Recovery of bodies from South Korean ferry suspended
SEOUL: The operation to recover bodies from the ferry that sank off South Korea last month has been suspended due to heavy seas, a spokesman said on Saturday, amid concern that many of the missing may never be found. Seventeen days after the 6,825-tonne Sewol capsized and sank, 228 people have been... read more »
Assam violence: 12 arrested after another 9 bodies recovered; death toll ri...
Nine more bodies have been found in the Baksa district of Assam, after the last count of 22 given by the officials on Friday night. The police have arrested 12 people in Baksa and another 8 have been taken in for questioning in Kokrajhar. A curfew has been clamped in Assam’s Baksa and Kokrajhar... read more »
Modi is lying, was never friends with him, Ahmed Patel says
NEW DELHI: The controversy over Narendra Modi’s interview to Doordarshan intensified on Friday with Sonia Gandhi’s political aide Ahmed Patel refuting the BJP’s PM candidate’s claims of closeness between them, saying the remarks were “baseless” and “a... read more »
Chennai blast: Jaya gets territorial, won’t let centre join probe
In an inexplicable move, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has refused to let the National Investigation Agency (NIA) teams from the Centre as well as other Central agencies participate in the probe into the twin blasts at Chennai Central station. The Times Of India reported that the Union... read more »
My heart bleeds over these scenes: PM on Telangana protests in Parliament
New Delhi – The proposal to divide Andhra Pradesh and carve out a state of Telangana led to ugly and embarrassing scenes in Parliament today. “My heart bleeds to see what is... read more »
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal vs Mukesh Ambani: billionaire not mentioned in FIR on gas prices
New Delhi – A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ordered a criminal case to be filed against Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and Veerappa Moily over gas... read more »
Militants kill nine anti-Taliban militia in Pakistan
Peshawar – Pakistani police have said that militants have killed nine members of an anti-Taliban militia in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Police official Jamal Khan said some 25... read more »
Role of serendipity and Raghuram Rajan’s journey to Mint Street
Mumbai – He took over as governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barely six months ago, but Dr Raghuram Rajan confessed on Tuesday that he had expressed his desire to head the... read more »
Raj Thackeray detained during MNS agitation against toll collecti...
Mumbai – Raj Thackeray has been detained by the Mumbai Police as thousands of activists of his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or MNS are staging a raasta-roko across the state against toll... read more »
