Around 500 members of AAP protested here Wednesday demanding action against those who are allegedly bringing Ugandan women on the pretext of providing them jobs but forcing them into sex and drugs rackets. Three Ugandan women Tuesday registered a complaint with the police that several placement agencies were operating sex and drug rackets in and […]
At least two people were killed and 17 wounded in three bomb attacks in Iraq’s capital Baghdad Wednesday morning, a police source said. In one attack, a booby-trapped car exploded at a park near the Iraqi foreign ministry building in the city centre, wounding eight people and destroying several cars, the source told Xinhua. In […]
India and Pakistan must realise that trade normalisation and peace will continue to face setbacks unless they commit themselves to preventing incidents like the arrest of truck drivers, a leading Pakistani daily said Wednesday. The Dawn said in an editorial that the resumption of intra-Kashmir trade, after being suspended over the arrest of a Pakistani […]
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day Wednesday in the post-lunch session after a statement by Defence Minister A.K. Antony on the now cancelled deal with AgustaWestland for purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters. After Antony made his statement, opposition members sought to ask clarifications from the minister causing din in the house. Some members […]
A day after Parveen Amanullah, the first Muslim woman minister in Bihar, resigned as social welfare minister and from the ruling Janata Dal (United), she said she will not reconsider her decision. “There is no question of taking back my resignation,” Amanullah told media persons here Wednesday after she met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at […]
Three days ahead of Narendra Modi’s visit to Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Wednesday lashed out at the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, saying Modi sidelined other leaders of his party with his “dictatorial attitude”. “Modi has a dictatorial attitude. He is projecting himself as if it’s a one-man show in the Bharatiya Janata Party. He […]
The Election Commission of Thailand Wednesday announced that voter turnout nationwide in the Feb 2 general elections was 46.79 percent, excluding the nine provinces where voting was cancelled. The election commission said as many as 20.1 million out of 43.024 million eligible voters exercised their voting right in 68 provinces where voting was not disrupted […]
The shortage of Indian workers has forced around 400 jewellery workshops in Saudi Arabia to shut down with 100 others struggling to survive. “We now have 100 gold workshops that employ about 5,000 foreign workers, but there are very few skilled workers in the industry following the labour ministry’s decision to reduce the quota to […]
The Taliban are fighting for the implementation of the Islamic law, namely Sharia, which has been violated by Pakistan’s political leadership, a member of the committee nominated by the Taliban for talks with the government said Wednesday, Geo News reported. A decision over the meeting with the government committee will be made after consultations with […]
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Wednesday slammed the idea of a Third Front and said it should be “rejected” as the concept would make India “third grade”. “Third Front will make India third grade and we need to reject them forever. Those talking about the Third Front in Delhi should come here and see […]