Sonia Gandhi Targets Modi Government, Says ‘People Caught in Web of F...
New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi today accused the Narendra Modi government of showing “false dreams” to the people of India and urged her Congress party to stay the course even though the road to revival may be “longer” and the struggle, harder.”We have done so much but our... read more »
Manmohan Singh Immune as PM, not as FM: US Court
WASHINGTON: A US court here has ruled that former India prime minister Manmohan Singh had “head of state immunity” from claims that he supported violence against Sikhs, but it did not cover his tenure as finance minister. US District Judge James Boasberg in the District of Columbia... read more »
Irom Sharmila’s fast against AFSPA will continue after her release, s...
Guwahati: Manipur activist Irom Sharmila’s brother has said that she will continue her 14-year-long fast against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. This comes a day after she was acquitted of attempted suicide. “Yesterday, just after hearing the news of Sharmila’s release from... read more »
Saudi beheads 4 men for smuggling drugs
Four Saudi men have been beheaded by sword after being convicted of smuggling cannabis into the country, the interior ministry has said. The government-owned SPA news agency identified the Saudi men on Monday as two sets of brothers – Hadi and Awad al-Motleq, and Mufarraj and Ali... read more »
Victories at Lord’s: Then and Now
India’s twin peaks at Lord’s, those dual tales of humbling the host, are split by 28 years. The squads are different, one was Kapil’s Devils, and the other is M.S. Dhoni’s merry... read more »
Top Naxal commander killed in Jharkhand
In a pre-dawn operation, security forces on Wednesday killed a prominent Naxal commander operating in Jharkhand in the forests of Khunti district of the state. According to preliminary... read more »
Govt. to formulate new health policy: Harsh Vardhan
The government is in the process of formulating a new health policy, which will also address the issue of high cost of medical devices and equipment used in hospitals that leads to hardship... read more »
NET to be held under CBSE’s watch
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Tuesday decided to “outsource” the conduct of the National Eligibility Test (NET) for university-level teaching and junior research fellowships... read more »
SC rejects Subrata Roy’s bail plea
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to Sahara chief, Subrata Roy, for 40 days to negotiate with prospective buyers for the three hotels his company owns abroad. Mr. Roy has been in... read more »
