India Monday categorically came out against the violence that has plagued the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh. The external affairs ministry said that while it was for the people of Bangladesh to “decide their own future and choose their representatives”, “violence cannot and should not determine the way forward”. The ruling Awami League of Prime Minister […]
A court in Pakistan Monday rejected a petition seeking to restrain former president Pervez Musharraf from travelling abroad for medical treatment, a media report said. Rejecting the petition, the Islamabad High Court judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqi advised petitioner Haroon Rasheed to file an application on this in the trial court, Dawn online reported. Rasheed, who […]
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Monday said Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has “forfeited the moral right to speak against corruption” after taking Congress support to form a government. “In the Delhi assembly, Kejriwal has taken the support of the corrupt Congress to win the vote of confidence. If he now talks about sweeping out […]
Opposing the suggestion of a referendum on the army’s deployment in Kashmir, BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday blamed Jawaharlal Nehru for “mismanagement” of the Kashmir issue. “The suggestion that the issue of army presence in Kashmir be decided by a referendum of the people in the valley must be opposed,” Jaitley said. He blamed Nehru, […]
The logjam in the Andhra Pradesh assembly over the debate on the bill for formation of separate Telangana state continued Monday with the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) failing to resolve it. For the third consecutive day, the house was adjourned without any debate on the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2013 sent by President Pranab Mukherjee […]
The Indian space agency Monday successfully completed the first orbit raising operations of its communication satellite GSAT-14. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the first orbit raising operation of GSAT-14 was completed by firing the apogee motor for 3,134 seconds or 52 minutes. The realised orbit is 8,966 km perigee (nearest point from […]
The Left opposition Monday walked out of the Kerala assembly on the first day of the session, dissatisfied with the government’s reply on steps taken to give more time to people to link their Aadhaar number to a bank account. Such a linking of Aadhaar number and bank account is necessary for availing the subsidy […]
Normal life was thrown out of gear in West Bengal Monday as most private buses and minibuses did not ply as transport operators called a 24-hour strike for pressing their demand for a fare hike. Commuters in Kolkata faced a harrowing time as only a handful of private and minibuses hit the roads. Many travelled […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get a “clear majority” in the Lok Sabha election, party president Rajnath Singh said Monday. “The UPA government has brought down the country’s credibility in its 10 year rule… If any party has a firm commitment and strong leadership, it is the BJP,” Rajnath Singh said at a meeting […]
Katy Perry is a demanding pop star. She made a long list of backstage demands of food and dressing room requirements for her New Year’s Eve concert in Vegas. Tmz.com reports that Perry wanted fresh veggies at all times – including spinach, broccoli, celery, beets, carrots, kale, etc. She also asked for two large baskets […]