Another BJP MP Praises Nitish Kumar
Patna, Feb 12 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday came in for praise from yet another BJP MP. After Bharatiya Janata Party MPs Shatrughan Sinha and Kirti Azad, BJP MP R.K. Sinha lauded…
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Centre Unable to Benefit from Favourable Global Economic Conditions: Manmohan Singh
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Former prime minister Manmohan Singh has criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the centre for its economic policies, saying it has not been able to benefit from falling oil…
All Ration Card Records Digitized, Claims Government
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) All the ration card records in the country have been digitized as a “revolutionary” step towards making Public Distribution System free of pilferage and corruption, the government said on Friday….
Peacock May Soon Be Termed Vermin in Goa
Panaji, Feb 12 (IANS) The peacock, India’s national bird, may soon be termed a vermin and culled ruthlessly in Goa. Goa’s Agriculture Minister Ramesh Tawadkar said peacocks, like monkeys and wild boars, cause severe damage…
SC Declines to Stay Herald Case, but Expunges HC Observations
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to put on hold criminal proceedings against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi and others in the National Herald case but expunged all…
We Should Not Tolerate Intolerance: Amartya Sen
 Nobel laureate Amartya Sen (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Asserting intolerance should not be tolerated, renowned economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said that silencing of dissent and generating fear in the minds…
Romas Are India’s Children: Sushma Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The people of the Roma community spread across various parts of the world are actually children of India, External Affairs Minister Sushma…
Gujarat Didn’t Wait for Headley, Reinstated Tainted Cops
Mumbai: File photo of Ishrat Jahan who was named as a suicide bomber for the terror outfit Laskhar-e-Taiba by David Coleman Headley during his video-link deposition at TADA court in Mumbai on Feb. 11, 2016….
Amarinder Hits Back at AAP on Bhindranwale Posters in Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 12 (IANS) Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh on Friday hit back at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the Bhindranwale posters issue, saying the AAP leader was trying to put on him the…
KCR Meets PM, Seeks Special Development Package
New Delhi: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao calls on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Feb 12, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar…
SC Sets Aside TN Assembly Resolution Suspending Six DMDK Members
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday set aside the March 31, 2015 resolution of the Tamil Nadu assembly suspending six DMDK members from February 19, 2015 from the remainder…
Don’t Speak Against Poll Panel, Banerjee Tells Party Workers
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) Calling out for restraint and discipline among the party rank and file, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday asked party workers not to enter into any confrontation with the Election…
Bengal CPI-M in Crucial Discussions on Alliance with Congress
Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) The West Bengal state committee of the CPI-M on Friday began a crucial two-day session in the presence of top party leaders on the issue of forming an alliance with the…
Telangana Becomes 16th State to Join Uday
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Telangana has agreed to join UDAY, the central government’s electricity distribution utility financial turnaround scheme, becoming the 16th state to do so. This was announced by Power Minister Piyush Goyal…
Hardik Says Offered Rs.1,200 Crore to Call off Quota Stir
Ahmedabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convenor Hardik Patel has said he was offered Rs.1,200 crore and a big designation in BJP’s national youth wing to withdraw his quota stir. In a…
Vidya Bharti Can Be a Catalyst for Change: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the Akhil Bharatiya Prachaarya Sammelan, in New Delhi on Feb 12, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged the…
A Sanders-Trump Clash: A Dream for Film Script Writers
By Saeed Naqvi A Donald Trump-Bernie Sanders clash in the US presidential elections could be God’s Gift to a political cinema. Some outlines for a script come to mind: Clarence Darrow versus William Jennings Bryan,…
Headley’s Deposition: for Pakistan to Expose Conspiracy, Says India
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Following Pakistani-American terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Healdey’ deposition in which he revealed Pakistan’s role in the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack, India on Friday…
Ahead Of Modi’s Mumbai Visit, His Wife Fasts for Slum Dwellers
Mumbai, Feb 12 (IANS) In a development that took many here by surprise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wife Jashodaben on Friday joined members of an NGO on a day-long token hunger strike in support of…
Will Not Spare Those Who Raise Anti-India Slogans, Says Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh, announcing stringent action against students who raised anti-India slogans on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, said on…