Panaji, Vices such as AIDS and drug addiction are against the Indian tradition and should be tackled effectively, Goa Governor Mridula Sinha said in her address on the eve of the state’s Liberation Day. “On the social front, we have to keep Goa away from evils such as crime, drug addiction and AIDS. These vices […]
New Delhi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi may seek bail in a trial court here on Saturday in the National Herald case if the need arises, party sources said on Friday. The two leaders were also keen that party leaders and supporters from other states did not throng the capital on […]
Panaji, The Goa Police on Friday booked pop star Remo Fernandes on charge of verbally abusing a minor girl, who was injured by a car allegedly driven by his son on December 1. According to the first information report filed by lawyer, Aires Rodrigues, on behalf of the girl, Remo verbally abused her on December […]
Guwahati, Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoiti Prasad Rajkhowa on Friday said the state was facing a constitutional crisis as well as a law and order problem, and wondered what wrong he had done. “It is a constitutional crisis and law and order problem. There are a lot of problems there in Arunachal Pradesh),” Rajkhowa told the […]
New York, A slipper can be mightier than a gun in the hands of a valiant Sikh store-owner! In a feat caught on surveillance cameras, the 59-year-old Amrik Singh fought off a shotgun-wielding masked robber using only his slipper in the store at his petrol station in Staatsburg, about 150 km from New York City. […]
New Delhi, The Rajya Sabha logjam was finally broken on Friday and an all-party meeting called by Chairman M. Hamid Ansari decided to work regularly from Monday, but the Goods and Services Tax bill will not be taken up in the current session. The meeting was called after protests over the Arunachal Pradesh assembly issue […]
New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Friday ruled that the December 16, 2012 gang-rape “juvenile” convict, slated to be released from an observation home on December 20, cannot be kept back, leading to dismay among various sections of society with the victim’s downcast family ruing that “crime has won”. The Delhi Commission for Women […]
New Delhi, India sharply cut its growth forecast by as much as one percentage point to 7-7.5 percent for this fiscal, cautioning that challenges remain despite progress, while also sounding circumspect on meeting the fiscal deficit target of 3.9 percent of GDP. This had a telling effect on Indian stocks, pulling key indices down by […]
New Delhi, Global internet search engine giant Google will train two million new Android developers in the next three years, its chief executive Sundar Pichai said here on Thursday. “As per the new plan (by Google), we will train two million Android developers in partnership with 30 universities. This will be done over the time […]
Shimla, Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, is being beautified through a series of restoration projects at a total expenditure of Rs.144 crore, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh said on Thursday. The projects include restoration and renovation of two British-era Catholic churches, he said after dedicating a 100-ft-high national flag at the historic Ridge here. Of […]