An overhauled and effective public grievance redressal cell will be in place in Delhi from Saturday. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with his council of ministers will also listen to public grievances every Saturday. Under the new system, the government will directly ask the complainants whether they were satisfied with the redressal. If not, a […]
Amit Shah, the BJP’s general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, Thursday said there was no need to fear the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The fact that the Bharatiya Janata Party won 72 percent of the seats in the recently concluded assembly polls in four states was an indication that the party was gaining popularity across […]
The Sri Lankan Army Thursday termed as baseless allegations by the US embassy in Colombo that the army was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of civilians at the fag end of the country’s three-decade-long war against Tamil rebels. The US Embassy in Colombo had tweeted a picture of the US ambassador-at-large at the Office […]
Germany will help in world efforts to destroy Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Thursday. “No one shall refuse to help if he has the technical capacity,” reported Xinhua citing Steinmeier who added that the German government has therefore decided not to shirk its responsibility and to make a substantial […]
At least 15 people, including eight Al Qaeda militants, were killed and eight wounded in clashes and attacks in Iraq’s Anbar province and near Baghdad Thursday evening, police said. A police commando force fought a fierce clash with Al Qaeda militants in a desert area near the town of Khaldiyah, some 80 km west of […]
Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon’s condition is worsening and his family is by his side, CNN reported Thursday. “In the last few hours there has been a deterioration in Ariel Sharon’s medical condition,” said Michael Schwartz, a spokesperson for the Sheba Medical Center, where the comatose former Israeli prime minister is being treated, in […]
A 28-year-old employee of an advertising firm was fined for rash driving after he overtook the convoy of Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra, police said Thursday. Saurabh Rastogi’s car overtook Vadra’s convoy in south Delhi’s Amar Colony area. “Vadra’s security officers signalled to the traffic policemen deployed on the road about the suspicious […]
Indian diplomat Devyanni Khobragade, whose arrest in the US sparked protests from India, has been formally indicted by a US grand jury. However, prosecutors said that Khobragade, 39, had also been granted immunity and that US officials had asked her to leave the country, BBC reported Friday. She was arrested Dec 12 in New York […]
Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade was given a G1 visa with full diplomatic immunity Jan 8 and is on her way back to India. The external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted: “Devyani Khobragade was given G1 visa with full diplomatic immunity on 8 Jan, 2014. Airborne on way back to India.”
Nigeria’s troops in northeast state of Borno said Thursday that 38 Boko Haram suspects were killed after it successfully repelled an attack on Damboa community in by suspected Boko Haram fighters. Spokesperson for the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army Muhammad Dole announced the development in a statement in Maiduguri, the restive state capital city, […]