Tributes were paid to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi Thursday, as the nation marked his 66th death anniversary. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh led the nation in paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. The president, prime minister and Vice President Hamid Ansari laid wreaths and paid floral tributes at his granite memorial […]
undA new UNDP report has said that humanity remains deeply unequal despite impressive progress and a sustained reduction in inequality requires a shift to more inclusive growth patterns supported by redistributive polices and changes in social norm. The report, titled ‘Humanity Divided: Confronting Inequality in Developing Countries’ and released Wednesday by the organisation’s administrator Helen […]
Along with the government decision to raise to 12 the cap on annual availability of subsidised LPG cylinders, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs Thursday decided to suspend the direct benefit transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme till a committee conducts a review of its implementation. “Pending the committee examining the issues, the Aadhaar-linked LPG subsidy […]
Paresh Barua, leader of the anti-talk faction of the ULFA, is among the 14 people awarded the death sentence by a Bangladesh court Thursday in connection with a 2004 arms smuggling case. A special court in Chittagong handed the death sentence to Barua and 13 others, including Jamaat chief and then industries minister Motiur Rahman […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will Thursday review its preparations for the April-May Lok Sabha polls and discuss the controversies involving its members. “The meet (Thursday) will review the preparations for Lok Sabha elections and discuss the number of seats to be contested,” a party statement said. “Discussions will also be held on various controversies […]
The US intelligence community believes that any post-election Indian government will probably have a positive view of the US, but it’s “not assured” that future legislation or policy changes would be consistent with American interests. “In this election year in particular, coalition politics and institutional challenges will remain the primary drivers of India’s economic and […]
Both houses of the Andhra Pradesh legislature, by a voice vote Thursday, rejected the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2013 on creating a separate Telangana state. Amid protests by legislators from Telangana, the presiding officers in the legislative assembly and the council announced that official resolution for rejecting the bill were carried and adjourned the houses […]
lpgThe government Thursday decided to raise the annual cap on subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 from the existing nine. Announcing the decision in this regard taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) at a meeting here, Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily told media persons that “in addition to the nine subsidised cylinders given […]
Kanishka Sharma, who trained Madhuri Dixit for action sequences in forthcoming movie “Gulaab Gang”, is in awe of the actress and says that she made all the tiring action sequences look effortless on screen. “I remember a scene where Madhuri had to twist a man’s arm and kick him hard. I rehearsed with her for […]
Actress Kate Hudson says she is “too busy” to plan her wedding with fiance Matthew Bellamy and admits they are in no rush to get married. The 34-year-old, who was raised by her mother, Goldie Hawn, and her partner, Kurt Russell, got engaged to Bellamy in April 2011, reports contactmusic.com. When Hudson was asked about […]