ndiIndia will flag investment opportunities across the country at the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) partnership summit beginning here Monday. The industry’s 20th annual flagship event is expected to draw about 1,000 delegates from 45 countries the world over, with Bahrain in the Persian Gulf as the focus country and host Karnataka as the partner […]
N. Ramachandran, Rajeev Mehta and Anil Khanna will be elected unopposed as president, secretary general and treasurer respectively of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) during the Feb 9 elections. The elections may finally pave the way for the IOA’s return to the Olympics fold since it was suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in […]
BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday hit out at the AAP government, saying it did not carry out its responsibilities according to the constitution during its protest in the capital. Jaitley hoped Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal realises the difference between a fast at Rajghat (Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial) and giving a call to policemen to abandon their […]
French President Francois Hollande and First Lady Valerie Trierweiler would confirm their separation Saturday, a local weekly here reported after an affair between Hollande and actress Julie Gayet came out. “Hollande, who took the initiative to break up (with his companion), hoped to officialize it before Valerie Trierweiler’s travel to India scheduled for Sunday,” reported […]
At least nine people were killed and 30 injured at a wedding reception in Cambodia when a man threw a grenade into the party, authorities said Sunday. The incident took place in Kampong Thom province, 170 km north of Phnom Penh, Xinhua quoted Gen. Horm Thul, chief of the provincial military police, as saying. “While […]
Professional autonomy, non-interference and an external accountability mechanism are imperative to make policing in India more effective, experts say. At a national level seminar here Friday on police reforms, police accountability and community policing, judges, accountability commission chiefs, senior lawyers, top police officials, bureaucrats and NGO leaders advocated reforms in policing and voiced concern over […]
beJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Sunday keenly witnessed the Republic Day parade at which he was the chief guest. Dressed in a dark suit and sporting a striped yellow and black tie, Abe arrived at the saluting base on the Rajpath boulevard along with President Pranab Mukherjee, and was welcomed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. […]
indOdisha Governor S.C. Jamir and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unfurled the national flag as the Republic Day was celebrated across the state Sunday. The governor hoisted the flag at Bhubaneswar and the chief minister at Cuttack. After taking salute at an impressive parade, Patnaik said in a speech that democracy had been strengthened after India’s […]
Six Indian think tanks figure among the top 150 global think tanks, according to the “2013 Global Go To Think Tanks Report” of Pennsylvania University’s Think Tanks and Civil Societies Programme (TTCSP). At 268, India had the fourth largest number of think tanks after the US 1828, China 426, and United Kingdom 287. The seventh […]
Indian-born American physician, scientist and writer Siddhartha Mukherjee has described the Padma Shri awarded to him on the Republic Day as “a great honour”. “It is a great honour to be recognized by India in this manner,” said Mukherjee, best known for the 2010 book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer”, for […]