Attacking the erstwhile Left Front government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said the Congress, the Left and the BJP – “which have forged an alliance” – will be routed in the Lok Sabha polls. Having faced criticism over incidents of crime against women in the state, Banerjee asserted that her government has tackled […]
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao is confident that separate Telangana state will come into existence in 15 days. “I am leaving for Delhi tomorrow (Friday) and I will return in Telangana state after 15 days,” he told reporters here Thursday after Andhra Pradesh legislature completed debate on the bill sent by the […]
India should use its position in the field of education to spread goodwill in South Asia, said former Pakistan diplomat Sajjad Ashraf, who hoped it would help improve ties Pakistan. “India should take advantage of its superior tertiary education and use it as an instrument for spreading goodwill in the South Asian region,” Ashraf told […]
As part of its skill development mission, the Tamil Nadu government will soon launch a job portal for training and placement services and would also seek external funding, Governor K. Rosaiah said Thursday. In his address to the state assembly, Rosaiah said: “The unique initiative of the Tamil Nadu Skill Development Mission has already been […]
Seven militants were killed late Wednesday in an army raid over the hardline hideouts in Egypt’s north Sinai province, an army statement said Thursday. “Seven dangerous jihadist elements loyal to the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood group were killed in southern Sheikh Zuweid city,” Xinhua quoted army spokesman Ahmed Ali as saying in a statement posted on […]
The US Federal Reserve’s decision to scale down its economic stimulus programme by $10 billion should not affect the Indian markets, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said Thursday. “This decision was expected and should not in any way surprise or affect the Indian markets,” Chidambaram said in a statement after the US Federal Reserve announced that […]
Lt Governor Najeeb Jung said Thursday that he has asked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to send him a proposal if he wants a probe into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. “Arvind met me and expressed the wish for a SIT probe into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. So I have told him to sent me a […]
Tributes were paid to Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi Thursday, as the nation marked his 66th death anniversary. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh led the nation in paying tributes to Mahatma Gandhi. The president, prime minister and Vice President Hamid Ansari laid wreaths and paid floral tributes at his granite memorial […]
undA new UNDP report has said that humanity remains deeply unequal despite impressive progress and a sustained reduction in inequality requires a shift to more inclusive growth patterns supported by redistributive polices and changes in social norm. The report, titled ‘Humanity Divided: Confronting Inequality in Developing Countries’ and released Wednesday by the organisation’s administrator Helen […]
Along with the government decision to raise to 12 the cap on annual availability of subsidised LPG cylinders, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs Thursday decided to suspend the direct benefit transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme till a committee conducts a review of its implementation. “Pending the committee examining the issues, the Aadhaar-linked LPG subsidy […]