Jitan Ram Manjhi resigns as Bihar CM, alleges he and his MLAs got death thr...
Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned on Friday ahead of a crucial trust vote in the assembly in which he was expected to face a certain defeat. Manjhi met governor Keshari Nath Tripathi an hour before the start of assembly proceedings and tendered his resignation. Later addressing a... read more »
Make in India: PM Modi vows to double output of defence manufacturing
NEW DELHI: Prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday made a strong pitch for military indigenisation, saying that the country’s defence industry was at the core of his ‘Make in India’ mission. Inaugurating Aero India 2015 in Bengaluru, the prime minister said his government did... read more »
Countering violent extremism depends on Muslim support: Obama
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on American Muslim communities to do more to counter what he called “violent extremism,” speaking at a three-day White House summit on the issue. Critics have accused the White House of shying away from tying extremism to the religion of... read more »
Bihar Crisis: BJP Likely to Support Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi During ...
PATNA: The BJP is expected to give its Bihar unit the go-ahead to support chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi in a trust vote that he will seek in the state assembly tomorrow, sources have said. A formal BJP decision is expected after a meeting at 6 pm today. At a closed door party meeting yesterday,... read more »
Cabinet reshuffle: Technocrats in Team Modi for reforms push
In the coming months, the government has promised to move on big-ticket issues such as land acquisition, infrastructure, skill development and also to step up growth in industry and... read more »
Fate of Isis leader remains unclear after US airstrike in Iraq
Officials in Baghdad and Washington remained unclear on Sunday about the fate of the Islamic State (Isis) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after a key aide was killed in a US air strike near... read more »
As it happened: Modi nominates Akhilesh, 8 others for Clean India drive
Honoured to be nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Swachhta Abhiyaan, will take up the endeavour as soon as I’m in Uttar Pradesh after ODI series, Suresh Raina... read more »
Gaza Explosions Hit Senior Fatah Members’ Homes
TEL AVIV—Unidentified militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip bombed the homes of top officials of the Fatah movement on Friday, rekindling political tensions between the Palestinians’... read more »
Typhoon Haiyan: Million Still Homeless A Year On
A million people made homeless by Typhoon Haiyan are still living in tents and makeshift huts a year after 170mph winds devastated parts of the Philippines. Oxfam says they are “dangerously... read more »
