Indian Leader Invites Pakistani Premier to Swearing-In
New Delhi – India’s incoming prime minister, Narendra Modi, on Wednesday invited his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, to attend his swearing-in ceremony next week, an unusual gesture that has inspired hopes that the change in government will lead to improved relations between the... read more »
Regional players likely to align in Lok Sabha
In an attempt at isolating the Congress and denying it the principal opposition space, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Trinamool Congress and the Biju Janata Dal have begun talks for floor coordination in the new Lok Sabha. The three parties, commanding 91 seats (AIADMK: 37 in... read more »
California kidnap victim found 10 years after kidnapping
A woman who disappeared as a teenager a decade ago was reunited with her family after she went to police and told them her mother’s ex-boyfriend drugged and kidnapped her in 2004, forced her to marry him and fathered her child. Isidro Garcia, 41, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping for rape,... read more »
Blast rocks capital of China’s Xinjiang region
Powerful explosions rocked a crowded open market in the provincial capital of China’s Muslim-majority Xinjiang region on Thursday morning, leaving an unknown number of people killed and injured. Authorities were working to establish the number of casualties, officials said an hour after the... read more »
Tarun Tejpal misses mother’s cremation despite being granted bail
Panaji: Tehelka’s founder-editor Tarun Tejpal failed to attend his mother’s cremation despite being granted three-weeks interim bail on Monday by the Supreme Court, apparently... read more »
Sahara offers to sell iconic hotels to repay investors
Sahara Group on Monday offered to sell its luxurious hotels in London and New York to comply with a Supreme Court (SC) order to repay investors, in its latest bid to have its chief released... read more »
Suspense ends: Nitish steps down, SC/ST minister Jitan Ram Manjhi is new Bihar CM
Nitish Kumar, 62 stepped down as the chief minister of Bihar after a successful eight-and-a-half year stint on Monday. Jitan Ram Manjhi, legislator from Makhdumpur in Jehanabad district of... read more »
17 killed as bus plunges into gorge on Jammu-Srinagar highway
Seventeen commuters died and 32 others were injured when a Srinagar-bound 48-seater bus skidded off the road and rolled down the slope into a 300 feet deep rivulet near Digdol on... read more »
Why egoistic Nitish cheated Bihar by making Manjhi CM
Nitish Kumar is now former chief minister of Bihar. But in his own estimation he has elevated his stature to that of a puppeteer. In Jitan Ram Manjhi he will install his man as the new chief minister... read more »
