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Coal scam: Former PM Manmohan Singh says...

Coal scam: Former PM Manmohan Singh says truth will prevail

Extremely upset with the summons issued to him in connection with the coal blocks allocation scam, former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that the truth will prevail in the case. “Of course, I am upset, but this is a part of life. I am sure that truth will prevail and I will... read more »

AAP MLAs fire letter salvo at dissidents...

AAP MLAs fire letter salvo at dissidents Yadav and Bhushan, want Delhi CM K...

Demanding the expulsion of dissidents Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan, more than 50 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators have signed a letter that will be sent to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, a group of AAP leaders told HT. The speaker and the deputy speaker of the Delhi assembly... read more »

Gold falls Rs 195 per 10 gram; silver do...

Gold falls Rs 195 per 10 gram; silver down Rs200 per kg Read more at: htt...

New Delhi: Taking weak cues from overseas markets and subdued demand from jewellers, gold on Tuesday plunged by Rs195 to Rs26,430 per ten gram and silver by Rs200 to Rs36,000 per kg in Delhi bullion market. Traders said besides easing demand from jewellers, a weak global trend as stronger dollar... read more »

Former MP DP Yadav sentenced to life imp...

Former MP DP Yadav sentenced to life imprisonment

DEHRADUN: Uttar Pradesh strongman DP Yadav, who was convicted of killing former MLA Mahendra Singh Bhati, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the CBI court in Dehradun. On February 28, Yadav was found guilty of murdering Mahendra Singh Bhati, former MLA from Dadri in Ghaziabad, in... read more »

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BJP derides PM for saying re-election in 2009 trumps corruption c...

New Delhi: The BJP today said that at his press conference today, the Prime Minister “manufactured a new logic” in offering poor excuses for leading a corrupt government. At his... read more »

Arvind Kejriwal sets the record straight after AAP...

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal sought to put the record straight today on what perks he and his six Delhi ministers will be accepting and... read more »

MS Dhir of Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP...

MS Dhir of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) elected new Speaker of Delhi Assembly

New Delhi –  Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sailed through another test in the state legislature today, when its MS Dhir was elected... read more »

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rules out third term, say...

Economy heading towards better times, no reason to despair : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

New Delhi –  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced that he will retire after the general election and not seek a third term even if his party... read more »

For 2014 battle, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seeks Rs. 2,014 ...

For 2014 battle, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seeks Rs. 2,014 donations

New Delhi – Determined to spread its wings, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has stepped up fund collection and is urging supporters to donate Rs. 2,014 —... read more »

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Jamaat calls for strike in Bangladesh over leader's death

Jamaat calls for strike in Bangladesh over leader’s death

Dhaka – Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami party has called for a nationwide dawn-to-dusk general strike Sunday in protest of the execution of its leader Abdul Quader Mollah. The announcement... read more »

Iran keen to expand ties with Europe

Iran keen to expand ties with Europe

Tehran – Iran is willing to strengthen cooperation with the European countries, particularly the Slovak Republic, Iran’s first... read more »

UN team confirms chemical weapons used in Syria

$13 bn needed in 2014 for humanitarian aid, says UN

United Nations – The joint team of the UN — Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) — concluded Thursday “that... read more »

Israel halts controversial relocation plan for Arab Bed...

Israel passes bill to annex part of Jordan Valley

Jerusalem – Israel Thursday halted a controversial legislation to transfer 40,000 Arab Bedouins citizens from their villages, amidst mounting opposition... read more »

China asks Japan to halt provocation

China asks Japan to halt provocation

Beijing – China has asked Japan to immediately stop all of its provocative actions over the ownership of Diaoyu Islands. Reacting to a video clip on the... read more »

Why France is seeing an exodus of its Jews

In January 1992, I took my Uncle René to the Bastille. It was our last opportunity to go to the opera. René was about to join his daughter in Israel, ending three centuries of our... read more »

Children return to Army Public School in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Child survivors of Pakistan´s worst ever terrorist attack returned to the school on Monday, where Taliban militants massacred their classmates, with both the students and their... read more »

Vibrant Gujarat 2015: US looks to invest $41 bn in India over next 3-4 yrs

The US business delegation attending the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit will be looking at a potential investment target of around $41 billion in India in the next 3-4 years. This was... read more »

AirAsia flight data recorder retrieved near jet’s wrecked wing, second black box loc...

Indonesian navy divers on Monday retrieved the black box flight data recorder from an AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board, a government official... read more »

France fears more attacks, armed woman suspect at large

Key members of the French government will meet Saturday morning to decide on new measures aimed at thwarting a repeat of the attacks in Paris that culminated in a massacre of 12 people at a satirical... read more »