Patna, Jan 29 (IANS) A soldier was arrested Thursday in Bihar for molesting a minor girl on a train, police said here. The girl was travelling to Begusarai district in Bihar from Delhi along with her family when the soldier molested her early Thursday. “A soldier was arrested after the girl’s family lodged a complaint […]
Dubai, Jan 29 (IANS) A court in Qatar has given a 10-year jail sentence to an Indian man for killing a colleague, a fellow Indian national, according to a media report. The Primary Court in Doha Wednesday also ordered the 44-year-old Indian accused to pay a blood money of 200,000 Qatari riyals (around $55,000) to […]
Bengaluru, Jan 29 (IANS) The railway budget for 2015-16 would spell out an innovative strategy to fund its infrastructure projects, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said Thursday. “The new strategy will involve pooling in funds from the Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme, state governments and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of the private sector […]
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) With the Delhi assembly polls drawing closer, three main political parties in the fray – the BJP, the Congress and the AAP – stepped up their campaigning. In fact, the BJP held over 16 rallies Thursday. The national capital goes to the polls Feb 7 and ballots will be counted […]
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Jaypee Punjab Warriors’ ace defender Mark Knowles will miss Friday’s Hero Hockey India League (HIL) match against Delhi Waveriders after the Australian was Thursday handed a one-match suspension for breaching the Code of Conduct. The Disciplinary Committee of HIL met to discuss the conduct of Knowles, International Hockey Federation (FIH) […]
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The BJP Thursday said it will issue a vision document and not a manifesto for the Feb 7 Delhi assembly polls, while it fielded a number of cabinet ministers, chief ministers and MPs to campaign for the party. The Bharatiya Janata Party said it will also be asking five questions […]
Bhubaneswar, Jan 29 (IANS) Tension is prevailing at a steel plant in Odisha after private security guards fired at three minors Thursday, prompting authorities to launch a probe into the incident. Soon after the firing took place in Bhusan steel plant in Dhenkanal district, villagers locked the main gate of the plant and demanded action […]
Beijing, Jan 29 (IANS) China’s top legislator Zhang Dejiang called for closer parliamentary exchanges and anti-terrorism cooperation with Pakistan Thursday. Zhang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC), made the remarks in his talks with Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Xinhua news agency reported. They agreed to step up […]
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday expressed her condolence to bereaved family of Colonel Munindra Nath Rai, who died fighting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir Jan 27. In a letter to Rai’s wife, Gandhi said: “I share your grief with all my heart – I know what it is to lose […]
Kiev, Jan 29 (IANS/EFE) Residents of Debaltsevo, the strategic Ukrainian city contested by pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian Army, began to abandon their homes Thursday as the humanitarian situation in their city continued to worsen. About 100 people, mostly pensioners and families with children, assembled Thursday morning in front of the city hall to be […]