Bank of America Expected to Settle Huge Mortgage Case for $16.65 Billion
The Justice Department is poised to announce a $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America over accusations that it duped investors into buying toxic mortgage securities, say people briefed on the matter — the single largest government settlement by a company in American history. Yet even as... read more »
Clashes Erupt as Liberia Sets an Ebola Quarantine
MONROVIA, Liberia — Soldiers and police officers in riot gear blocked the roads. Even the waterfront was cordoned off, with the coast guard stopping residents from setting out in canoes. The entire neighborhood, a sprawling slum with tens of thousands of people, awoke Wednesday morning to find... read more »
Congress CMs wary of sharing dais with PM Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI: Shaken by the booing of their Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday, Congress chief ministers are wary of sharing the dais with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in election-bound states, fearing that BJP would use these events to embarrass them by orchestrating... read more »
Tit-for-tat with Pakistan: Game theory suggests what Modi did was right
There was never any good reason for India to engage with Pakistan in the first place, because it is well-known that that country is only defined as “not-India”, and its army needs the raison d’etre of India-hatred to justify its existence. Many years ago, I pointed out in another article,... read more »
Kolkata’s American Center Attack: Supreme Court Commutes Death Sentence of Two Convi...
Kolkata – Two men convicted for the 2002 attack on the American Center in Kolkata won’t hang, the Supreme Court ruled today. While commuting their death sentence, the court... read more »
Arvind Kejriwal Apologises For Delhi Exit, Says Polls Inevitable
New Delhi – Arvind Kejriwal, the chief of the Aam Aadmi Party, today said he had debated forming a government in Delhi again but realized that there was no option but fresh polls.... read more »
Foreign Media on Narendra Modi’s Emotional Speech
New Delhi – Narendra Modi, the son of a provincial tea seller, was overcome by emotion on Tuesday after members of his political group, the Bharatiya Janata Party, endorsed him as... read more »
Modi appointed PM, swearing-in on May 26
Narendra Modi, who steered the BJP and the NDA to a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, was on Tuesday appointed Prime Minister. “I came to call on the President. The President... read more »
People voted for their hope, aspiration : Modi
Elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party, Narendra Modi on Tuesday declared that the Lok Sabha election results represent a new hope for the common man, and dedicated his government for the... read more »
