Delhi’s activist-turned-Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called off a dramatic 33-hour street protest Tuesday evening after Lt Governor Najeeb Jung intervened to defuse a major crisis for the central government ahead of Republic Day, acting partially on the AAP’s demand for action against five policemen. “It is people’s victory,” Kejriwal declared and said he and his […]
Eastern Army Commander Lt. Gen. M.M.S. Rai Tuesday reviewed the preparedness and the security situation of the operational areas in the Sikkim and north Bengal sectors at the Sino-Indian border. Rai is on a two-day visit to these sectors after having taken over the charge of the Eastern Command earlier this month, a defence release […]
The Delhi High Court Wednesday will hear an PIL against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleging he had “suppressed the actual figures of property owned by him”. The PIL filed by NGO Maulik Bharat Trust said that in an affidavit filed before the Election Commission (EC), Kejriwal had not disclosed the actual amount of his […]
Asking what has happened to the media, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday accused a section of it of promoting the BJP and the Congress. “What has happened to the media? I am not saying that all media people are bad. But there are some who are promoting the politics of BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) […]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure release of 25 Indian fishermen taken into custody by the Sri Lankan Navy Tuesday to facilitate fishermen-level talks between the two countries. In a letter to Manmohan Singh Tuesday, the text of which was released to the media here, Jayalalithaa while referring […]
The Congress Tuesday expanded its panel of spokespersons to strengthen the party’s media reach ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Union ministers P. Chidambaram and Salman Khurshid were named senior spokespersons while minister Shashi Tharoor was appointed spokesperson. The names were cleared by both party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi. The party […]
Holding the action and procedure adopted to deprive a person of life or liberty must be fair, just and reasonable, the Supreme Court Tuesday framed guidelines for removing the disparities in implementation of existing laws for death row convicts. “It is well-settled law that executive action and legal procedure adopted to deprive a person of […]
At least 28 people were killed and 45 injured when a suicide bomber hit a bus carrying Shiite muslim pilgrims in Pakistan’s Balochistan province Tuesday, Xinhua reported. The incident occurred as a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into the pilgrims’ bus in Dareen Ghar area of Mastung district, local media reported. The bus was […]
The second one-day international (ODI) between India and New Zealand was interrupted due to rain at the Seddon Park here Wednesday. New Zealand, put into to bat by India, were set for a big score at 170/2 in 33.2 overs when the rain came down heavily. Kane Williamson was batting on 76 and Ross Taylor […]
Shot extensively in South Africa, Bengali blockbuster film “Chander Pahar (Mountain of the Moon)” has generated huge interest among travellers from West Bengal, said a South African tourism official. Kamaleshwar Mukherjee’s film, the most expensive Bengali celluloid outing till date, was filmed for 45 days in the ‘Rainbow Nation’. Based on author Bibhutibhushan Banerjee’s novel, […]