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 as it fielded a number of union ministers, chief ministers and MPs to campaign for the party. The Bharatiya Janata Party also said it will also be asking five […]
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) leader Subash Ghising Thursday passed away at the Sir Gangaram Hospital here due to liver failure, hospital sources said. He was 79. Ghising was admitted to the hospital five days back and was being treated for cirrhosis of liver by a team of doctors led […]
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Thursday said she was aware of the move to appoint S. Jaishankar as the new foreign secretary and had spoken about it to incumbent Sujatha Singh. In a series of tweets, hours after Jaishankar met her after taking charge, Sushma Swaraj said: “Since Jaishankar was […]
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) A case was filed Thursday in a court here seeking action against AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for exhorting voters in his election speeches to take bribes if offered by the BJP and Congress but to vote for his party. The criminal case was filed by Arun Kumar, a practicing lawyer […]
Minister for Roads and Freight Duncan Gay today provided a hard warning to trucking operators who choose to flout the law that 2015 was not the year to test the boundaries, with even more safety operations taking to the road. “For most truckies who do the right thing, thank you for your hard work in […]
New Delhi/Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) India and the US saw the forging of a closer partnership, helped in great measure by the personal and visible bonding between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama, as the two sides elevated their ties with a new ‘Declaration of Friendship’ and also managed to pull off a […]
Brussels, Jan 27 (IANS) Police in the north-western Belgian town of Kortrijk confirmed Tuesday that three men have been arrested for suspected terrorism. The three were arrested in the nearby town of Harelbeke Monday night following a car chase by police. Police in Kortrijk confirmed Tuesday that the men have been kept in custody on […]
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear, in March, the West Bengal government’s plea challenging the Calcutta High Court order holding unconstitutional its legislation to reclaim 400 acres given to the Tata company for returning to the affected farmers. A bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice A.K.Sikri in a brief […]
Patna, Jan 27 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad Tuesday praised US President Barack Obama for his advice to have religious tolerance for all. “Obama has rightly advised (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi for religious tolerance to all. Obama’s words were also a caution for Modi not to play politics using religion,” the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief […]
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said his party was still committed to bring anti-graft Jan Lokpal legislation in the capital. Addressing people at party’s Delhi Dialogue campaign in east Delhi, the former chief minister said: “Media kept saying that we forgot Jan Lokpal bill, but we were waiting […]