The RSS Saturday hit back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who had accused the BJP of not understanding Sardar Patel, saying he had no right to speak on the issue since his party had disowned the late leader’s ideology. “Ideally we don’t react to kindergarten comments… He (Rahul Gandhi) should read history first,” Rashtriya […]
Attacking the UPA government, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday said that India’s neighbours are creating trouble because it is weak and these countries would be friendly only if the central government is strong. He said if the Indian government is strong, fishermen from Tamil Nadu would not be languishing in Sri Lankan jails […]
Mocking union Finance Minister P.Chidambaram as “recounting minister”, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Saturday said the nation could be led by hard work and not by Harvard degrees. Speaking at a huge public rally held by BJP at Vandalur near here, Modi, without naming Chidambaram but addressing him by his designation, called him “recounting […]
In an administrative shake-up Saturday, the Jammu and Kashmir government transferred IAS and state administrative cadre officers including district magistrates and departmental secretaries. The cabinet, which met here with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the chair, transferred six Indian Administrative Service officers including district magistrates of Kishtwar, Bandipora, Anantnag and Baramulla districts. Those shifted are […]
A cargo ship sank Saturday afternoon in the Black Sea near a Bulgarian village, close to the border with Romania. However, its 11-member crew, including an Indian, was rescued, Xinhua reported. The cargo ship — Elland — sent out a distress signal around 6.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT), and soon a Turkish vessel, located […]
At least 15 people were killed and 130 injured Saturday when a fire broke out in a hotel in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Medina, state-run media reported. The fire occurred at 2.30 p.m. at the hotel located in the central area of the holy city, Xinhua quoted Medina district authorities as saying in a […]
obEducation is the route to eradicate poverty and every child in India must be educated, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi here Sunday. Speaking at the 9th convocation of the SRM University near here, Modi said: “This is an era of knowledge. This is the only potent route to fight poverty. We have to review […]
Following an assurance by union Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh, residents in old and crumbling buildings in Mumbai’s north-western suburbs see a ray of hope for their redevelopment proposals stuck due to the absence of a no-objection certificate from the defence ministry. Minister Singh Saturday assured them that a solution would soon be […]
Separatist leader Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested here Sunday as he was taking out a protest march on the first anniversary of December 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru’s hanging. Malik, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), along with dozens of his supporters tried to take out a protest march from […]
By Isha Sahni Migrants or Asylum seekers are generally people who move from one country to another to seek refuge of better living conditions. Australia has international obligations to protect the human rights of all asylum seekers and refugees who arrive in Australia, regardless of how or where they arrive and whether they arrive with or without a […]