Panaji, April 5 The BJP will initiate a central government probe into Goa’s drug mafia if voted to power, said three-time MP and the party’s candidate for the North Goa seat Shripad Naik Saturday. “I assure you I will get a CBI inquiry into the entire drug scenario in Goa once we form our government […]
Agra, April 5 (IANS) Environmentalists have demanded an audit of the total expenditure, including the foreign loans received, for cleaning the Yamuna river and appealed to candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election to include the issue in their agendas. “The latest loan of Rs.937 crores provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency will also go into […]
Bangalore, April 5 (IANS) Half of the 46 million voters across Karnataka are below 40 years and the enrollment of first-time voters in the 18-19 years age group has been “remarkable this time”. The southern state goes to the polls in a single phase April 17 to elect 28 lawmakers to the 16th Lok Sabha. “Our […]
Panaji, April 5 (IANS) Upset over an unsolved minor girl’s rape, constant police harassment and an inflation-stricken kitchen may have given Goa its only illiterate candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Out of the 19 candidates contesting the general elections from two constituencies in Goa, Balkrishna Salgaonkar, 42, is the only one listed as […]
Bhubaneswar, April 5 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Saturday spoke of land reforms and women’s safety at a rally in Odisha’s Khariar Nuapada district and attacked the BJP, saying it had made allegations without any proof. “The Congress has always fought for the ‘aam aadmi’, specially the Dalits, the poor, the adivasis and the backward […]
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will address three rallies in Delhi and Haryana on Sunday, a statement said Saturday. Party workers are pulling out all stops to ensure the rally in south Delhi’s Ambedkar Nagar is a success. Gandhi’s last outing in the resettlement colony, weeks before the Delhi assembly […]
Islamabad, April 5 (IANS) The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has sacked around 300 employees, including pilots, cabin crew and engineers, for producing fake degrees, media reported Saturday. The Supreme Court has directed that necessary action be taken against some 300 fake degree holders, including pilots, engineers, air-hostesses and other departmental staff, PIA spokesman Mashhood Tajwar told […]
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” hit as many a 1,200 screens in over 200 cities in India Friday, backed by tie-ups with 16 brands – touted to be the highest for any Hollywood release in the country. It is a day and date release in India and the US, and to […]
Hyderabad, April 4 (IANS) The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Friday released its first list of candidates for assembly election in Telangana. TRS chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao is among 69 candidates announced by him at a news conference. KCR, as Rao is popularly known, will contest from Gajwel in Medak district. This is the first time that […]
Jammu, April 4 (IANS) The 100,000-strong Pakistani refugees here have announced their support to the BJP candidate in what is being seen as a crucial step days before the Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Labha Ram Gandhi, leader of the Pakistani refugees’ group, declared late Thursday their support to Jugal Kishore, the Bharatiya Janata […]