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 […]
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi have struck a deal in their bid to stop the Congress from winning, Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma said Saturday. “Is it not a coincidence that both leaders are holding rallies at the same time, at the same venues, one after another?” […]
rapeFaced with constant criticism over its handling of the brutal gangrape of a 20-year-old tribal woman allegedly at the behest of a kangaroo court, the West Bengal government Saturday assured the victim of rehabilitation. Woman and Child Welfare Minister Shashi Panja visited the victim, currently recuperating in a hospital after being repeatedly brutalised Jan 20 […]
President Barack Obama’s Indian-American filmmaker critic Dinesh D’Souza has pleaded not guilty to charges he made illegal contributions to New York Republican senate hopeful Wendy Long in her 2012 campaign. Mumbai-born D’Souza, 52, whose documentary “2016: Obama’s America” took a highly critical look at Obama during the 2012 presidential campaign, faces up to seven years […]
In a severe indictment of functioning of the Narendra Modi-led Gujarat government, the Supreme Court Thursday pulled up state Revenue Minister Anandiben Patel for displaying “arrogance of power” by ignoring senior officers’ advice and “dictating” allocation of land to a private company in breach of statutory provisions. “She (Patel) has ignored that howsoever high you […]
During his half-hour meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid raised the issue of the US embassy here spiriting away to New York the husband and children of Sangeeta Richard, the nanny of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade. The two ministers, who met on the sidelines of the Geneva […]