Pathankot (Punjab), April 27 (IANS) Punjab Congress president Pratap Singh Bajwa Sunday said that he would bring in a legislation proposing death penalty for those indulging in drugs trade. Bajwa, a sitting Congress MP from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat and the party’s candidate against BJP’s Vinod Khanna this time, said that if he got re-elected, he […]
Ghaziabad, April 27 (IANS) The government-run Rural Development and Self-Employment Training Institute (RUDSETI) organised a training session for entrepreneurs in collaboration with US-based software company Intuit. RUDSETI director K.P. Pant said the organisation was imparting technical skill to unemployed youth so that they could earn their livelihood. The trained youth, however, were unable to graduate to […]
Sreerampore (West Bengal), April 27 (IANS) In an all-out attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday accused her of joining hands with Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to save the Saradha scamsters and ruining the state by vote bank politics. Addressing an election rally in this town of Hooghly […]
Sreerampore (West Bengal), April 27 (IANS) Ridiculing Rahul Gandhi, BJP’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi Sunday said that for the Congress vice president, poverty was a “matter of fun” as he had never experienced any such thing in his life. “Those born with a golden spoon don’t know what poverty is. Just as those who have […]
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Indian Army Sunday honoured two soldiers who died fighting guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir April 25. A statement from the Udhampur-based headquarters of the Northern Command said Northern Command chief Lt. Gen. Sanjiv Chachra, the colonel of the Rajput Regiment, paid tributes to the soldiers “on behalf of the country” […]
New Delhi/Rae Bareli, April 27 (IANS) The verbal spat between the Congress and the BJP grew more strident Sunday with the BJP’s allegations of “corruption under patronage” in land deals of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra evoked a spirited response from his wife Priyanka Gandhi, who accused the party of “running like bewildered rats”. […]
By-” Isha Sahni” Amitabh Bachchan was recently invited by Pakistan’s ex-prime minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain to visit Pakistan. Mr. Bachchanaccept has said he will undertake the visit whenever he gets an opportunity. The PML-Q Senator had written a letter to the Bollywood superstar, who has ancestral roots in Pakistan, saying: “Since your mother was born […]
By-“Isha Sahni” The bug of taking selfies bit the celebrities and fans at the green carpet of the technical categories of Bollywood’s most extravagant celebration, the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Weekend and Awards 2014 here. The much awaited event was studded by stars and saw actors and filmmakers not only looking their best, but […]
While much of India slept Thursday morning, one news of a big-time sale spread in minutes through the country, on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, long before the mainstream media picked it up. Facebook was buying WhatsApp for $16 billion in stock and cash, going up to a likely $19 billion with restricted stock options. That’s […]
Beijing, Feb 20 (IANS) Over 400 students in Chinese province of Zhejiang have been infected with norovirus, a common cause of viral gastroenteritis, authorities said Wednesday. The students belonging to several schools in Haining City and Haiyan County, including Kindergartens and middle schools, are receiving treatment in local hospitals, Xinhua quoted the municipal government of Jiaxing […]