Narendra Modi Government Takes Steps To Control Inflation
New Delhi – The new government led by Narendra Modi on Tuesday imposed export restrictions on certain farm commodities and ordered a crackdown on hoarding to control rising food prices, a day after wholesale price inflation hit a five-month high. A jump in prices of potatoes and onions last... read more »
BJP Leader Yashwant Sinha Agrees to Bail, Will Leave Jail Soon
Hazaribagh – Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha will be released this evening from jail in Jharkhand, the result of his agreeing to pay bail, a move he had resisted for several days. Mr Sinha, 76, was arrested a fortnight ago for inciting a group of BJP workers to tie up an Electricity Board... read more »
40 Indians missing in Iraq, kidnapping feared
Indian officials in Baghdad lost contact with about 40 Indian construction workers in Mosul, and fear many of them have been kidnapped, sources confirm. The group of workers, some from Punjab were working on a government construction project in Mosul, that was over-run by ISIS militants last... read more »
LK Advani to Meet Yashwant Sinha in Jharkhand Jail
Hazaribagh – BJP veteran LK Advani will today meet party leader Yashwant Sinha, who has been in a Jharkhand jail for 15 days. Mr Sinha will spend another 11 days in jail in Hazaribagh, the constituency which he represented in Parliament and which elected his son in the recent national... read more »
Korea ferry accused get court-appointed lawyer
The captain and two crew of a South Korean ferry that sank last week have a state appointed attorney to represent them as they face charges of negligence relating to the deaths of hundreds... read more »
Arvind Kejriwal beats Narendra Modi to win TIME magazine’s online poll
Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal has won the readers’ poll for the 2014 TIME 100, TIME’s annual list of people who influenced the world this past year for better or worse. As the... read more »
U.S. seeks arrest of Congress MP
The U.S. on Wednesday approached India for the arrest of Congress Rajya Sabha member K.V. P. Ramachandra Rao, who has been indicted by a U.S. Federal Jury on charges of receiving bribes of... read more »
Regional parties will back Congress
Regional leaders like Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and her West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee will prefer to go with a Congress-supported government and not with BJP leader... read more »
In Tamil Nadu, a daddy, lady and Modi in final election speeches
Chennai – References to “daddy” and a “lady” in political speeches added a twist of humour to the final round of campaigning in Tamil Nadu, where polling for the... read more »
