Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew wanted India in leadership role in SE Asia
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who personally knew many Indian leaders, wanted India to take a leadership role in South East Asia. Lee, who died this week at the age of 91, personally knew many Indian leaders and most of its prime ministers, from Jawaharlal Nehru... read more »
Yemen: Saudi strikes rebels; Iran warns of ‘dangerous step’
Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition kept up raids against Huthi Shiite rebels on Friday in support of Yemen’s embattled president, who headed to an Arab summit to garner support as Iran warned the intervention was “dangerous”. Powerful explosions rocked Sanaa soon after rebel... read more »
New York fire, building collapse injure 12; gas blast blamed
An apartment building collapsed in a fiery burst of rubble on Thursday and flames spread to nearby buildings in what officials said appeared to be a gas-related explosion, injuring at least a dozen people and scattering debris across surrounding streets in the heart of Manhattan’s fashionable... read more »
Germanwings: Terrified passengers screamed as co-pilot ‘calmly’...
Paris: Passengers with moments to live screamed in terror and the pilot frantically pounded on the locked cockpit door as a 27-year-old German co-pilot deliberately and wordlessly smashed an Airbus carrying 150 people into an Alpine mountainside. The account on Thursday of the final moments of... read more »
IAS officers petition PM Modi, urge for CBI probe in DK Ravi’s death
Several Indian Administrative Service officers in Karnataka have signed an online petition addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation... read more »
Sonakshi Sinha Reveals Her New Name And New Film!
Sonakshi Sinha, after a vacation and short break, is all set to be back with a bang and steal all the thunder with her charm on the big screen! Bollywood’s Dabangg actress is currently... read more »
Despite signs of truce, Yadav and Bhushan offered to quit AAP posts
Aam Aadmi Party leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, who were in the middle of a bitter infighting, have offered to quit from all party posts provided reforms are brought in the... read more »
Sharad Yadav expresses regret over his remarks against Smriti Irani
New Delhi: Days after his controversial comments against human resource development (HRD) minister Smriti Irani, Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav on Wednesday expressed regret and... read more »
IAS officer DK Ravi’s death triggers uproar in Karnataka as...
The family of IAS officer DK Ravi, who was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his house by his wife on Monday, on Wednesday supported the Karnataka opposition’s demands for a CBI probe into... read more »
