The year 2013 was an eventful one for women in the matrilineal state of Meghalaya. Three women became ministers, one became a Rajya Sabha member, another summited Mt. Everest and one scripted history by becoming the first woman chief justice in the state. Compared to previous elections, women bagged four seats in a house of […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a state of emergency across New York as a major winter storm has already started to bring heavy snow, sub-zero temperatures, and high winds across the state, an official statement said. A state of emergency mobilises resources to local governments that otherwise are restricted to state use only, and allows […]
Bollywood is a man’s world, they say. But female screen scorchers like Deepika Padukone and Sonakshi Sinha surprised the audiences and critics with their performances this year, while others like Nimrat Kaur and Huma Qureshi impressed with their finesse in non-commercial outings. takes a look (in alphabetical order of name) at the women who impressed […]
The 2014 Aircel Chennai Open continued to be hit by a spate of retirements with two more players – third seed Fabio Fognini and Yen-Hsun Lu – conceding their respective singles matches and India’s Yuki Bhambri was the biggest beneficiary as he made it to the quarter-finals here Thursday. Bhambri, a Wild Card entry, was […]
The government Thursday approved the first project under the Nirbhaya fund, approving the installation of panic buttons, CCTV cameras and Global Positioning System (GPS) devices in public transport vehicles in 32 cities in India. The approval was given by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) at its meeting held here. The central government had […]
The 16-year-old girl, who died after being raped twice by a gang and then set ablaze, was pregnant, according to police who sent the foetus for forensic test to determine its age and parentage. The West Bengal government continued to come under attack from the opposition and civil society for the “shameful incident”. Chief Secretary […]
A public interest litigation was Thursday filed in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the CBI to register a case of cheating and corruption against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for misleading citizens by making “false promises in election manifesto”. The case is likely to come for hearing Jan 8 before a bench headed by […]
Andhra Pradesh minister D. Sridhar Babu, who hails from Telangana, Thursday resigned to protest the move of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy divesting him of the legislative affairs portfolio. Despite advice by All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary R.C. Kunthia not to quit, Sridhar Babu, who held the civil supplies portfolio, Thursday night sent […]
Karnataka BJP leaders late Thursday met former leader B.S. Yeddyurappa here and formally asked him to return to the party, over a year after he quit to head the Karnataka Janata Party. State Bharatiya Janata Party president Pralhad Joshi, Bangalore South MP H.N. Ananth Kumar, former chief minister Jagadish Shettar and former state unit chief […]
At least four people were killed and over 20 injured when a booby trapped car exploded Thursday in the suburb of Lebanese capital. A car exploded in the Bir El Abd neighbourhood in the heartland of Hezbollah and few metres close to the political council headquarters of the party during peak time and caused heavy […]