New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) A 32-year-old man was burnt alive inside his car which caught fire after ramming into another car, police said Sunday. The incident happened in north Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area Saturday night where Sanjeev, a motor mechanic, was returning home after work. “His Swift Dzire hit an Alto car and toppled at […]
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) Britain’s Labour Party has become “too nervous” in its approach, Nobel laureate and Harvard University professor Amartya Sen said here Sunday. “They have to be more radical… now that’s a mistake of theirs,” Sen said at an event at the International Kolkata Book Fair. Recently, the Labour Party has been losing […]
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) Welcoming Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Srinjoy Bose’s decision to quit the party and parliament, the BJP, Congress and CPI-M Thursday said more and more people will leave the party. Bose quit as member of parliament as also from the party Thursday, a day after getting bail in a case related […]
Panaji, Feb 5 (IANS) Goa’s Archbishop Fr. Filipe Neri Ferrao Thursday asked the central government to ensure security for minorities. He issued a statement specifically mentioning recent “acts of violence and intimidation against Christians”. “Acts of violence and intimidation against Christians have been taking place in this country, almost systematically, in the last few months,” […]
Lucknow, Feb 5 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) Thursday decided to launch a massive membership drive to expand its base as its top leaders met to develop its possible plan of action for the 2017 assembly polls, party sources said. At the first meet of the newly-formed state executive, party leaders spoke extensively […]
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday asked the people of Delhi to vote for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi’s assembly election. “My request to all of you in Delhi to please vote for AAP,” she tweeted. “For the greater need of the country and development in Delhi.” The […]
On my first trip to Gujarat, particularly for the purposes of attending Vibrant Gujarat, I was left with three unexpected impressions. The first is in relation to the process and outcomes of Vibrant Gujarat itself. The opening session – which ran for nearly four hours of speeches without a break, culminating in Prime Minister Modi’s […]
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised the world with his passion for foreign policy, Asia has inevitably taken the centre stage in the conduct of his government’s diplomacy. It was widely expected that the emphasis of Mr. Modi, when he became the Prime Minister of India at the end of May 2014, would be on […]
New Delhi After a 49-day AAP government and President’s rule for nearly a year, Delhi will vote later this week to elect a new administration whose control has virtually become a two-horse contest between the BJP and the AAP. The Congress, which governed Delhi for 15 years and whose tally tumbled from 43 seats to […]
When we want to achieve any goal, we must have a means or method for reaching that goal.This necessity of a “means” is true in the material as well as in the spiritual world. To reachanywhere, there must be a way of getting there. Means in itself, however, does not guaranteethe reaching of a desired […]