By Sanu George Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 While the rival fronts in the Kerala assembly have claimed ‘victory’ over what happened on Saturday on the floor of the house, the real looser has been democracy. If that was not enough, the Left opposition called a state- wide shut down on Saturday to protest against its legislators […]
Agartala, March 14 Over 2,700 employees engaged in MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) scheme continued their strike for the sixth day on Saturday affecting its execution in Tripura. The employees have been demanding annual wage hike at par with other government employees, regularisation of their jobs and removal of anomalies in their […]
Kolkata, March 14 They were once an integral part of the Nandigram movement that eventually catapulted the Trinamool Congress into power in West Bengal, but women who were at the forefront of the anti-acquisition stir are now confined to their homes. They are also subjected to all kinds of oppression, according to Women against Sexual […]
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Senator the Hon Michael Ronaldson, along with the Federal Member for Deakin, Michael Sukkar, today announced funding of $95,255 to support three projects honouring Australia’s servicemen and women in the Deakin electorate as part of the Anzac Centenary 2014–18. Minister Ronaldson said the projects would provide the community with a great […]
Assistant Minister for Defence, Stuart Robert, yesterday met with a defence research delegation from Israel to discuss areas of mutual interest including science and technology. The Israeli delegation was led by the Director of Defence Research and Development (MAFAT), Rear Admiral Ophir Shoham. Mr Robert, said “the meeting provided an opportunity to re-visit and expand […]
Mumbai, March 11 The Shiv Sena on Wednesday demanded the arrest of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, terming him as the “godfather” of separatists, and kicking out the Pakistani envoy for talking with separatist elements. “The separatist elements in Kashmir have now got a ‘godfather’ in Sayeed and they have become stronger,” […]
New Delhi, March 11 A special court here on Wednesday summoned former prime minister Manmohan Singh, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and former coal secretary P.C. Parakh in a coal block allocation case, terming it a “criminal conspiracy” with the objective to “do an illegal act”. Manmohan Singh said he was “upset” but was sure that […]
New Delhi, March 11 A special court here on Wednesday summoned former prime minister Manmohan Singh as accused in a coal block allocation case. Special Judge Bharat Parashar also summoned industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, former coal secretary P.C. Parakh and three others as an accused in the case for April 8.
Protests by BJP, a ruling coalition partner in Jammu and Kashmir, and the opposition Congress continued here on Sunday against the release of separatist leader Masrat Alam by Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed’s government.Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers staged a protest here and in the border district of Poonch against Alam’s release.Protesting BJP workers demanded […]
New Delhi, March 7 The government stands to gain an additional Rs.12,600 crore on Day Three of the coal auction on Saturday, potentially swelling its kitty by nearly Rs.145,000 crore from the 19 rounds in the first tranche and the three rounds thus far in the second leg, as per the latest data. The Tara […]