The Assam Police Friday announced cash awards to the tune of Rs.5 lakh on some leaders of the Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO). Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) A.P Raut told media persons here that cash awards have been announced on seven KLO rebels. “The KLO, which mainly operates in Assam and West […]
More than one lakh Delhi government employees working on contract will be given permanent jobs, Education Minister Manish Sisodia announced Friday. A 13-member committee headed by Chief Secretary Sanjoy Kumar Srivastava will decide the policy and guidelines for this, the Aam Aadmi Party leader told the media. According to an official, the contract employees are […]
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asserted that he was set on creating new administrative units in the state despite a scheduled meeting of the cabinet to discuss the issue being postponed at the last minute Friday allegedly due to differences between the ruling alliance partners. The cabinet was scheduled to meet here to […]
A Federal Court in Brooklyn has granted a Sikh group time till Feb 6 to file its opposition to Congress party president Sonia Gandhi’s motion to dismiss a human rights violation lawsuit against her. In support of her Jan 2 motion to dismiss the case on the grounds that she had not been served the […]
It was a chilly Saturday morning here as icy winds swept the city. The Met Office said the weekend would be “fairly cold” and receive light to moderate rain Sunday onwards. There would also be rains in the hilly areas of Uttarakhand, the affect of which will be felt in the plains and in neighbouring […]
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in Odisha for killing a girl half his age after she resisted his rape attempt, police said Saturday. The incident took place in Rangahudi village of Odisha’s Jajpur district. Police Inspector Jyoti Prakash Panda told IANS that the teenager was arrested after the girl’s father lodged a complaint Thursday […]
The National Commission for Women (NCW) Saturday condemned Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti’s statement that the Delhi Women’s Commission’s move against him was politically motivated. Condemning the minister’s statement, NCW member Nirmala Samant Prabhawalkar said: “It is his political fight, he cannot drag the commission (into this) for political motives.” The member added that it […]
Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti Saturday once again courted controversy for his loose remarks in which he accused the media of being bought off by BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi – and then retracted. “How much have you been paid by Modiji,” Bharti answered when faced a volley of questions over why he was […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday congratulated President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on India’s Republic Day and also expressed satisfaction at the “dynamic development” of ties between the two countries. In a message on the eve of Republic Day, Putin said: “I note with satisfaction the dynamic development of Russia-india relations, which stepped […]
Pakistan wants cooperative and mutually beneficial relation with India, Pakistan’s president and prime minister said in their messages to their Indian counterparts ahead of 65th Republic Day. President Mamnoon Hussain, in his greeting to President Pranab Mukherjee, said Pakistan wanted to build “mutually beneficial” relations with India. “In wishing the people of India progress and […]