New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will be in Seoul this weekend for an India-South Korea joint commission meeting that will be the first structured talks between the two countries since the NDA government assumed office in May. During her two-day visit from Dec 28, the minister will invite South Korean […]
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party should not rush to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir and take care of the “sensitivity” of the state’s people, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said here Friday. Azad, a former chief minister of the state, said BJP was given the mandate to give […]
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) A 14-year-old boy was killed and his 12-year-old brother suffered critical injuries after a speeding Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus hit them here Friday evening, police said. The accused driver has been arrested. The incident occurred around 4.30 p.m. near Radisson Hotel in south Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area from where […]
Bengaluru, Dec 26 (IANS) State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is partnering with the industry for greater indigenisation of aerospace products through the government’s ‘Make in India’ drive, a top official of the defence behemoth said Friday. “Public-private partnership is the need of the hour to propel the government’s indigenisation efforts through its ‘Make in India’ […]
Kiev, Dec 26 (IANS) The Ukrainian military forces are planning a fresh round of prisoner exchange with independence-seeking insurgents soon, a senior security official said here Friday. “The exchange is likely to begin as soon as tomorrow (Saturday),” Vasily Budik, an aide to the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, told reporters, adding that […]
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The central government Friday extended an agreement to suspend operations against the pro-talk National Democratic Front of Boroland (Progressive) for six months, an official statement said. The Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement agreement will remain effective till June 30, 2015. “This followed tripartite talks with the representatives of NDFB (P) […]
Patna, Dec 26 (IANS) Senior JD-U leader Nitish Kumar Friday accused the BJP of trying to divide society in Jharkhand by naming non-tribal Raghubar Das as the new chief minister. “After the formation of Jharkhand 14 years ago, there is a tradition of a tribal chief minister in the state.But BJP has broken this tradition […]
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) The NDA government is committed to improve tele-density, voice and broadband penetration and ensure quality of services to both rural and urban areas to achieve the vision of Digital India, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here Thursday. “The focus of the department of telecommunications is to create […]
A Russian general, inventor, military engineer and writer, Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919-2013) is best known for inventing the AK-47 assault rifle. Born in a peasant family in Kurya in the Altai region of Russia, Kalashnikov enlisted in the Russian army in 1938. In 1941, during the Second World War, he was injured in the Battle of […]
London, Dec 25 (IANS) Former Germany and Chelsea defender Robert Huth has revealed that he hates festive season of the English Premier League (EPL). The 30-year-old clearly did not get any goodwill in his stocking, reports dailystar.co.uk. “I hate Christmas,” the Stoke star tweeted on Christmas morning. We have no idea why the former Chelsea […]