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Sharifs proposed meeting with the U.S. President will be scheduled in the coming months, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said on Thursday.
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Soon after the mishap, Navy Chief Admiral D K Joshi had said the board of inquiry under a Commodore-rank officer would conduct its probe and submit its report within four weeks. The deadline ended earlier this week. The tender to salvage the vessel would be issued very soon after the scene of the mishap was assessed by them, navy officials said.
The National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the award in fiction here today, nearly 10 days after she made it to this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist for the same book.
Finalists in the Young People's Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction and Fiction categories would be announced on October 16 and the winners will be named at a ceremony here on November 20.
The central government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will not trample on the UP government's powers on maintaining law and order.
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According to the PIL filed by AAP office-bearers including Mayank Gandhi, the land admeasuring 39,950 square meters was allotted to MCA for training of youngsters in cricket but the association was using it for commercial purposes.
Sharad Pawar, the then president of MCA, had in February 2003 written a letter to the BMC seeking allotment of land in suburban Mumbai for organising coaching of budding cricketers.
"No, we do not have any such plan. There is no need," he said when asked whether there is any possibility of ordering a fresh probe into the case by NIA.
A controversy has broken out after recently arrested Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal reportedly told his interrogators that he was not accompanied by Pune blast convict Mirza Himayat Baig in planting the bomb in the bakery but by another terrorist Qateel Siddiqui.
In his today's blog, Kumar wrote how women's education is ushering in a silent social revolution in Bihar. Kumar returned to writing blog after almost two years.
The Bihar chief minister in his latest blog informed people about scholarship schemes his government has introduced for all girls from class I to class X, studying in different government schools across the state to give a further boost to women's education.
The Supreme Court has asked the UP government to file a compliance report on assistance to victims and submit it in a week. All the cases in the Allahabad high court pertaining to the Muzaffarnagar riots has been transferred to the Supreme Court.
Read: How Muzaffarnagar riots will impact 2014 elections
The airline, which is subject to FIPB and other regulatory approvals, will be based in New Delhi and operate under the full-service model. Tata Sons will own 51% and Singapore Airlines will own 49% of the proposed joint venture. Read
Ex-BCCI chief Shashank Manohar may contest against Srinivasan. Srinivasan had called all the BCCI affiliated units from southern part to assemble in Chennai to pledge their support for the Tamil Nadu strongman ahead of the AGM, but the absence of Goa Cricket Association (GCA) and Andhra CA from the meeting has led to speculations about an election being on the cards.
Srinivasan has been in the news after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was arrested by the Mumbai Police on allegations of betting on CSK matches in the sixth edition of Indian Premier League.
Meiyappan was later released on bail and Srinivasan had recused himself from the day-to-day functioning of the BCCI but has recently chaired the disciplinary committee meeting that handed life ban to former India international S Sreesanth.
"The needle of suspicion points towards the state government," Raj told reporters after the daughter of the slain anti-superstition activist, Mukta, called on him at his residence 'Krishna Kunj' in Dadar, in suburban Mumbai.
Sunil Pokhariyal, a social activist, is AAP candidate from Palam, while Vikram Badhwar, who is leading a number of traders' associations like New Delhi Trader's Association and others, will contest from Chandni Chowk assembly constituency, the party said.
The Party has announced Lakshmi Narayan Sharma, earlier associated with Secretary of Labour Party of India, as its candidate from Gonda and Mohan Krishna Sharma from Badli.
AAP has announced a total of 53 candidates for 70 Delhi Assembly seats.
Kumar, an Arjuna awardee and star of Indian athletics in the 1960s and the 1970s, had joined the party recently.
Kumar had participated in hammer and discus throws events and, won gold in discus throwing in the 1966 and 1970 Asian Games.
The Arvind-Kejriwal-led AAP today announced the names of six candidates, including Kumar for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.
Alvi, who was detained by the Uttar Pradesh Police after he visited a camp in Loni in riot-hit area of Muzaffarnagar, said he was forcibly taken to a police station and after an hour's detention taken to the UP-Delhi border and left there.
"I have visited Gujarat also. But, Muzaffarnagar has left Gujarat behind," he said, pointing towards the problems of Muslims in the area. Alvi claimed that tales of people lodged in various relief camps in Uttar Pradesh point to their big sufferings.
The 23-year-old photojournalist was allegedly gang-raped by five accused on August 22 when she had gone to the Shakti Mills compound along with a male colleague on an official assignment.
The chargesheet will contain details of the victim's ordeal, witnesses' statements, evidence collected from the spot, DNA analysis reports, phone call records and test identification parade information, among others, police said.
Police claimed it had more than sufficient evidence against the five accused Salim Ansari, Vijay Jadhav, Mohd Kasim Hafiz Shaikh alias Kasim Bangali, Siraj Rehman Khan and a minor boy. -- Zee News
The Cabinet Committee on Security will consider a proposal to sign an agreement between Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) and the US-based operator Westinghouse Electric Company.
The US sees the Civil Liability for Nuclear Disaster Act as hurdle in selling nuclear reactors to India. The law allows NPCIL to seek partial compensation from suppliers if their reactors are involved in a nuclear accident.
Also read: 2 reporters jailed, editor booked over AP top cop's godman visit
The celebrations ended after 10 days on Wednesday with immersion of idols. College students and volunteers removed the debris and pollution caused by the immersion of idols.
In photos: Mumbai bids farewell to Ganpati.
On Wednesday, Khan and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated a 16th century Mughal garden in the heart of New Delhi following a multi-million dollar restoration that lasted several years.
Earlier reports suggested that the couple have parted ways after they did not interact with each other on Twitter for over three weeks.
"Some of the reports re EH & me r absolute rubbish. Yes we're sorting through some (private) issues. But we're not throwing the towel in yet (sic)," Warne tweeted.
Meanwhile, Hurley, who has been engaged to the retired cricketer since September 2011 when she was spotted wearing a large sapphire ring, is trying to deal with her raw feelings.
She told her 400,000 Twitter followers, "Apologies to loyal followers for Twitter silence on recent events. Too raw & personal to share right now. (sic)".
It is believed the 'Gossip Girl' star recently discovered her fiance has been getting close to his ex-wife Simone Callahan who he was married to for 10 years.
"Liz found out he had been over at Simone's house a lot. She seemed to get the idea that something more than friendship was going on," a source said.
Warne ended his marriage to Simone, the mother of his three children, Brooke, 16, Jackson, 14, and 11-year-old Summer, in 2010 and quickly began dating mother-of-one Hurley, who has an 11-year-old son, Damian. Hurley was previously married to Arun Nayar in 2007.
Four persons, including a police constable and a homeguard, have been arrested in this connection, they said.
The incident occurred at the bus stand at around 1 am when the woman was waiting for a bus.
The man was having tea near Shivaji University in Rajarampuri area of Kolhapur in morning hours of February 22 this year.
"This is bewildering. We were unaware that the law required anyone to give an explanation for having tea, whether in the morning, noon or night," said a bench which quashed and set aside the police action against the accused, Vijay Patil.
According to police, Patil did not give satisfactory explanation as to why he was having "chai" (tea) in suspicious manner at the stall.
"One might take tea in a variety of ways, not all of them always elegant or delicate, some of them perhaps even noisy. But we know of no way to drink tea 'suspiciously'.
"The ingestion of a cup that cheers demands no explanation. And while 'cutting chai' is permissible, now even fashionable, cutting corners with the law is not," said Justices S C Dharmadhikari and G S Patel in a recent order.
The Bombay High Court had on September 02 said the Centre, Maharashtra government, CBI, and Adarsh Society may file their responses to a plea seeking that Shinde be added as an accused in the housing society scam case. Read
The Centre has directed all state governments, including Maharashtra, to take action against traders and speculators keeping onion prices artificially high by taking advantage of the seasonal shortage.
Onion prices both in wholesale and retail markets in most parts of the country have seen a sharp increase since July.
This was the first time that such refit was carried out by a private agency at an ASI-protected monument. Read
Owners of some older Apple devices also can download it to replace their current systems. But should they? Before you jump in and upgrade, here's what you need to know about iOS 7. Read
The rupee today zoomed by 158 paise to trade at over one-month high of 61.80 against the dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on hopes of increased capital inflows after the US Federal Reserve's surprise decision to keep its stimulus programme intact.
The rupee had settled just a paise lower at 63.38 against the dollar in yesterday's trade. Traders said besides expectations of increased capital inflows, the dollar's weakness against other currencies overseas, after the US Federal Reserve surprised markets by leaving its massive bond-buying programme unchanged, boosted the rupee's sentiment.
Meanwhile, stock markets were up by nearly 3 per cent in the opening trade. The BSE benchmark index soared by 574.13 points, or 2.88 per cent, to 20,536.29, while National Stock Exchange's Nifty rose by 183.65 points, or 3.11 per cent to 6,083.10 in opening trade.
Days after Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's anointment as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, ardent Modi supporter and Karnataka strongman BS Yeddyurappa is all set to return to the NDA. To seal the deal, Yeddyurappa's emissary Leher Singh has met Arun Jaitley.
Leher Singh is also likely to meet BJP President Rajnath Singh and BJP patriarch LK Advani too. The Karnataka Janatha Paksha itself is expected to pass a resolution welcoming Modi as PM candidate.
An Indian American crowned with the Miss America title is great, a top Obama administration official has said. "I think it's great, personally. I haven't spoken about it with him (Obama), so I don't have his thoughts," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters yesterday, when asked about the response of US President Barack Obama on achievement of the Indian American.
This is for the first time that an Indian American, which so far has dominated competitions like spelling bee, geography bees, math Olympiad and science competition, has bagged the coveted title.
India and the United States are destined to be partners at the world stage due to their shared common values and outlooks on a wide range of issues, the Pentagon has said as US Deputy Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter concluded his highly successful trip to New Delhi.
In his meetings with the India's National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh and Defence Secretary Radha Krishna Mathur, Carter reiterated\ that the US and India are "destined to be partners on the world stage due" to their shared common values and outlooks on a wide range of issues, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said in Washington on Wednesday.
During his visit from September 16 to 18, Carter discussed with Indian officials the forthcoming meeting in Washington between US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and steps toward deepening the multifaceted US-Indo defence relationship, Little said.
"They held in-depth consultations on the ongoing political and security transitions in Afghanistan and other regional security issues, common multilateral engagements, joint military exercises, and the significant and growing defence trade between the two countries," he said.