Six Minutes into Ceasefire, Airstrike in Gaza Kills 8-Year-Old
Gaza City / Palestinian Territories – A child was killed and 30 people wounded in a strike on a refugee camp in Gaza City on Monday just minutes into an Israeli-declared truce, medics said. Witnesses and several AFP correspondents based at a nearby hotel, reported hearing the whistle of a... read more »
MHA seeks more info from CBI on Ishrat fake encounter case
IndiaVision – The Union Home Ministry has sought additional information from CBI in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter killing case to take a call on the agency’s plea for sanction to prosecute four Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials, including its former Special Director Rajinder Kumar, in the... read more »
English Out. Government Gives In on Civil Services Exam (CSAT-II)
IndiaVision – English marks in CSAT-II will not be included for gradation or merit and 2011 candidates may get a second chance to appear for the test next year, the government announced in the Lok Sabha on Monday seeking to defuse the UPSC row that has seen the aspirants on the... read more »
Senate blocks aid to Israel
In the end, the Senate couldn’t even agree to deliver emergency aid to one of the United States’ closest allies. A last-ditch effort to deliver aid to Israel during its war with Hamas died on the Senate floor, as Republicans blocked the proposal over concerns that it would increase the... read more »
Gadkari defamation case: Court says bury the hatchet, Kejriwal refuses to withdraw stateme...
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari both appeared in court on Friday in connection with the defamation case filed against the AAP chief. This... read more »
Activist-turned-politician Anjali Damania quits AAP
Mumbai – Activist-turned-politician Anjali Damania, Aam Aadmi Party’s senior leader from Maharashtra, has quit the party, officials said here on Thursday. “Dear... read more »
PM Narendra Modi Meets Top Bureaucrats, Asks Them Make Government People-Friendly
New Delhi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met the secretaries of all the government departments collectively and said that he was accessible to all officers. He encouraged... read more »
Woman Bus Conductor Beaten, Stripped by Male Passenger Near Mumbai
Dombivli, Thane – A woman conductor on a state transport bus was dragged out of the vehicle, stripped and beaten by a male passenger on the outskirts of Mumbai this morning, police... read more »
Obama suspends Iran oil sanctions for six months
With Iran complying with its commitment on a controversial nuclear weapons programme, US President Barack Obama has suspended his action on Iranian oil sanctions for the next six months. Even though... read more »
