President Pranab Mukherjee to embark tomorrow on three-day visit to West Bengal

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee will leave tomorrow for a three-day visit of West Bengal where he will attend the valedictory function of 150th anniversary celebrations of the Calcutta high court.Mukherjee will launch the 'Bichitra' ( Tagore Online...

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BJP spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain hospitalized

PATNA: BJP national spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain has been admitted to a hospital here after he complained of chest pain.Hussain complained of chest pain last night following which he was taken to a private hospital here, Bihar BJP President Mangal Pandey...

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20 killed in sectarian violence in central Nigeria: aid worker

KANO: At least 20 people were killed in violent clashes between Christian and Muslim mobs in central Nigeria's Taraba state on Friday, prompting a round-the-clock curfew, an aid worker has told AFP."We have recovered 20 bodies from the violence so far,"...

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Pakistani inmate's attacker sent to 7-day police custody

JAMMU: Vinod Kumar, who had allegedly attacked and critically injured a Pakistani prisoner in Kot Balwal jail here, was remanded to seven days police custody.The forest court has remanded prisoner Vinod Kumar to seven days police custody in connection...

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Chola period Buddha statue found by archeologists near Nagapattinam

NAGAPATTINAM: An ancient stone statue of Lord Buddha containing inscriptions believed to be dating back to 11th or 12th century during the later Chola period has been found by a group of archaeologists and historians at a village in the district.The...

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Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh kicks off free laptop distribution project

RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh chief minister, Dr Raman Singh, on Friday kicked off state government's ambitious project of distributing free laptop to over one lakh students under the Chhattisgarh Yuva Sochna Kranti by personally handing over the machines...

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TMC-backed unions perform poorly in railway union polls

KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress-backed unions have failed to put up an impressive performance in the railway union elections in West Bengal, finishing overall third in the three zones.Contesting for the first time, the TMC-backed union captured 11.65 per...

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Tamil Nadu government moves HC to cancel bail Ramadoss' bail

CHENNAI: Moments after a Villupuram court granted bail to the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder-leader Dr S Ramadoss, the Tamil Nadu government moved the Madras high court to get the relief cancelled. On Friday morning, when vacation judge Justice...

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People from Kerala corner glory in civil service examinations

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For the first time since 1991, a Keralite has come first in the civil services examinations while the second and fourth positions have also been bagged by people from the state.Haritha V Kumar secured the first rank in the joint examinations.V...

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BJP demands compensation of Rs 25L to family of Chamel

JAMMU: BJP today demanded compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the family of Indian prisoner Chamel Singh who was attacked and beaten to death by inmates in a Pakistani jail and said, he should be granted the status of a martyr. "A compensation of Rs 25 lakh...

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Sikh group offers $1 million for Sajjan Kumar's conviction

NEW YORK, A US based Sikh rights group has announced a million-dollar reward for those individuals whose testimony and evidence may result in the conviction of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar.The reward will be given to those individuals who will come forward...

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Pak court allows police to interrogate Musharraf in Akbar Bugti case

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Thursday allowed police officials to interrogate former President Pervez Musharraf over the killing of Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti in a 2006 military operation.Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman of...

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Somalia famine killed 258,000, half of them young children: Report

NAIROBI: Almost 260,000 people, half of them young children, died of hunger during the last famine in Somalia, according to a UN report on Thursday which admitted the world body should have done more to prevent the tragedy. The toll is much higher than...

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No one to head UP government as CM, ministers away on foreign trip

LUCKNOW: Who is the political boss in Uttar Pradesh these days? While Akhilesh Yadav has extended his foreign trip and has gone to London, his senior cabinet colleagues, urban development minister Azam Khan and public works department (PWD) minister...

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Asian Development Bank to finance construction of India-Myanmar road

SILCHAR (ASSAM): Asian Development Bank would finance the construction of the 417km long Indo-Myanmar Road connecting Moore in Myanmar with Sutarkandi in Karimganj bordering Bangladesh.The first phase of the road, to be laid under ADB's 'Proposed Road...

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Current account deficit to come down to 2.5% of GDP in 2-3 years: Montek

The author has posted comments on this articlePTI | May 1, 2013, 01.27PM IST NEW DELHI: Plan panel deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today expressed confidence that the current account deficit will come down to 2.5 per cent of GDP in the...

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Three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan

LONDON: Three British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday when their vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device, the ministry of defence (MoD) in London said on Wednesday.The attack took place during a routine patrol in Nahr-e Saraj...

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Car bomb in Baghdad Shiite suburb kills 4

BAGHDAD: Iraqi officials say a car bomb in a Shiite suburb of Baghdad has killed four people and wounded 12 others.Two police officers say the parked car bomb went off early morning today in Hussainya and killed four civilians.They added that 12 others,...

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Questions in South Africa after Zuma's rich friends use military base

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's military faced questions on Wednesday over how a rich Indian family close to President Jacob Zuma was able to use a restricted military base to fly in VIP guests for a lavish society wedding.An Airbus chartered by the Gupta...

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Delhi gang rape: HC rejects bus owner's bail plea in cheating case

NEW DELHI: Delhi high court today dismissed the bail plea of Dinesh Yadav, owner of the bus in which the horrific December 16 gang rape incident took place, in a case of cheating and forgery for allegedly submitting false information to get transport...

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Pak investigators to quiz Rehman Malik in Benazir Bhutto killing case

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani investigators probing the 2007 assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto have decided to quiz Rehman Malik after being told by Pervez Musharraf that the former interior minister had decided details of her security on the day...

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2G report: Chacko ready for amendments in form of dissent notes

NEW DELHI: Amid demands by opposition members for the outright rejection of the draft report on 2G, JPC chairman P C Chacko on Monday said he was ready to take their amendments in the form of dissent notes but would not change the text of the documents."I...

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Pro-Khalistan group's proximity to US lawmakers raises concern

WASHINGTON: A marginalised Sikh group, which in the past had known supporters of Khalistan, have once again gained access to the powerful corridors of the Capitol Hill, raising concerns for India - this time piggybacking on the issue of hate crime that...

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Chinese join rush to live in Mars, 600 apply for Dutch project

BEIJING: Over 600 Chinese have applied to join an ambitious Dutch aerospace project that plans to send humans on a one-way trip to Mars for permanent settlement.The Dutch project, while triggering enthusiasm to explore outer space, is also under fire...

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7,121 Indian soldiers deployed in UN missions: Antony

NEW DELHI: A total of 7,121 Indian soldiers have been deployed in the UN missions and 18 troops have been killed in various operations there since 2010, defence minister A K Antony informed the Lok Sabha today.In a written reply, he provided the details...

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