The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Thursday stood by Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti over his vigilante-style midnight raid on African nationals in the capital, saying the minister had no personal agenda against anyone and did not misuse his power. “Somnath Bharti didn’t intervene in the Khirki Extension matter due to any personal agenda but due […]
The BJP Thursday hit out at Finance Minister P. Chidambaram’s comments at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the party’s economic policies, and quoted a report by a leading finance firm that the Narendra Modi-led BJP government, if elected, would be more business-friendly. “P. Chidambaram is in Davos to attend the World Economic Forum. He […]
Delhi Police’s Crime Branch is to investigate the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of union minister Shashi Tharoor, and would question him and other family members as well as hotel staff, a police official said Thursday. Six days after Pushkar was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her room at the Leela Palace hotel […]
Chhattisgarh has emerged at the top of a list of states in many fiscal parameters, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said Thursday. The RBI report titled “State Finances – A study of Budgets of 2013-14” said Chhattisgarh’s development expenditure as percent of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) was the highest in the country. In […]
fireFive people were killed and one person was injured while fighting a forest fire in southwest China’s Guizhou province Thursday, authorities said. The fire broke out near a village in the city of Fuquan Thursday morning, the city’s publicity department said in a statement. The deaths of two township government workers and three forest rangers […]
Indian-American filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, whose documentary “2016: Obama’s America” took a critical look at President Barack Obama, has been indicted on charges of using straw donors to illegally donate to a 2012 Senate campaign. And the man charging him is none other than Indian-American attorney Preet Bharara. Conservative commentator and author D’Souza allegedly made and […]
sudanIraqi authorities Thursday executed 11 people convicted in different terrorism cases, the country’s justice ministry announced in a communique. With the 11 put to death Thursday, this brings to 37 the total number of convicts executed so far this week in Iraq. On Tuesday, the ministry announced that 26 convicted terrorists had been executed, the […]
US President Barack Obama has wished the people of India ahead of the country’s Republic Day on Jan 26. Obama sent “congratulations and best wishes” on behalf of the American people to the people of India on the occasion of India’s 65th Republic Day. In a message to President Pranab Mukherjee, Obama said: “On this […]
Rebel AAP legislator Vinod Kumar Binny met Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi Friday and sought action against Law Minister Somnath Bharti for his vigilante action against Ugandan women during a raid in the national capital. “The antics of our law minister has brought shame to Delhi and the country. The (Delhi) chief minister (Arvind Kejriwal) […]
The condition of the 20-year-old woman who was allegedly raped by more than a dozen men following orders of a kangaroo court in West Bengal is stable, an official of the hospital where she is admitted said Friday. The alleged rape took place Monday night in Subalpur village in Birbhum district, 180 km from Kolkata. […]