BRICS bank opens cooperation opportunities with South America: Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the establishment of the BRICS development bank opens up newer opportunities of cooperation with nations of South America."Our discussions today should throw up...
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Chemical-laced industrial waste plagues the Ganges, can Modi govt clean it?
Standing on the banks of the river Ganges a day after his election triumph, Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to succeed where numerous governments have failed: by cleaning up the filthy waterway...
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Indian High Commission in Pakistan not aware of Vaidik-Hafiz Saeed meet:...
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Photo: PTIIndian High Commission in Pakistan was not aware of journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik's meeting with JuD chief Hafiz Saeed and there was no question of...
View ArticleUndecided on Cauvery Board: Goverment
Asserting that Cauvery Management Board has not yet been constituted, the BJP government on Thursday said there was a need to “meticulously” consider the matter from all angles before taking a final...
View ArticleGoverment duty to protect gay rights: Harsh Vardhan
Contrary to his party’s stand, the Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said that it was the government’s responsibility to protect the rights of the LGBT community. “It is government’s...
View ArticleLiteracy rate rose 8.2% 2001-11
First the good news: the literacy rate in the country has shown an increase of 8.2 per cent during the decade 2001-2011, with Kerala recording the highest and Bihar having the lowest literacy rate....
View ArticleUproar over Gaza debate, Rajya Sabha adjourned
Rajya Sabha proceedings got disrupted over debate on Gaza situation for the second consecutive day on Thursday as the Opposition led by Congress kept insisting on an immediate discussion on Gaza...
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‘3 river-interlinking projects identified’
Water resources minister Uma Bharti speaks in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. — PTIThe government informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday that it has identified three projects for interlinking of rivers. At the...
View ArticleIraq could trigger Shia-Sunni clashes in India: IB
Amid reports that some Indian youths may have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) in its battle against the Nouri al-Maliki government in Baghdad, the Intelligence Bureau has warned the...
View ArticleArmy seeks full control of roads on China border
Worried over the rapid pace of Chinese border infrastructure development, the Indian Army which is unhappy at the slow pace of construction of roads on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control has...
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Rane to quit as Maharashtra minister
Narayan Rane will resign from the post of Industry minister Maharashtra industry minister Narayan Rane will resign on Monday, increasing the Congress’s woes as the party is yet to recover from its Lok...
View ArticleMission didn’t know about Vaidik-Hafiz meet: Sushma Swaraj
The government informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday that the Indian high commission in Islamabad had no information about the meeting of journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik with JuD chief Hafiz Saeed.The...
View ArticleNo scrapping of FDI in multi-brand retail
The BJP-led NDA government may not scrap FDI in multi-brand retail as it had earlier signalled it would, as this could send a negative signal to investors. Instead, the Centre could restrict FDI in...
View ArticleSubramanium is CJI’s choice to try coal cases
Senior lawyer Gopal Subramanium, whose name was left out by the Centre for elevation as Supreme Court judge, on Friday emerged as the first choice of Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha to try the high...
View ArticleIndia, Pakistan foreign secretaries in touch for meet: Abdul Basit
Just a few days after India indicated that an early meeting between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan is unlikely, Pakistan said that the two sides are in touch for a meeting between...
View ArticleOrissa’s top Maoist leader Sabyasachi held
Sabyasachi Panda’s crime list, among others, inclu-des the R. Udayagiri jailbreak and attack on R. Udayagiri pol-ice station in 2006 In major breakthrough, the Orissa police has arrested state’s top...
View ArticleUttar pradesh rape as brutal as Dec. 16 case?
The state government has suspended inspector Qamruddin and sub-inspector M.L. Varma for negligence in the brutal rape and murder of a young woman in Mohanlalganj, near the venue that was visited by...
View ArticleGirl sexually exploited by principal
A Class 8 schoolgirl in a government school in Bihar was not only sexually exploited and impregnated by the school’s headmaster but also offered money in order to keep quiet and go for an abortion,...
View ArticleCBI chief seeks FS help on paedophile
Peeved with the non-cooperation of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the extradition case of British national Raymond Andrew Varley, accused of being a part of an international paedophile ring and...
View ArticleChar Dham yatra is suspended
Warning of heavy rains in Uttarakhand today, tomorrow With the met department warning of heavy showers at various places in Uttarakhand on Friday and major rivers in spate, the Char Dham yatra has been...
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