India can show the way to combat global warming: Modi

India can show the way to combat global warming: Modi

New Delhi, Feb 15 Calling for an energy revolution in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said India had the strength and resources to lead the world’s fight against global warming. “If there is one country to show the world the way to combat global warming it is India,” Modi said inaugurating the first […]

Modernise Indian agriculture to face global competition: Modi

Modernise Indian agriculture to face global competition: Modi

Pune (Maharashtra), Feb 14 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday called for measures to improve and technologically advance the Indian agricultural sector to make it globally competitive. Addressing a farmers’ rally in Baramati, Modi said that we are presently living in a global economy and competing in global markets, which we must capture. For that, there […]

Nigerian forces repel Boko Haram attack

Nigerian forces repel Boko Haram attack

Abuja, Feb 14 Government forces repelled an attack by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria’s Gombe city Saturday, witnesses said. The militants stormed Dadin Kowa, about three km from Gombe, a city in the northeastern part of the country, with heavy firing, Xinhua news agency reported citing Abu Hassan, one of the witnesses. But government forces, […]

Iraqi forces retake large parts of town from IS

Iraqi forces retake large parts of town from IS

Baghdad, Feb 14 Iraqi security forces and allied militiamen fought Islamic State (IS) militants and recaptured large parts of a town located near the major air base of Ain al-Asad which houses hundreds of US troops in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said Saturday. The security forces and Sunni tribesmen backed […]

Arvind Kejriwal promises to make Delhi corruption-free

Arvind Kejriwal promises to make Delhi corruption-free

New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Sounding more mature and pragmatic in his second innings, AAP leader and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday vowed to make Delhi the country’s first corruption-free city and end “VIP culture” even as he warned party colleagues against “arrogance” after the AAP’s thumping victory. Addressing an estimated 100,000 cheering supporters at […]

Delhi poll timing wrong, not setback for Modi: Naidu

Delhi poll timing wrong, not setback for Modi: Naidu

Kolkata, Feb 14 Acknowledging the AAP’s landslide victory in the Delhi assembly polls, union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Saturday admitted that the timing of the election was a “tactical” mistake and the BJP must prepare itself for other parties coming together. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was Saturday sworn in as Delhi’s chief minister […]