A leader of Odisha’s ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader was shot and critically injured in Dhenkanal district. Police said a man was arrested Saturday for the crime. Jasobant Parida, 38, district president of the BJD’s youth wing, was shot at on his belly and hand Friday evening, police said. Superintendent of Police Manoranjan Mohanty […]
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Saturday left for an official visit to the Middle East ahead of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session in Geneva, the president’s office said. The UNHRC session in March is expected to discuss Sri Lanka, where the military has been accused of killing a large number of innocents in […]
India’s star tennis player Leander Paes in his bid to stay fit for his seventh Games at the 2016 Rio Olympics has asked the All India Tennis Association (AITA) to excuse himself from the forthcoming Davis Cup tie against Taipei and for other events in 2014. In a letter written to AITA president Anil Khanna, […]
At least eight workers died, many were injured while some are feared trapped under the debris of an under-construction building in Canacona town, 60 km from here Saturday. Police said a portion of a three-storey building, Ruby Residency located in the Chawdi ward of Canacona, collapsed. They said bodies of eight workers had been extracted […]
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy insisted that voting has to take place in the assembly on the bill for formation of separate Telangana state as this is the only way to elicit opinion of the house. The chief minister told reporters Saturday that opinion of the house mean voting and not the […]
The Aam Aadmi Party has filed a police complaint against police personnel who had tried to coerce and threaten the family of the Bengal double gangrape victim to hand over her death certificate so her last rites could be held, a party leader said Saturday. The fledgling West Bengal unit of AAP would also bring […]
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif ruled out any secret deal with former president Pervez Musharraf Saturday, a media report said. The minister said any secret deal with Musharraf is out of the question, according to Geo News. After failing, for the second time in 10 days, to appear Wednesday in the special court formed […]
In another fallout of the India-US stand-off over the handcuffing and strip-search of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, India has asked the American Center here to obtain a licence by Jan 20 or cease screening films. In a tersely worded communication sent to the American Center on Friday, the Indian government has given it a deadline […]
BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clarify his remarks that “an important breakthrough was in sight” with Pakistan on Kashmir some years ago. He hoped the gains made by India of stemming efforts to internationalise the Kashmir problem were not squandered. He said the prime minister revealed for the first […]
Beginning a five-day visit to India Jan 6, Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema have been invited by President Pranab Mukherjee to stay at the renovated Dwarka suite in the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Bhutan king, 32, an Oxford graduate, is the first foreign head of state invited to stay at the […]