On Naidu’s Wish List for Modi, Special Category Status for Seemandhra
When Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the capital tomorrow, he will carry with him a list of demands. Topping that wish list, said sources, is the fulfillment of the Centre’s promise that special category status will be granted to the... read more »
UP: Third Accused Arrested in Alleged Gang-Rape of Two Sisters Who Were Han...
Badaun / UP – On more accused has been arrested from Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district in connection with the alleged gang-rape of two teenage sisters who were assaulted and then hanged from a tree in their village. Two of her alleged attackers were arrested yesterday. One is still on... read more »
Congress Suspends Kerala Leader Who Called Rahul Gandhi ‘Joker’
Kochi – Former Kerala minister TH Mustafa, who had demanded Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s ouster for leading their party to its worst-ever performance, and handing over the reins of the party to his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, has been suspended by the state Congress... read more »
100 days : Modi’s first deadline to team
Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the tone of his administration at the second meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday, asking all ministers to chart a course of action for the first 100 days. He said he would meet all ministers and department secretaries individually for ideas and feedback. Mr. Modi... read more »
Five dead as magnitude-8.2 earthquake hits northern Chile
Santiago – A powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake struck off northern Chile on Tuesday night, setting off a small tsunami that forced evacuations along the country’s entire... read more »
Australia to deploy flying air traffic controller
Australia will deploy a modified Boeing 737 to act as a flying air traffic controller over the Indian Ocean to prevent a mid-air collision among the aircraft searching for the Malaysia... read more »
Musharraf’s plea to leave country for treatment abroad dismissed
The special court trying former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Monday dismissed his both petitions seeking permission to leave the country to see his ailing mother in Sharjah and... read more »
Terrorist Devinderpal Singh Bhullar will not hang, says Supreme Court
New Delhi – A man convicted for a bomb blast in Delhi in which nine people were killed in 1993 will not hang, the Supreme Court said. Devinderpal Singh Bhullar was convicted in 1993;... read more »
Kerry calls for pullback of Russian troops from Ukraine border
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that Russia must pull back its troops from the Ukrainian border to deescalate the tension following Crimea’s... read more »
