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Monthly News May 2014

‘Judge Me By My Work’: Smrit...

‘Judge Me By My Work’: Smriti Irani’s First Response To C...

New Delhi – Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani has sought to settle the controversy over her educational qualifications by requesting her critics to ” judge me by my work.” Ms Irani said on Thursday morning, “Extraneous circumstances have been created to... read more »

Modi’s top 10 priorities likely to be re...

Modi’s top 10 priorities likely to be revealed today: Misra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s top 10 priorities for the country are likely to be revealed on Thursday, said Nripendra Misra, in an interview to The Hindu Businessline after taking over as Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). “These, in Mr. Modi’s characteristic style,... read more »

Telangana bandh hits normal life

Telangana bandh hits normal life

The day-long shutdown called by TRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday protesting the Centre’s ordinance to hand over 200 villages of Telangana to Andhra Pradesh for Polavaram irrigation project, affected normal life. Buses of state-owned Road Transport Corporation (RTC) went off the... read more »

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Iran denies Facebook CEO summoned to cou...

Iran denies Facebook CEO summoned to court

TEHRAN: An Iranian prosecutor has denied reports that a local judge ordered Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear in court to answer complaints by individuals who say Facebook-owned applications Instagram and Whatsapp violate their privacy. Official news agency IRNA quotes Shiraz... read more »

Education Minister Smriti Irani ‘Not Even Graduate!’

New Delhi – Congress leader Ajay Maken has touched off a political storm with a series of tweets deriding the new Narendra Modi cabinet. In one of them, he questioned the educational... read more »

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants more devolution in Sri Lanka

Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa hard, asking for him to deliver on his promises to devolve wide powers to the country’s Tamil-majority regions... read more »

US applauds Modi-Sharif meeting, says ‘cautiously hopeful’

The United States has applauded the meeting between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif, as senior administration officials said they were... read more »

This Diet Reduces Weight and Controls Cholesterol

What could be better than an all-in-one weight loss diet? A recent study at St. Michael’s Hospital showed that a modified Atkins diet, called “Eco-Atkins” diet, can be... read more »

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian spend honeymoon in Ireland

Celebrity TV star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West have flown into Ireland for a secret honeymoon after their Italian wedding. The couple – known as Kimye – married in Florence,... read more »