New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Major reforms being carried out by the central government will enable prospective adoptive parents to get a child within a period of maximum of four months, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said here Monday. Briefing the newly-constituted consultative committee of parliament attached to the ministry, she highlighted reforms […]
London, Nov 17 (IANS) Part of the British Parliament was evacuated Monday morning after a suspicious package was discovered, media reported. People in the offices of Portcullis House, a building opposite the Houses of Parliament, were turned away Monday after a suspect package was found. However, the Metropolitan Police confirmed that the package “had later […]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) A court here has ordered initiation of proceedings against a woman model for filing a false rape case. Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat in a recent order said there was no truth in the woman’s allegation of rape against her brother-in-law Rajeev Kumar. Even her testimony does not inspire any […]
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The third India-US Higher Education Dialogue, held here Monday, emphasised the key role of education and skills development in relationships between the people of the two countries. “The two sides reiterated the importance of the Higher Education Dialogue to promote enhanced opportunities for student and scholar mobility and faculty collaboration […]
Gurgaon, Nov 17 (IANS) Three people were arrested Monday for gang raping a 17-year-old girl, police said. Krishana, Monu and Sandeep were arrested for raping the Class 11 student. The girl Monday filed a police complaint and a case of gang rape and kidnapping was registered at a city police station. The girl said she […]
Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) American reality TV star Kim Kardashian is going to enter “Bigg Boss 8″ on her maiden trip to India. The 34-year-old will be seen in the Bigg Boss house Nov 22 as a guest to interact with the contestants including Karishma Tanna, Diandra Soares, Gautam Gulati and Upen Patel. Kim is […]
Jerusalem, Nov 16 (IANS) Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Sunday said Israel will never limit its construction activity in Jerusalem and claimed that the construction of Jewish neighbourhood in east Jerusalem did not comprise settlements. Following a meeting with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is on visit to the region, Lieberman said Israel will […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 16 (IANS) The CPI in Kerala continues to have a “hangover” of its old relationship with the Congress, according to the CPI-M. Communist Party of India-Marxist’s state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said this to reporters here Sunday, while elaborating on the old alliance the CPI and the Congress had in Kerala in the 1970s. […]
Fuzhou (China), Nov 16 (IANS) Newly crowned China Open champion Kidambi Srikanth Sunday “gifted” his Super Series Premier title to India’s chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on his 41st birthday. Sunday turned out to be a watershed moment in Indian badminton’s history as for the first time two titles are coming home from a […]
Hyderabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit Sunday said his country doesn’t like the relationship with India to be held hostage to the Jammu and Kashmir issue but both countries should make sincere efforts to resolve the problem. Expressing the hope that the bilateral talks will resume, he said at the end of […]