New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) Delhi Police chief B.S. Bassi Wednesday denied an allegation by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor that a police officer had physically assaulted his domestic help during interrogation to extract confession about murdering his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Bassi told CNN-IBN news channel that he checked with his officers about the allegations made […]
Manila, Jan 7 (IANS) The Philippine government Wednesday said it will seek further clarification on the presence of a US military drone in the country and if it carried weapons, even as American officials in Manila clarified that the unmanned aerial vehicle was unarmed. “We have asked our military authorities to confirm that this did […]
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Lithuanian stunt rider Aras Gibieza will set out for India Bike Week On-Tour, an eight-city tour for motorbike enthusiasts. During the tour, which is part of Indian Bike Week festival, biking enthusiasts led by Aras Gibieza will conduct three-hour stunt shows in the cities they visit. The tour will begin […]
The past week, apart from ushering in the New Year was also witness to the birth of a new institution in India. The formation of the NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog has brought the focus back on the country’s reforms process. The opposition, especially the Congress, termed its formation a “dangerous” idea and […]
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Over 1.3 crore are eligible to vote in the upcoming polls to the Delhi assembly, the Election Commission said here Monday. The national capital, which has 70 assembly seats, is likely to hold elections in Feburary. The poll panel said 1,59,854 new voters were added to the electoral list, taking […]
Kathmandu, Jan 4 (IANS) Leaders of Nepal’s two largest communist parties watched Aamir Khan’s movie “PK” here as part of efforts to mend ties within the Left camp. The event took place in a theatre ahead of the Jan 22 deadline to draft the country’s new constitution, it was reported Sunday. Those who watched the […]
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Eight core industries such as coal, electricity, crude oil, cement and steel grew at 6.7 percent in November, compared to 3.2 percent in November last year, official data showed Wednesday. The index of eight core industries with a combined weightage of 37.90 percent in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 30 (IANS) The CPI-M Tuesday pulled up party leader and former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan for defending his then aide arrested for setting ablaze the memorial to a communist veteran. After a lull in intra-party conflict, the state unit of the Communist Party of India-Marxist criticised Achuthanandan for his stand on the […]
Srinagar, Dec 29 (IANS) A large blaze Monday gutted the district magistrate’s office in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said. “Fire started in the office in Pulwama district around 3.30 p.m. Timely action by the staff of the office saved official records,” an official here told IANS. “Fire tenders were immediately pressed into service […]
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The union cabinet Monday approved an ordinance to amend the Land Acquisition Act, adding five more areas which will be exempted from the requisites given in the act. “There is a need to strike a balance between farmers’ interest and industrial growth,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said at a briefing […]