‘Hasina government tackled mutiny, economy well’DHAKA - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government, which completed 100 days in office, has done well on managing the economy and in tackling the border guard troopers’ mutiny, a survey said Thursday. Modi owes apology to soldiers: ChidambaramAHMEDABAD - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi owes an apology to the armymen for his remarks that terrorists holed up in the Charar-e-Sharif shrine in Kashmir were fed by soldiers before they were allowed to escape, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Wednesday. Future of India lies with youth: Rahul GandhiKOCHI - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the future of India lies with the youth. Brother’s book raises questions on Pramod Mahajan’s characterMUMBAI - Pravin Mahajan, who is undergoing life imprisonment for murdering his brother and late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, has made serious allegations about Mahajan’s character in his book. Samajwadi Party manifesto not in sync with times: Priyanka GandhiAMETHI - Priyanka Gandhi, the daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sunday described the Samajwadi Party’s election promise to curb English medium education and the use of computers, as strange and not in sync with the times. Pakistan claims to arrest Indian planning terror attackISLAMABAD - The authorities claim to have arrested an Indian national and five Pakistanis who were said to be planning a terror attack on a police academy near the adjacent garrison town of Rawalpindi. Samajwadi Party promises better ties with PakistanLUCKNOW - Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who unveiled his party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls here Saturday, said the party will ensure that India has stronger ties with Pakistan and Bangladesh if a government is formed with its support. Good Friday celebrated all over IndiaNew Delhi/Mumbai,MAHARASHTRA/KOCHI - Devout Christians and others marked Good Friday in various parts of India. Punjab border village residents feel fetteredMUHAR JAMSHER - Villagers in Muhar Jamsher in Punjab are facing difficulties on account of restrictions on their movement, due to the strategic location of the village. ‘We won’t push India for resuming talks with Pak’, says HolbrookeNEW DELHI - President Barack Obama’s Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, clarified on Wednesday that he would not press India for resuming peace talks with Pakistan. Archaeologists claim to have discovered palace of Genghis Khan in MongoliaWASHINGTON - A team of archaeologists has claimed to have located the palace of the famous Genghis Khan, among ruins in Khara Khorum, the capital of the notorious conqueror, in Mongolia. Italy quake death toll rises to 228L’AQUILA - The death toll of the powerful earthquake that struck central Italy early Monday had climbed to 228 by Tuesday evening, while at least one person was killed when a strong aftershock hit the area, reports said. I am here for a long innings, Azhar tells Moradabad votersMORADABAD - Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin Tuesday started a new innings, as the Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha constituency of Moradabad, as he promised people he was here for a ‘long innings’. The Cremica group making waves in food service industryLUDHIANA - Established in 1978 as a small enterprise by Mrs. Bector, a housewife and passionate food enthusiast, the Cremica Group is today a widely diversified food products company engaged in food retailing and food services industry. Prosecutorial team in Anand Jon case may have committed perjuryLOS ANGELES - Each testimony in the latest hearing on prosecutorial misconduct in Anand Jon case was contradictory, fuelling claims that the Indian fashion designer has been a victim of unfair trial. Meet the ‘Queen of Clean’ who can banish any grimeMELBOURNE - By using age-old household remedies for stubborn stains, Australia’s Shannon Lush has become the best-selling author with her book ‘Spotless’ and is being referred to as the ‘Queen of Clean’. Pakistani Taliban defends flogging, says Sharia permits itISLAMABAD - Ignoring the widespread shock evoked by the scenes of a young woman being publicly flogged, the Pakistani Taliban said Saturday that the punishment meted out was just and no one would be allowed to interfere with Sharia laws. Raise your voices against Swat flogging: Pakistani newspaperISLAMABAD - ‘Raise your voices loud in protest,’ an editorial in a leading Pakistani daily urged Saturday, a day after a shocked nation watched a video of a 17-year-old girl being flogged by the Taliban in the Swat Valley over an alleged illicit relationship. Levi Johnston says Sarah Palin knew he, Bristol were having sexWASHINGTON - Bristol Palin’s former fiancé and babydaddy Levi Johnston has revealed that Sarah Palin knew he and her daughter were having sex when they lived under her roof. Titan’s squashed shape hints at vast reserves of liquid methane beneath its surfaceLONDON - A new study has suggested that Saturn’s moon Titan is surprisingly non-spherical, and is squashed at its poles, suggesting it may hide vast reserves of liquid methane beneath its surface. Militants take over emerald mine in PakistanISLAMABAD - Taliban militants have taken control of an emerald mine in Pakistan’s troubled North-West Frontier Province and started extraction, a news report said Thursday. ‘Prisoner 650 at Guantanamo was indeed Pak terror suspect Dr Aafia’LONDON - Former terrors suspect Binyam Mohamed in a testimony has said that he witnessed Pakistani neuroscientist Dr Aafiya Siddiqui during her detention at the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, contradicting the official position forwarded by the US Government that she and her children were not in American custody prior to July 2008 Rafa Benitez says Liverpool will not be derailed by World Cup breakLONDON - Liverpool FC coach Rafa Benitez has warned Manchester United that The Anfield chief is convinced the fortnight gap will have no bearing on his rampant Reds’ hopes of catching United. Can ‘Brand Raman’ work again for BJP in Chhattisgarh?RAIPUR - The Lok Sabha polls in Chhattisgarh may prove to be an acid test for Chief Minister Raman Singh, who was widely credited for the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) victory in the assembly elections last year. Afghan mayor among 35 killed in latest violenceKABUL - An Afghan provincial mayor was killed in a roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan, while 34 suspected Taliban militants were killed in separate clashes and blasts elsewhere in the country, officials said Tuesday. Tennis star Hewitt, spouse launch legal action against Oz magazineMELBOURNE - Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt and his wife Bec have started legal action against the New Idea magazine after it claimed the actress was seeing another man - who in reality was her brother. Subsurface ice on Mars exposed by recent impact cratersLONDON - The HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has observed some small, freshly gouged craters in images taken in 2008, which in turn have exposed hidden subsurface ice on the Red Planet. Poets, polls and politiciansNEW DELHI - Poets suddenly find themselves in great demand in Lucknow, a city known for its culture of Urdu ’shayari’. And the reason lies not in a spurt in literary activity but in the Lok Sabha polls. AfPak riddle: India hopes for more US pressure on PakistanNEW DELHI - The US’ new policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan has revived cautious hopes in India that Washington will be vigilant against the misuse of aid and exert greater pressure on Islamabad to dismantle the Taliban and Al Qaeda, sections of whom are linked to anti-India terror activities. Fighter jet crashes in USWASHINGTON - An F-22A fighter jet crashed in California while on a test flight Wednesday, the US Air Force confirmed. The status of the pilot was unclear. |
Topics
Poll Loading ...Latest TweetsLies
Latest Friend FeedsLies
|
