US whistleblower Snowden draws crowd with Twitter debut
dward Snowden has come in from the cold – on Twitter. Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked details about the US government’s massive surveillance programs, started a Twitter account on Tuesday from exile in Russia with a simple handle – @snowden. He... read more »
Ram Jethmalani questions RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s quota remarks, wri...
Expelled BJP MP Ram Jethmalani has raised questions over RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s views on reservation policy, saying these can be inferred as “an election bribe” to voters belonging to the upper castes in the Bihar elections. Jethmalani, a noted lawyer who was engaged as counsel... read more »
Destined to fail? Why Owaisi’s secular Muslim agenda may not work in ...
The debut of Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections — on 24 seats of the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region — has triggered an argument: that it would lead to a polarisation of votes on religious lines, which would ultimately... read more »
Modi-Abbas meet raises hope for captives’ kin
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said the leaders discussed the issue of Indians being held hostage in Iraq. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas in New York before leaving for India on Tuesday. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup... read more »
Police patrolling to CCTV cameras: Delhi govt starts witness protection programme, a first...
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Thursday decided to formulate a comprehensive policy for protecting witnesses, an official said on Thursday. Representational image. Image... read more »
Coal scam: Madhu Koda, eight others put on trial
Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, former coal secretary H C Gupta and seven others were today put on trial by a special court here in connection with a case pertaining to alleged... read more »
Pakistani Woman Crosses Over To Punjab Without Passport, Arrested
JALANDHAR: In a major security lapse, a Pakistani woman managed to cross the Attari border without a passport and other travel documents and travelled till Jalandhar in Punjab before being... read more »
Heavy floods in Odisha, lakhs affected
Sorrow grapples Odisha as lakhs of people in six of it’s districts are badly affected by flood, Jajpur district being one of the worst affected areas. A high alert has been issued... read more »
Modi govt is firm on rooting out terrorism from India: Rajnath Si...
New Delhi: Linking the Gurdaspur attack to Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the three terrorists had infiltrated from there to carry out the strike and asserted that the... read more »
