Citing immigrants’ absolute faith in the American dream, Rajiv Shah, the Indian-American administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has given a call to “end extreme poverty in our lifetime.” “This is now achievable, but only if all of us-from science, business, government, and faith-come together for the poor,” he said delivering the […]
Three power discoms moved the Delhi High Court Friday against the order of a single judge refusing to stay a Delhi government directive for a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit of their finances since their inception in 2002. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana posted the pleas for Feb 14. Justice Manmohan […]
President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Maharashtra Feb 8-9, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said Friday. The president will inaugurate the diamond jubilee celebrations of Kishinchand Chellaram (KC) College Saturday and the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Advocates’ Association of Western India in Mumbai. Mukherjee will Feb 9 will inaugurate ‘Krishi Vasant’ – a national exposition organised […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading flat at 80.48 points or 0.40 percent in the pre-noon trade Thursday. Selling pressure was seen in the banking index (bankex), capital goods and IT sectors, while marginally good buying was seen in metal sector. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange […]
India needs nuclear power for civilian use till the time renewable energy is able to replace the use of fossil and nuclear fuels, Minister of New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah said Thursday. “We have to use nuclear energy till the time when renewable energy comes to such a level that we are able to […]
Good relations between India and Pakistan remain elusive due to cultural intolerance, a leading Pakistani daily said Thursday. The Dawn criticised Shiv Sena activists for disrupting a media briefing of an Indian music group and the Meekal Hasan Band from Pakistan in Mumbai Tuesday. “It is difficult to keep reined in rightwing elements that are […]
DMK parliamentarians have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene a meeting of ministers, elected leaders and representatives of fishermen of India and Sri Lanka, according to a memorandum released here Thursday. In the memorandum submitted to Singh in New Delhi Wednesday, the parliamentarians, citing the continued arrests of Indian fishermen by the Sri Lanka […]
The Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi Thursday decided to recommend to Lt.Governor Najeeb Jung to set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. “We have decided to recommend to the Lt.Governor to form a SIT on the killing of Sikhs in 1984 riots. This is a blot on the […]
The government has no reports of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency approaching riot-affected youths in Muzaffarnagar, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Thursday. “As per available information from central intelligence agencies, they do not have any input to suggest that Pakistan’s ISI contacted youths of families belonging to the minority communities who were affected during the […]
The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed a plea seeking quashing of the government’s decision to bring an ordinance to shield convicted lawmakers from being unseated. A division bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justice Manmohan, giving relief to jailed legislators and parliamentarians, said if an individual’s the right to stand for an election if […]