Narendra Modi takes charge as PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was sworn in on Monday, formally assumed charge of his office on Tuesday. He was greeted with bouquets of flowers as he reached South Block that houses the Prime Minister’s Office. Mr. Modi waved at the media persons waiting for him. Before taking his seat, he... read more »
No Murli Manohar Joshi in ‘Below 75’ Narendra Modi Cabinet
New Delhi – Narendra Modi’s cabinet will not include Murli Manohar Joshi, who was a key minister in the last BJP government. Mr Joshi reportedly did not make it to the list because of Mr Modi’s “below 75 years” rule. Mr Joshi, 80, was the Human Resource Development... read more »
Modi swearing-in — All roads lead to Delhi
2.11 p.m.: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his Cabinet colleagues are flying to Delhi by a chartered flight. 2.10 p.m.: BJP’s Madhya Pradesh State president, Narendra Singh Tomar, is also likely to be inducted into the Modi Cabinet as Madhya Pradesh... read more »
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to attend Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ...
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend the inauguration of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, his spokesman said on Saturday. A statement from Mr. Sharif’s office said the Prime Minister had been invited this week by the BJP to attend the ceremony. Mr. Sharif has already... read more »
15 killed in attacks in Iraq’s Anbar province
RAMADI, Iraq, April 27 (Xinhua) — A total of 15 people were killed and 26 others wounded in separate attacks across the Iraqi western province of Anbar on Sunday, security and medical... read more »
MH370 may not be found on ocean surface: Tony Abbott
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday it was now “highly unlikely” that any debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane will be found on the ocean surface, as... read more »
String of Deadly Storms Hits Across Midwest and South
ATLANTA — A violent weather system lashed the Midwest and South with tornadoes on Sunday, killing at least 12 people, officials said, and leaving vast areas of destruction. Forecasters... read more »
Indian handset companies import most of their devices
Components manufactured in India are low-value products like casing and box packaging that constitute 5% of the bill for materials required in phone manufacturing They started from scratch... read more »
Narayana Murthy presented ‘Global Indian Award’ in Canada
Toronto, April 28: Infosys Executive Chairman NR Narayana Murthy was yesterday presented with the 2014 “Canada India Foundation Chanchalani Global Indian Award” here for his remarkable vision... read more »
