India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said here Saturday that he would personally like to atone for his poor performance in South Africa during the forthcoming New Zealand tour. Dhoni was out of form in the Test series and came to bat at No.7 and managed only 87 runs in four innings. He also wants the […]
Muslim leaders Saturday condemned terrorism and sought special tribunals to handle issues of victimization of Muslim youths while investigating terrorism cases Saturday. They were speaking at a state-level convention on “Protection of Democracy” at the Azad Maidan here. Addressing the media, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind president Maulana Syed Arshad Madni said the plight of innocent Muslim youths […]
Bengali screen goddess Suchitra Sen’s condition deteriorated Saturday afternoon, prompting medics to rush emergency measures that stabilised her, a doctor said. By the evening, the 82-year-old actress – under treatment at the Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) of a nursing home here – was responding to non-intensive ventilation and other therapies, with her oxygen level going […]
The chairman of the Interim Election Council of Nepal, Khil Raj Regmi, Saturday evening summoned the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly Jan 22, ending a month-long row over who would call the meeting. The government decided to call the meeting 56 days after elections to the Constituent Assembly were held Nov 19. Nepal’s Constituent […]
A press conference of AAP leader Kumar Vishwas here was disrupted Saturday when a young man threw an egg at him. It was when the poet-turned-politician was spelling out his party’s priorities vis-a-vis Uttar Pradesh that the youth hurled the egg while raising slogans against the party. The young man, who identified himself as Saif […]
Raushan Ershad, a senior member of the Jatiya Party and wife of former Bangladesh president H.M. Ershad, was Saturday declared the leader of the opposition in the country’s 10th parliament. A gazette naming her as the leader of the opposition was published by the parliament secretariat, Bhim Charan Roy, additional secretary of the secretariat, told […]
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands can become a “spring board” for India’s engagement with Southeast Asia and the Pacific region and be developed as a trading and tourist hub, President Pranab Mukherjee said here Saturday. Mukherjee also said his visit to the islands was an opportunity to pay homage to the freedom fighters who underwent […]
Hitting out at Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde’s advisory for releasing “minority youth” detained wrongfully, BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday said the move was “unconstitutional”. Referring to the home minister’s letter to chief ministers to review cases of terrorism against “members of minority communities,” Jaitley said: “Obviously, he has only religious minority and not linguistic minority […]
A forum of men’s rights organisations Saturday urged all political parties to include in their manifestos the formation of a “men’s ministry” and a “men’s rights” panel to address issues concerning Indian males. The National Coalition for Men (NCM) – a forum of 50 organisations fighting for male rights across the country – launched its […]
Lucknow, Jan 11 A press conference of AAP leader Kumar Vishwas here was disrupted Saturday when a young man threw an egg at him. It was when the poet-turned-politician was spelling out his party’s priorities vis-a-vis Uttar Pradesh that the youth hurled the egg while raising slogans against the party. The young man, who identified […]