During his half-hour meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid raised the issue of the US embassy here spiriting away to New York the husband and children of Sangeeta Richard, the nanny of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade. The two ministers, who met on the sidelines of the Geneva […]
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 Law Minister Somnath Bharti, who came under renewed fire Thursday over his controversial action against an alleged “sex and drugs ring”, was defended by his Aam Aadmi Party, while the BJP demanded his arrest and a Delhi court sought a reply from police on a complaint by another Ugandan woman. The AAP said Bharti […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose country is against nuclear weapons after suffering the horrific effects of the atomic bombing nearly 70 years ago, would be treated to a glimpse of India’s military and nuclear might at the Republic Day parade on Jan 26. Abe, had at an event to mark the 68th anniversary of […]
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 […]
As the chair of the G20 this year, Australia would try to help promote global growth, said Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday, setting four priorities for the group in the new year. “Economic growth is the result of global conditions as well as domestic policies,” said Abbott in a written message posted on the website […]
A US drone strike hit a group of people driving a car in Yemen’s central province of Marib Thursday night, killing at least four people and injuring several others, a Yemeni interior ministry official said. “Four people were killed in the US drone strike which took place Thursday night in coordination with the Yemeni interior […]
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 […]