Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy insisted that voting has to take place in the assembly on the bill for formation of separate Telangana state as this is the only way to elicit opinion of the house. The chief minister told reporters Saturday that opinion of the house mean voting and not the […]
The Aam Aadmi Party has filed a police complaint against police personnel who had tried to coerce and threaten the family of the Bengal double gangrape victim to hand over her death certificate so her last rites could be held, a party leader said Saturday. The fledgling West Bengal unit of AAP would also bring […]
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif ruled out any secret deal with former president Pervez Musharraf Saturday, a media report said. The minister said any secret deal with Musharraf is out of the question, according to Geo News. After failing, for the second time in 10 days, to appear Wednesday in the special court formed […]
In another fallout of the India-US stand-off over the handcuffing and strip-search of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, India has asked the American Center here to obtain a licence by Jan 20 or cease screening films. In a tersely worded communication sent to the American Center on Friday, the Indian government has given it a deadline […]
BJP leader Arun Jaitley Saturday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clarify his remarks that “an important breakthrough was in sight” with Pakistan on Kashmir some years ago. He hoped the gains made by India of stemming efforts to internationalise the Kashmir problem were not squandered. He said the prime minister revealed for the first […]
Beginning a five-day visit to India Jan 6, Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema have been invited by President Pranab Mukherjee to stay at the renovated Dwarka suite in the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Bhutan king, 32, an Oxford graduate, is the first foreign head of state invited to stay at the […]
The father of the Bengal girl gang-raped twice and allegedly set ablaze, Saturday demanded a CBI probe and said he would take up the matter with President Pranab Mukherjee. The family of the girl is set to meet Mukherjee Jan 7. “We are scheduled to meet the President Jan 7 and will place our demand […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Saturday he would not contest the April-May Lok Sabha elections. “I am not contesting the Lok Sabha elections,” Kejriwal told mediapersons. The rresponse came after a senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Yogendra Yadav, earlier in the day said he wanted to see Kejriwal as the prime […]
Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf is said to be in stable condition even as the doctors ascertain the need for sending him abroad for treatment, a media report said Saturday. “The general is feeling well and we are conducting his medical check up at regular intervals… every two hours,” The Nation quoted Major General (retd.) […]
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is a shining example of the success of Indian private enterprises, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday. “It has carved a niche for itself in the global market for IT and IT-enabled services and has set benchmarks of excellence in the area of software development,” the prime minister said here. Manmohan […]