India and Morocco have identified pharmaceuticals, agriculture, automobiles and renewable energy as new areas of collaboration to boost their economic relationship, the external affairs ministry said Saturday. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, who is on a visit to Morocco, met his counterpart Salaheddine Mezouar and exchanged views on regional and global issues of common concern, […]
Businessman Rajesh Kalra’s office boy – who is a juvenile – is the mastermind behind the sensational Rs.7.69-crore heist in the national capital, police said Saturday. He has been detained and three of his accomplices arrested. Raids were also being conducted to nab at least six of his accomplices, police said. Special Commissioner of Police […]
Angry over the death of an Arunachal Pradesh teen, students from the northeast held a protest in the capital and also met Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who Saturday assured “exemplary punishment” for the culprits who brutally thrashed the student. Students from the northeast held a protest at the Lajpat Nagar market in south Delhi where […]
sansadCongress general secretary Ajay Maken has urged the party to include his New Delhi seat in the list of primaries to select Lok Sabha candidates. The party has decided to conduct primaries in about 15 Lok Sabha constituencies across the country in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, a process outlined by party vice […]
An Indo-Russian musical festival featuring top Indian and Russian bands was abruptly cancelled by the Goa government, provoking an angry reaction from Russia Saturday that termed the move “insolent and a starkly unfriendly gesture” by the state government. The state government declined to give permission to allow the Great Live Music-2014 – the second Russian-Indian […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s list of “corrupt” politicians Saturday evoked sharp reactions, with BJP leader Ananth Kumar sending him a legal notice and Congress leader Kapil Sibal challenging him to prove his allegations. Law Minister Sibal said Kejriwal should prove his allegations or resign. He said he was giving Kejriwal two days to give […]
A total of 12 Indian sailors have been missing since their cargo ship sank off the coast of Yemen’s Hadramout province, authorities said Saturday. The cargo ship, registered in Hadramout, sank off the coastal City of Shehr, leaving 12 Indian sailors missing, Xinhua quoted Yemen’s centre of security media as stating on its website. According […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed anguish over the impasse in setting up an AIIMS-like hospital in West Bengal, union minister Deepa Dasmunshi said Sunday. Dasmunshi, who is on a fast in support of the institution, said the union cabinet gave its consent to set up the hospital in 2009 in Raiganj in North Dinajpur […]
aapThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fast-tracked preparations for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh. While more than 1,300 applications have come for the state’s 80 seats, party insiders say the leadership is keen on finalizing “known, clean and formidable” names against heavyweights of other political parties. Sources say former TV journalist Ashutosh, now […]
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Friday said there was no hurdle in formation of separate Telangana state. A day after the Andhra Pradesh assembly passed a resolution rejecting the state reorganization bill, he told reporters in the national capital that the bill will be passed during the parliament session, beginning Feb 5. “The bill will […]