At a juncture when party ideologues are starting to write the first draft of election manifestoes, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech to the Combined Commanders of the three services last month provided much food for thought. Certain significant points made by him deserve special attention; not just of the political parties or the intelligentsia but […]
Kathmandu, Dec 29 Nepal newspapers Sunday gave wide coverage to AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal taking charge of Delhi and wondered if their country too needed a similar anti-corruption crusader. Many newspapers here extensively covered the oath-taking ceremony of Kejriwal at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan — with photographs. The event was attended by tens of thousands of […]
Ranchi, Dec 29 (IANS) BJP president Rajnath Singh Sunday compared the party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi with Lord Rama. “As Manthara in the Ramayana hatched a conspiracy to prevent Rama from becoming the king of Ayodhya, similarly the Congress is hatching a conspiracy against Modi,” Rajnath Singh told a public rally here. “But despite Manthara’s […]
Hyderabad, Dec 29 Five Congress MPs from Seemandhra, who recently moved a no-confidence motion in parliament against their own party-led government, Sunday told President Pranab Mukherjee that the UPA government had been reduced to a minority. The MPs met the president, who is on his southern sojourn here, and demanded that he stall the process […]
Ghaziabad, Dec 29 It was his first Sunday after becoming Delhi’s chief minister, but it may well have been a working day for Arvind Kejriwal. With the excitement of the 45-year-old taking charge of Delhi yet to die down, Kejriwal had his hands full as an unending stream of people called on him at his […]
Wagah/Attari, Meeting after a gap of 14 years, key army commanders of India and Pakistan Tuesday resolved to ensure peace on the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir and to hold flag meetings between their brigade commanders in volatile border areas. The meeting between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan in […]
New Delhi, Dec 24 Border Security Force (BSF) chief Subhash Joshi Tuesday held talks in Lahore with his Pakistani counterpart Major General Tahir Javed on border-related issues, official sources said here. Joshi, who is on a five-day visit to Pakistan, is expected to raise issues concerning ceasefire violation on the international border and other issues […]
New Delhi, Dec 25 The CPI-M Wednesday urged the Indian government to work for a dialogue between Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen in order to end the unending attacks on the Indian fishing community. The Communist Party of India-Marxist also urged New Delhi to intervene immediately to secure the release of 210 Indian fishermen and […]
New Delhi, Dec 26 After the meeting of the India and Pakistan director generals of military operations after 14 years, the commerce secretaries of both countries are set to meet next month – in another major step towards normalization of relations between the two neighbours. Pakistan has proposed two sets of dates in the middle […]
Kathmandu, Dec 26 Bollywood star Aamir Khan-starrer action thriller “Dhoom:3”, which is expected to mint Rs.300 crore (about $48 million), is going so strong at the box office in Nepal that the local filmmakers have had to delay the release of their own films for the next three weeks fearing tough competition. “We do not […]