Iran wants Japan to help it build nuclear power plants, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has said. The official said he believed Iran and Japan could work together to build facilities that generate electricity. The Japanese leaders are aware of the idea, and it will become one of the key issues linking the two […]
Real Madrid have extended the contract of midfielder Xabi Alonso for a further two seasons, it was confirmed Wednesday. The news means that the Spain international, whose contract was due to expire at the end of the current season, will now remain with the club until the end of June 2016, reports Xinhua. It also […]
Following are the standings of the French Ligue 1 after Wednesday’s match (tabulated under games played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points), according to Xinhua. PSG 19 13 5 1 44 13 44 Monaco 19 12 5 2 31 13 41 Lille 19 12 4 3 22 8 40 Saint-Etienne 19 10 3 […]
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Wednesday said the opinion of the assembly on the state reorganisation bill can be known only through voting. On a day when the assembly finally began a debate on the draft Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2013 sent by the president, the chief minister said no state in […]
The Etawah district administration in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday banned the entry of mediapersons and camera crews into the Saifai Mahotsav and telecast of the event where film stars Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit are to perform. Officials said this was done as performances of these stars were under a contractual obligation and could not be […]
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 — […]