Quantcast
Channel: The Asian Age
Browsing all 10566 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Vice-Adm. Shekhar Sinha, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval...

Vice-Adm. Shekhar Sinha, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, lays a wreath at the coffinsVice-Adm. Shekhar Sinha, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command, lays a...

View Article


BJP cadres resent influx of ‘outsiders’

The BJP cadres in Uttar Pradesh have started voicing their resentment openly over the influx of leaders from other parties on the eve of elections. The workers at the grassroot level feel that if the...

View Article


BJP tries to rope in Raja Bhaiyya

After attempting to get the caste equation right in Bihar in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is learnt to have opened a back channel with controversial Thakur leader Raghupratap Singh,...

View Article

Left list for LS likely on March 5

The names of Left Front candidates are likely to be announced on March 5. Sources said 50 per cent of the Left Front candidates are going to be new faces. The CPI(M) politburo members Biman Bose and...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

VK joins BJP, calls it nationalist

Actress Rakhi Sawant, quite literally, stole the thunder from former Army Chief General V.K. Singh (Retd) at the BJP headquarters on Saturday where he had come to formally join the saffron party. Ms...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

VK joins BJP, calls it nationalist

Actress Rakhi Sawant, quite literally, stole the thunder from former Army Chief General V.K. Singh (Retd) at the BJP headquarters on Saturday where he had come to formally join the saffron party. Ms...

View Article

5 Indians among 11 foreigners killed in blast in Qatar

Five Indians were among 11 expatriates killed in a deadly blast at a Turkish restaurant here in Qatar’s capital. The blast tore through the Turkish restaurant, which is attached to a mall in Doha and...

View Article

Beleaguered Lalu in ‘last’ plea to Sonia to save pact

Despair and defiance marked the RJD’s latest approach on Sunday to the vexed alliance talks with the Congress as RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav made a last-ditch appeal to Congress president Sonia Gandhi...

View Article


Ukraine mobilises for war

Ukraine mobilised for war on Sunday and Washington threatened to isolate Russia economically, after President Vladimir Putin declared he had the right to invade his neighbour, creating Moscow’s biggest...

View Article


CBI to investigate bribery claims in Rolls-Royce deal

Another alleged defence scam has now hit the Indian defence establishment, with defence minister A.K. Antony ordering a CBI probe into allegations of bribery in a deal worth thousands of crores for...

View Article

Elections likely in 6-7 phases from mid-Apr

The 2014 general election will in all probability begin in the second week of April and could be spread over seven phases. The 2009 polls were held in five phases from April 16 to May 13. Highly-placed...

View Article

Kejriwal to fight poll in Varanasi if Modi there

AAP leader and former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal could contest the Lok Sabha polls against BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi if the latter chooses to stand in Varanasi. “We are convincing him to take on...

View Article

Mulayam attacks BJP for ‘apology’ on riots

Samajwadi boss Mulayam Singh Yadav attacked the BJP on Sunday for offering an apology to Muslims after overseeing their massacre in the 2002 Gujarat riots. “Pehle qatl-e-aam kiya ab maafi maang rahe...

View Article


Modi targets ‘Netaji’:

BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi mounted a blistering attack on UP’s ruling Samajwadi Party here on Sunday, but avoided any direct criticism of Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party. He did not make any mention...

View Article

No to ordinances for anti-graft bills

With the government unable to convince President Pranab Mukherjee, the Union Cabinet, at its special meeting on Sunday evening chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, avoided taking a decision on...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

BATTLEGROUND U.P. HEATING UP

BATTLEGROUND U.P. HEATING UPBJP PM candidate Narendra Modi during his “Vijay ” rally in on Sunday. — PTI

View Article

Govt making efforts to put Lokpal body on fast track

Though the government may have failed to bring in ordinances on anti-corruption laws, it is keen to send out a strong signal on its intent to curb corruption and is going ahead with shortlisting...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Force to be last resort: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia would only use military force in Ukraine as a last resort, in remarks apparently intended to ease East-West tension over fears of war in the...

View Article

India hits back over US charges on IPR

India on Tuesday dismissed US allegations on its intellectual property regime, saying its laws were fully compliant with international agreements. Commerce minister Anand Sharma’s remarks coincide with...

View Article

June 2 fixed as formation day for Telangana

The Centre has fixed June 2 as the formation day for Telangana, the country’s 29th state. The Union home ministry is issuing a formal notification late Tuesday night announcing June 2 as the “appointed...

View Article
Browsing all 10566 articles
Browse latest View live