A caller identifying himself as ULFA commander-in-chief Paresh Barua told a local daily over telephone on Thursday night that the outfit was not behind the blast but "we cannot rule out the involvement of other groups sympathetic to our cause."
The operation, performed at the AIIMS, was done to relieve pressure on a nerve near the wrist.
National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly and GM Dibyendu Barua also bowed out of the World Chess Championship.
Unheralded Vinod Bhagwat beat British Open champion Abhijit Kunte in the third round.
The fuzziness of Trump's economic blueprint remains the biggest risk.
'The NRC is aimed at rounding up and permanently jailing Indian Muslims who cannot produce the documents to satisfy a government which punishes those individuals who do not declare maximum number of Muslims foreigners.' 'It is for this reason that we see so many Indian Muslims protesting these laws and it is for this reason that so many non-Muslims cannot stand by and watch what is happening in their country,' says Aakar Patel.
The violence is in response to a recent attack on Assamese train passengers in Bihar.
If banks have a surplus, they have the option of parking the money with the RBI.
P T Ummar Koya's said it was impractical to recognise the newly-formed Chess Players Association of India.
An ULFA commander has said that the PM has nothing to offer in terms of talks on sovereignty.
The rise in US interest rates and associated change in the direction of capital flows, the fall in oil prices and the slowdown in China will dominate the markets, say Abheek Barua and Bidisha Ganguly
The NDA government was initially reticent about fleshing out its economic strategy for the future. But now that it has taken enough bold initiatives on the economic front it must have the confidence to tell us more about its approach going forward, says Abheek Barua.
Non-performing loans in the Chinese banking system stood at RMB 1.27 trillion at the end of 2015.
The majority in the markets believe that a September lift-off is likely.
Nine players share the lead after the second round in the 41st National 'A' Chess Championship.
Sasikiran, Harikrishna, and Dibyendu Barua share the lead with 4.5 points after six rounds.
'Gajendra Chauhan may be a good administrator, or even a good leader, but he lacks the basic quality of inspiring others.'
This is an effect of general slackening in economic growth; however, this is not true of digital media, where business is booming.
The next round of bad news could come from Europe, where banks in a number of economies such as Italy, Portugal and Greece are sitting on mountains of bad loans.
The RBI must cut rates to spur growth, say experts.
Harikrishna, Chanda and Ganguly share lead before the last round in the National 'A' chess championship.
Mumbai schoolgirl Siddhali Shetye also scored a major upset, beating Saheli Barua in the Commonwealth chess championship.
Government has no plans to create a separate time zone for 7 North Eastern states, Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's 'mission 84' (winning 84 out of 126 assembly seats in Assam in 2016 polls) has run into a hurdle put up by the United Liberation Front of Assam-Independent. The militant outfit has threatened to use force to stymie all activities of the saffron party in Assam after January 10, 2015.
Asian emerging market stock prices did see a bounce post Fed-talk.
'China could place the currency on a par with global biggies. But it has to wait to be a serious challenger.'
The silver lining is that a pick-up in the US economy could help emerging market exports.
Germany is now sitting on a mountain of savings.
Bangladesh handing over to India top ULFA leader Anup Chetia was a reflection of close bilateral ties particularly in security areas, the country's Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said in Dhaka on Thursday as he hoped New Delhi will return a wanted Bangladeshi national jailed in West Bengal.
Foreign exchange reserves of the oil producers have increased by $1.1 trillion over the past decade.
Readers post their Valentine's Day wish for India. Here's how they have expressed their love.
he reason behind the cut in policy rate seems to be a slowing economy
Grandmaster Sherbakov Ruslan IM Neetlopal Das and IM R B Ramesh lost while playing with white pieces in the Commonwealth chess championship.\n\n\n\n
Unless there is a sharp uptick in oil prices, Fed may push back rate hike
S Vijayalakshmi, Nisha Mohta and R Aarthie share the lead in the women's section in the National A chess championship.
China's move to devalue its currency has exposed the fragility of its economy.
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