The Thai government is able to control the present situation and a string of measures would be rolled out to ensure tourist safety and normal flight operations, Deputy Prime Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul said Tuesday. Protestors, who were demanding that no elections be held until major political reforms are implemented, launched the Bangkok shutdown operations Monday […]
Rahul Gandhi behaved like a “joker” during his visit in the state Monday and such a person is being projected as the prime ministerial candidate by the Congress, a CPI-M leader said here Tuesday. Communist Party of India-Marxist state leader Pinarayi Vijayan said: “His candidature as the Congress’s PM candidate is more or less finalised […]
Four Indian-origin men have been jailed in Britain for printing and circulating 1.2 million pounds of counterfeit currency. Amrit Karra, 45, and his brother Prem Karra, 43, both from Walsall, a town in the West Midlands and their brothers-in-law Rajiv Kumar, 40, of West Bromwich, and Yash Mahey, 44, of Handsworth in Birmingham, were convicted […]
Makar Sankranti, the harvest festival, was celebrated Tuesday across Andhra Pradesh with traditional fervour and gaiety. The countryside wore a festive look with decoration of houses, kite-flying, cockfights, bullfights and other rural sports. ‘Haridasus’ and ‘Basvannas’ the uniquely attired alm-seekers with ornately decorated ox were seen making rounds of the villages to seek alms. The […]
More than 10 lakh people have enrolled as Aam Aadmi Party members till now since the party launched its free membership helpline number four days ago, senior AAP member Gopal Rai said here Tuesday. Speaking to media, he said people in large numbers have joined the party through the membership helpline number by giving a […]
Amid indications that he may be appointed the party’s prime ministerial candidate at the AICC meeting Friday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has said that he will discharge future responsibilities given to him by the party with sincerity. In an interview to Dainik Bhaskar newspaper published Tuesday, Rahul Gandhi said the Congress should return to power […]
Over 90 touts were arrested in the last three days near government o Add New ffices in Bihar’s twelve districts during special drive to check corrupt practices, police said Tuesday. Bihar Police chief Abhyanand said the “operation dalal” was launched against middlemen, who are part of rampant corruption in government offices in the state. Police […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday defended Law Minister Somanth Bharti asserting that his cabinet colleague did not tamper with evidence. According to media report Bharti and his client Pawan Kumar are facing prosecution on corruption charges – after the CBI accused them of influencing a prosecution’s witness by speaking to him on phone and […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets fell 101 points in closing trade Tuesday after metal and banking stocks dipped. Selling pressure was seen in banking, metal and IT sectors while marginal buying was observed in healthcare scrips. The 30-scrip S&P Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 21,115 points, closed at […]
Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti Tuesday termed as “erroneous” the CBI court’s judgment accusing him of tampering with evidence in a case he was handling last year. “It was erroneous on the part of the judge to call it tampering of evidence,” Bharti told media persons here, adding that he was instead “strengthening evidence” for […]