President Pranab Mukherjee will be on a five-day visit to West Bengal and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from Thursday, an official release said. During the trip (Jan 9-Jan 13), he will attend a series of events in both the states. In Bengal, he will attend the 48th convocation of the Indian Statistical Institute on […]
Many people have died in the name of Kashmir and the state does not need more blood to be shed over it, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Wednesday. The chief minister was reacting to a statement made by his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office was attacked […]
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s presence at a meeting of senior leaders was a signal that she would take a more active role in the election strategy of the Congress for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections with some partymen privately acknowledging Wednesday that “it cannot be without design or script”. A day after Priyanka, daughter of Congress […]
At least 15 people were killed and 26 injured when two passenger vans collided and plunged into a ravine in Pakistan’s Punjab province Wednesday evening, officials said. The two ill-fated buses collided in Salgiran area, near Muree,a resort, before plunging into the ravine, Geo News quoted police as saying. Rescue workers recovered 15 bodies from […]
Asking politicians not to make fun of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Wednesday said the debutant party could take different avatars in states on the “legitimate issues” it was raising. “We cannot ignore the AAP. Because what they are agitating about — corruption, austerity in politics, simplicity in politics — […]
Rubbishing retired justice A.K. Ganguly’s contention that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not want him to continue as state human rights panel chief after some decisions taken by him went against her government, ruling Trinamool Congress MP Sougata Roy Wednesday said Ganguly’s claims were not borne out by facts. “We did not complain […]
The Delhi High Court Wednesday pulled up the state government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for shifting the blame on each other on the issue of e-rickshaws plying on city roads without licences or number plates. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Jayant Nath came down heavily on the Delhi government and MCD. They said […]
New Delhi, Jan 8 India’s growth level this fiscal will probably remain at 5 percent, as last year, and the country’s economic situation will improve in the coming months, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday, telling a large gathering of non-resident Indians that “there is no reason to despair” about the country’s present or worry […]
Hundreds of thousands of locals and visitors are expected to celebrate Sydney Festival 2014 which begins tomorrow and runs until Australia Day, 26 January. Acting Premier Andrew Stoner said the NSW Government was investing more than $5 million to ensure the success of the 2014 Festival, which will also showcase a range of new and […]
Controversial model Poonam Pandey, who recently made her Bollywood debut with bold film “Nasha”, has vowed never to perform at a New Year’s Eve celebration after her nightmarish experience in Bangalore while performing at a posh club. “Never again! Never will I perform at a New Year’s Eve celebration. It’s much too dangerous,” said Poonam. […]