New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The middle class people of India don’t realise the value of their vote, said writer and former diplomat Pavan K. Varma Tuesday. Yet, he believes they can be the engine of constructive change. “The middle class people of our country are angry… and they definitely want change. But being merely […]
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) It will be a warm, clear Monday in Delhi and the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 39 degrees Celsius, said the Met Office. “The sky will remain mainly clear throughout the day,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department. The day’s minimum temperature settled three notches below the […]
Lucknow, April 28 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had a narrow escape Sunday when his chopper was hit by a bird, officials said. Yadav was accompanied by his wife Dimple Yadav, the MP from Kannauj, and Public Works Department Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav. He was returning from Saifai after attending the funeral of his […]
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The decomposed body of a British national was found in a plastic bag outside a shop here in the capital, police said Sunday. Earlier, police said the body appeared to be of an African national. The man was later identified as British citizen Rodick Andrew Reymond, in his 40s. The plastic […]
Pathankot (Punjab), April 27 (IANS) Punjab Congress president Pratap Singh Bajwa Sunday said that he would bring in a legislation proposing death penalty for those indulging in drugs trade. Bajwa, a sitting Congress MP from Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat and the party’s candidate against BJP’s Vinod Khanna this time, said that if he got re-elected, he […]
Ghaziabad, April 27 (IANS) The government-run Rural Development and Self-Employment Training Institute (RUDSETI) organised a training session for entrepreneurs in collaboration with US-based software company Intuit. RUDSETI director K.P. Pant said the organisation was imparting technical skill to unemployed youth so that they could earn their livelihood. The trained youth, however, were unable to graduate to […]
Sreerampore (West Bengal), April 27 (IANS) In an all-out attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday accused her of joining hands with Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to save the Saradha scamsters and ruining the state by vote bank politics. Addressing an election rally in this town of Hooghly […]
Sreerampore (West Bengal), April 27 (IANS) Ridiculing Rahul Gandhi, BJP’s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi Sunday said that for the Congress vice president, poverty was a “matter of fun” as he had never experienced any such thing in his life. “Those born with a golden spoon don’t know what poverty is. Just as those who have […]
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Indian Army Sunday honoured two soldiers who died fighting guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir April 25. A statement from the Udhampur-based headquarters of the Northern Command said Northern Command chief Lt. Gen. Sanjiv Chachra, the colonel of the Rajput Regiment, paid tributes to the soldiers “on behalf of the country” […]
New Delhi/Rae Bareli, April 27 (IANS) The verbal spat between the Congress and the BJP grew more strident Sunday with the BJP’s allegations of “corruption under patronage” in land deals of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra evoked a spirited response from his wife Priyanka Gandhi, who accused the party of “running like bewildered rats”. […]