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KANPUR: In a new twist, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal Saturday admitted that some files related to the coal block allocation scam are missing, remarks that drew attack from opposition parties.

JAMMU: Pakistani troops fired at Indian positions in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir Friday night, and also in Kargil district for the first time in 14 years, a defence spokesman said Saturday.

NEW DELHI: As his government battles a steep fall in the value of the Rupee and a stock market meltdown, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday dismissed the possibility of a throwback to 1991 balance of payments crisis situation and reversing the path of globalisation of the economy.

NEW DELHI: Hitting back at External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid for comparing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to a proverbial frog, the BJP today compared the minister to a cockroach.

NEW DELHI: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) faces its biggest challenge in Naxal areas and will focus on minimising troop casualties as it takes on the Left wing extremists, the new chief of the country’s largest paramilitary said here on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Days before he steps down as Governor of RBI, a candid D Subbarao Saturday characterised as “inaccurate and unfair” the contention that the central bank was “obsessed with inflation, oblivious to growth concerns”.

LUCKNOW: The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has asked the BJP to act tough on leaders who criticise Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

MUMBAI: Facing tough conditions, Indian Navy divers on Friday extricated badly charred bodies of four personnel from submarine Sindhurakshak as hopes of finding survivors receded with naval authorities voicing worst fears that others on board could have been incinerated too.

SRINAGAR: Army has killed 28 militants on the Line of Control (LoC) and in the hinterland in Kashmir in nearly two months, a top commander said Friday, adding militant groups from across the border are now trying to infiltrate experienced and older ultras into the Valley.

MUMBAI: In a triple whammy, benchmark Sensex and rupee went into a freefall while gold surged as fears of a return to capital control regime haunted investors who remained unconvinced that there would be no further curbs.