Seventy crore Indians – who are above poverty line but continue to be vulnerable – should be brought into the “middle class” over the next 5-10 years, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Thursday. Interacting with labour representatives and street vendors to seek their feedback for the Congress party manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha […]
ULFA leader Anup Chetia, lodged in a jail in Bangladesh since 1997, would be extradited to India once the judicial formalities are completed, Bangladesh’s envoy to India Tariq Ahmad Karim said Thursday. “He (Chetia) will be extradited to India once the judicial formalities against him are completed. He has applied for political asylum and that […]
South Korean consumer electronics major Samsung is India’s most trusted brand followed by Sony of Japan and the homegrown salt-to-steel multinational Tata, says a study report released Thursday. The ‘Brand Trust Report 2014’ says: “Samsung has grown steadily in trust ranks over the last four years – fifth in 2011, fourth in 2012, second in […]
devSaying “this should never have happened”, Indian ambassador S. Jaishankar said talks are on to repair the damage done by the Khobragade affair to India-US ties which both sides consider “indispensable”. “For those of us who have devoted time and energy to building Indo-US ties, the last few weeks have been truly distressing,” he told […]
An Indian-origin woman, who has been under arrest since Sunday after a counter-terrorism operation, will appear in a London court Thursday. Kuntal Patel, 36, who was arrested after police and counter-terrorism officers searched three places in the British capital over Saturday and Sunday, will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court, media reported Thursday citing Scotland Yard. […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets plunged 224.05 points or 1.09 percent in the afternoon trade Thursday. Selling pressure was seen in the banking index (bankex) and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and metal sectors. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 20,491.74 points, was trading […]
Around 500 members of Sikh groups protested outside the Congress office here Thursday demanding that the names of the party leaders involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots be revealed. The protest comes after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s admission during a television interview Monday that “some Congress men were probably involved” in the anti-Sikh riots […]
The Left opposition Thursday raised questions in Kerala assembly over Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor’s alleged links with a Pakistani journalist. Capitalizing on the allegations, legislator James Mathew asked during the question hour if the state government was aware of the minister’s alleged links. Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala responded and said, “These are only media […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 66th death anniversary Thursday. The prime minister paid floral tributes at Rajghat, Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial on the banks of the Yamuna river where his body was cremated. Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in 1948 at Birla House on what is now 5, Tees […]
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday asked main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to clarify its economic policies, especially related to foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. In a statement, Chidambaram asked BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to clarify his position on key economic issues facing the country like fiscal deficit, current account deficit […]