BJP leader Subramanian Swamy Friday said former police officer Kiran Bedi and former army chief V.K. Singh should be invited to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. The comments come as speculation is rife that the two are swaying the BJP way. “We should invite Kiran Bedi & Gen Singh to join BJP,” Swamy said in […]
The country needs a large pool of competent statisticians to support the analytical needs of the public and private sectors, President Pranab Mukherjee said here Friday. At the 48th convocation of Indian Statistical Institute, Mukherjee said: “A large pool of competent statisticians in the country is necessary to support the analytical needs of the public […]
India’s trade deficit widened to $10.14 billion in December from $9.22 billion recorded in the previous month due to slower growth in exports and increased imports of gold, government data showed Friday. Exports increased by 3.49 percent to $26.34 billion in December 2013 as compared to $25.45 billion recorded in the corresponding month of the […]
The Supreme Court said Friday that someone whose name does not figure either in an FIR or a chargesheet but whose role in an alleged crime surfaces during the course of a trial would be subjected to the said trial. A constitution bench of Chief Justice P. Sathasivam, Justice B.S Chauhan, Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, […]
Several Indians living in Australia have condemned the attack last month on an Indian student in that country but described the assault as one of several such stray incidents there. Kushagra Bhatnagar, a financial analyst based at Greenslopes in the Australian state of Queensland and who was here to attend the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas […]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday ahead of the party’s core group meeting. The meeting lasted for nearly 30 minutes and was followed by the Congress’s core group meet. According to party sources, anti-graft bills were on top of the agenda. Some of the important anti-corruption bills pending with parliament […]
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh Friday denied that he said there will be no voting on Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Bill, 2013, in the state assembly. He told reporters in the national capital that if he was summoned by the state assembly for alleged breach of privilege, he was ready to appear before the assembly and […]
Singer-model Alesha Dixon has hinted that she might name her next perfume after her three-month-old daughter, Azura Sienna. The 35-year-old, who gave birth to Azura in October, 2013, believes the little one’s name is “mystical”, reports contactmusic.com. “I think Azura would have made a really good name for a perfume. It sounds quite mystical doesn’t […]
British model Daisy Lowe prefers not to wear high heels on usual days because they make her tower over her friends. The 24-year-old loves shopping for footwear, but she has to resist the urge to splurge on high heels because she is naturally tall, reports contactmusic.com. “I can’t resist a good pair of heels, but […]
Infosys reported net profit of Rs.2,875 crore for third quarter (Oct-Dec) of this fiscal (2013-14), posting 21.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth. In a regulatory filing to stock exchanges Friday, the IT bellwether said consolidated revenue for the quarter under review (Q3), increased 25 percent YoY to Rs.13,026 crore as per the Indian accounting standard. Under […]