turning point for President Barack Obama ahead of the 2012 White House race.

New Delhi, Feb 4 (ANI): Welcoming the trail court''s judgment, Union Human Resources Development Minster Kapil Sibal on Saturday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should apologise for ''dragging'' Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram''s name in the 2G spectrum scam case.

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The special CBI court order declining to make Home Minister P. Chidambaram an accused in the 2G spectrum scam was not final, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Saturday.

Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Saturday refused to comment on the special CBI court's order declining to make Home Minister P. Chidambaram an accused in the 2G spectrum case, but added that the guilty should be punished.

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The never-say-die Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Saturday said he was surprised but not disappointed and would appeal against a trial court's decision to dismiss his plea against Home Minister P. Chidambaram in the 2G spectrum allocation case.

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A special CBI court Saturday dismissed Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy's plea to make P. Chidambaram a co-accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case, spelling huge relief for the home minister.

New Delhi, Feb 3 (ANI): Supreme Court on Friday deferred the hearing on the Gujarat Government petition of over the appointment of state Lokayukta, retired judge R A Mehta, to March 20.

New Delhi, Feb 3 (ANI): Congress has condemned the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) attempt to politicize and sensationalize the Supreme Court verdict in the 2G scam case.

New Delhi, Feb 3 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today termed Maoist violence, cross border terrorism and religious fundamentalism as key internal security challenges.

Discounting US intelligence reports of a limited armed conflict between India and China, a senior Indian Air Force officer Friday ruled out any war in the near future but said Indian forces were fully prepared to protect the country’s strategic interests.