US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke predicted that the US economy will fare better in coming quarters. He was addressing the annual meeting of the American Economic Association held in Philadelphia, the US state of Pennsylvania, Xinhua reported Friday. He said: “The combination of financial healing, greater balance in the housing market, less fiscal restraint, […]
Three Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) militants were arrested Friday in connection with the recent Jalpaiguri blast and the firing on a bus in Malda district of northern West Bengal. A married couple – Santosh Roy and Jaimoti Roy – were nabbed from Salsalabari of Alipurduar in Jalpaiguri district, police said. The district court later sent […]
An Indian IT professional in New Zealand alleged that he faced racism on New Year’s Eve at a bar, a media report said. Sandesh Gopal, 30, a software project manager from Bangalore, said a bouncer stopped him and his friend from entering a bar at Auckland’s Viaduct Harbour on New Year’s Eve without giving a […]
Pakistan Friday said it would welcome a visit to the country by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who said he would visit Pakistan if circumstances are “appropriate”. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam, asked at briefing in Islamabad if any visit by the Indian prime minister was the offing, said: “There is an outstanding invitation […]
Retired Supreme Court judge A.K. Ganguly, facing a law intern’s accusations of sexual harassment, Friday quit as guest faculty of the National University of Juridical Sciences, but again denied the allegations against him. Notwithstanding the nationwide clamour that Ganguly quit office as the West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairman, former chief justice of India Altamas […]
Eight Indian-origin people were injured, one of them seriously, when the van they were travelling in plunged off a cliff in New Zealand after the driver reportedly fell asleep on the wheel. The eight were on their way to Hawke’s Bay from Auckland airport in the North Island of New Zealand when the horrific accident […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities market fell for the third consecutive day Friday, a day after it tanked 252 points on profit booking. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 20,819.91 points, closed at 20,851.33 points, down 37 points or 0.18 percent from its previous day’s […]
Private schools in the Indian capital Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a government notification on the criteria for nursery admissions. The plea filed by the Action Committee of Unaided Private Schools challenged the Dec 18 notification of Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung, claiming it was “absolutely illegal, arbitrary and without jurisdiction”. The […]
India’s Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said the government would take an early view on relaxing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms in railways and construction. He told reporters on the sidelines of an event here Friday that the discussions were on in this regard. “Finance minister, myself and urban development minister will be sitting […]
The Bihar Police Friday seized over Rs.1 crore in cash and documents related to movable and immovable property in raids against a senior govenrment official. According to Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohd Moquim, simultaneous raids were conducted at 10 places across the state including Patna. The Economic Offences Unit targeted Jhakhri Ram, a senior officer […]