Sonia Gandhi to host farewell dinner for Manmohan Singh today
Congress President Sonia Gandhi will host a farewell dinner for Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Wednesday. Dr. Singh on Tuesday bid his staff farewell, just days before he is scheduled to demit the office that he occupied for a decade. Thanking the staff in South Block, where the Prime... read more »
Turkey coal mine explosion: Death toll reaches 201, hundreds still trapped
Istanbul: At least 201 people were killed and hundreds more remained trapped underground after an explosion and fire in a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa, the energy minister said Wednesday. The toll came as rescue operations continued overnight following Tuesday’s... read more »
Former Israeli Premier to Serve 6 Years for Bribery
JERUSALEM — Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli prime minister, was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison by a judge who likened him to a “traitor” for taking bribes while mayor of Jerusalem in connection with the construction of a luxury housing development. Mr. Olmert, who on Tuesday vowed... read more »
Germany Renews Diplomatic Effort to Ease Ukraine Crisis
BERLIN — Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany arrived Tuesday in Kiev on Berlin’s latest diplomatic effort to defuse the crisis that has seized the eastern region of Ukraine after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March. The visit came as the battle lines seemed to harden... read more »
Should India allow ‘living will’ for right to die? Constitution bench to decid...
New Delhi – A five-judge Constitution bench will decide whether a “living will”, allowing people to choose death if they are terminally ill or may go into a vegetative... read more »
Meant social media, not journalism: Sushil Kumar Shinde after shocker on ‘crushing m...
Solapur – Last evening, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde served a shocker when he threatened to “crush” what he called “elements in the electronic media... read more »
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s visit to Aligarh Muslim University ...
Aligarh – Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was forced to call off his visit to the Aligarh Muslim University today after widespread protests on the campus by the... read more »
Commentary: How to get a job at Google
Mountain View, Calif. – Last June, in an interview with Adam Bryant of The New York Times, Laszlo Bock, the senior vice president of people operations for Google – i.e., the... read more »
A terror base in Rajasthan, a tie-up with Al Qaeda: Indian Mujahi...
New Delhi – The National Investigation Agency’s charge-sheet against Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal reveals that the terror outfit has set up a new base in Rajasthan and... read more »
