1,500 Indians expected from Libya soon
A day after a special Air India aircraft brought 204 Indian nationals home from Djerba in Tunisia, the airline will operate a flight on Friday to fly back another 216. “By the end of the week, it is expected that 1,500 Indian nationals would have been moved out of strife-stricken areas of... read more »
Diesel subsidy for rain-deficit States
The Centre announced on Thursday a 50 per cent subsidy on diesel for irrigation in rain-deficient States and raised the ceiling on seed subsidy to 50 per cent. The Centre and the States will equally share the subsidy. Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said in the Rajya Sabha that the... read more »
Plea to strip Saif of Padma award
The Union Home Ministry is examining a complaint by RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal demanding that actor Saif Ali Khan, against whom charges have been framed in a Mumbai scuffle case, be stripped of Padma Shri award. “We have received a complaint which is being examined,” said an MHA... read more »
Govt. to consider UPSC exam in all 8th Schedule languages
The Centre on Thursday said there was “force” in the argument that the Civil Services Examination should be conducted in all languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and assured the Lok Sabha that this demand would be considered. Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu was... read more »
Sri Lankan Muslim leader warns of radicalisation after clashes
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Muslim minority could become radicalised and turn to foreign Islamic groups for support because of violent attacks on them by Buddhist hardliners, the island... read more »
Man held in killing of Texas family collapses in court
A man accused of killing six members of his ex-wife’s family, including four children, after forcing his way into their suburban Houston home collapsed in court twice Friday as a... read more »
32 jailed for terror audio, video in China
Beijing : Courts in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have given 32 people jail terms ranging from four years to life imprisonment for spreading terror-related audio... read more »
Putin arrives in Cuba hoping to boost trade
Russian President Vladimir Putin began a six-day Latin American tour aimed at boosting trade and ties in the region with a stop in Cuba, a key Soviet ally during the Cold War that has... read more »
C.I.A. Station Chief Will Be Leaving Berlin Soon , Officials
Germany’s decision to ask the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country was an inevitable response to fresh allegations of U.S. spying on Berlin, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter... read more »
