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Modi to visit Varanasi tomorrow for R...

Modi to visit Varanasi tomorrow for ‘Good Governance Day’

To mark the ‘Good Governance Day’ tomorrow, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi where he will attend a number of programmes on the occasion of the birthday of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He will visit Assi Ghat to inspect the... read more »

Delhi CM Mr. Kejriwal skips defamation case, court allows exemption plea
BJP lacks leadership in Delhi: Arvind Ke...

BJP lacks leadership in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on hit back at the BJP over lack of leadership and agenda in Delhi and said people are rejecting its ‘bhagoda’ (deserter) agenda. “In Delhi too, BJP going down. No agenda, no leadership, no direction. People rejecting its ‘bhagoda’... read more »

Maha Govt to Allow Online RTI Queries fr...

Maha Govt to Allow Online RTI Queries from New Year

From Murtuza Merchant Mumbai, Dec 24 (PTI) From the new year, people in Maharashtra will be able to seek information under RTI Act online. Aiming to simplify the process of filing Right to Information (RTI) queries and usher in transparency in the system, the Devendra Fadnavis government has... read more »

Assam violence: Death toll in Bodo milit...

Assam violence: Death toll in Bodo militant attack rises to 64

As many as 64 people have died in Tuesday’s attacks by Bodo tribal militants on mostly Christian adivasis along Assam’s border with Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh, officials said. Police said the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) faction carried out the attacks in... read more »

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Kejriwal cancels meet with Anna in Ralegan Siddhi due to ill health

‘I am deeply hurt by Anna Hazare’s accusations’...

New Delhi – Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that he was saddened by the release of a video footage in which Anna Hazare was seen purportedly questioning the use of... read more »

Prashant Bhushan apologises to Supreme Court

Prashant Bhushan apologises to Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took exception to counsel Prashant Bhushan’s comment that it was hesitant in taking action against Attorney-General... read more »

India has an intrinsic link in the world: Khurshid

India, US don't want ties to be spoilt by one incident: Khurshid

India provides intrinsic and important link between the developing and the developed world, and maintains a distinct relationships with the United States and... read more »

Campa Cola compound: Supreme Court sets May 31 deadline...

Campa Cola compound: Supreme Court sets May 31 deadline for residents to vacate

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the unauthorised flats owners at the Campa Cola Society in Mumbai to vacate the premises by May 31, 2014, as no specific... read more »

SC posts Pradeep Sharma’s case for final hearing ...

2G case: Accused have filed 1,029 pleas filed till date

The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted for final hearing on December 6 a petition filed by Gujarat IAS officer, Pradeep N. Sharma, seeking a CBI probe into the... read more »

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Drones are world's 'weapon of choice', says U.N. expert

Drones are world’s ‘weapon of choice’, says U.N...

Washington – A United Nations expert has said drones are the world’s ‘weapons of choice’. A special reporter on human rights and countering terrorism at the U.N., Ben... read more »

No confirmation on invitees for Syria conference: UN

UN: Syria on target to destroy chemical arms

Syria is on target to meet a looming deadline to destroy its chemical weapons production equipment, even though inspectors have yet to visit all... read more »

Young Saudis urged to avoid Syria war

Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh

Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority, the grand mufti Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh, has told young Saudis they should not go to Syria to fight in the... read more »

Former News International chief Rebekah Brooks on trial

Former News International chief Rebekah Brooks on trial

BEIJING – In London, the trial is under way of former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and others linked with alleged phone-hacking at... read more »

Australia upholds ban on China’s Huawei to bid fo...

Australia upholds ban on China's Huawei to bid for national high speed internet program

MELBOURNE – Australia on Tuesday maintained a ban issued by the previous labor government to bar China’s telecom company Huawei from bidding for... read more »

Ebola risk high for India: Expert

An infectious diseases and public health systems expert at Harvard Medical School has warned that the risk of India seeing an Ebola patient is “very, very high,” and predicted that... read more »

Political parties in Kerala gearing up for local elections

While the Congress that heads the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) will hit the roads from November 4 to energise party workers, the Left parties and the Bharatiya Party (BJP) are... read more »

Pakistani troops violate ceasefire twice along LoC, International Border

Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire twice by firing on forward posts along the LoC and International Border in Poonch and Jammu districts, drawing retaliation from the Army. There have... read more »

Canara Bank to raise Rs. 85 cr via share sale

MUMBAI, OCT 18:   Canara Bank said on Saturday that it will raise up to Rs. 85 crore ($13.85 million) through selling shares to institutional investors or a preferential issue. The bank... read more »

BJP dares Rahul to let Adarsh scam be probed

Modi govt misleading public on black money issue: Congress

New Delhi: Accusing the NDA government of misleading the public on the issue of black money, Congress on Saturday rejected Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s charge that a treaty signed with... read more »