Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday said people’s perspective towards women needs to change and they should be seen as “nation builders”. “We have so far seen women as home-makers, we need to see them as nation-builders now. That will change our perspective,” Modi said, adding the BJP would launch a […]
Around 100 activists of the Hindu Raksha Dal staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s house here demanding withdrawal of police cases against them. A member of the Hindu group said its members had been arrested over the Jan 8 attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office here because of a police […]
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday attacked the Congress for not naming a prime ministerial candidate, and said the country’s oldest party was falling apart. Speaking on the final day of a three-day leadership meeting here, Modi said the Congress had been allowed to rule India for six long decades, and it was time […]
Music concerts, photo exhibition and Indian film shows will be part of a festival organised by the Indian embassy here to increase the visibility and awareness of India in Slovenia, a country of just two million people in central Europe. The “Days of India in Slovenia” festival, Jan 18-30, has been supported by the external […]
As the mercury drops down, your love life heats up, says a fascinating study. Men want more sex during the winter, says a report that appeared on the Psychology of Human Sexuality, a popular scientific blog about sex and relationships by Dr Justin J. Lehmiller. Researchers found that men were more aroused by revealing photos […]
The BJP should not be “over confident” of winning the coming Lok Sabha election, party veteran L.K. Advani said here Sunday, adding this was one reason why it lost the 2004 battle. Addressing the national council of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Advani said there should be no slackness in the efforts to return to power […]
At least 28 people were injured Sunday in bomb blasts at the anti-government protest site in Thai capital Bangkok. Bombs exploded at the Victory Monument in the afternoon, the site of protests. This was the second bomb attack on protestors since the operation to paralyse Bangkok was launched Jan 13 in a bid to oust […]
The government Saturday invited applications for the appointment of a chairperson and eight members in the Lokpal anti-corruption watchdog. “The government has invited applications for filling up one post of chairperson and eight posts of members in the Lokpal,” an official release said. The release said four of the eight posts are for judicial members. […]
A wave of violent attacks left at least 22 people killed and 65 wounded in the Iraqi capital city Saturday, police said. The deadliest blast occurred in the Mansour district of Baghdad, leaving six civilians killed and 12 injured, Xinhua quoted a police source as saying. Four civilians were killed and 13 wounded when a […]
A vigilante-style rounding up and alleged manhandling of some African nationals in a midnight raid involving a Delhi minister was Saturday roundly condemned by the Indian government as well as African envoys in India. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal defended the action of his cabinet minister and said his government had “nothing against foreigners”. African […]