More than 60 women, girls abducted in Nigeria: local official
Suspected Boko Haram militants have abducted more than 60 women and young girls in restive northeast Nigeria, a local official and a vigilante leader said today. The group was kidnapped in the last week during a Boko Haram attack on Kummabza village in the Damboa district of Borno state, which... read more »
DU crisis: A course that has gone awry
The VC’s resignation further deepens uncertainty over the admission process that involves the fate of over 2.7 lakh students Delhi University Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh resigned on Tuesday apparently in protest against the UGC’s direction to dump the controversial Four-Year Undergraduate... read more »
Second high level Cabinet meeting on gas price today
New Delhi: The second high level Cabinet meeting on gas prices is scheduled to be held on Tuesday. Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra will be chairing the meeting. Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a high level meeting to take a decision on gas prices. Finance Minister Arun... read more »
Iraq crisis: NATO to convene after Kerry pledges support to Baghdad against...
NATO foreign ministers convene on Tuesday to discuss the Iraq crisis after US Secretary of State John Kerry pledged “intense” support to Baghdad in the fight against militants pushing towards the capital. Kerry made a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday as Sunni insurgents led by the... read more »
EC orders police complaint against Modi for holding press conference after voting
Narendra Modi on Wednesday triggered a controversy after he openly sought votes for the BJP at a press conference while holding aloft his party’s lotus symbol immediately after... read more »
Wreckage in Bay of Bengal not from MH370: searchers
A private company said it had found what it believes is wreckage of a plane in the Bay of Bengal that should be investigated as potential debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370,... read more »
LIVE: EC initiates tough action against Narendra Modi for flashing ‘Lotus’
EC order on Narendra Modi: “The Commission is of the view that by holding that meeting and also by addressing the same today when the polling is going on in the entire state of... read more »
Why Sonia, Modi avoided campaigning in each other’s constituencies? asks Kejriwal
Raking up the Vadra controversy and the snoopgate scandal, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday asked whether the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had a... read more »
AAP candidate Phoolka confident of winning Ludhiana, says people ...
Ludhiana: The Aam Aadmi Party is on a high in Ludhiana with 1984 anti-Sikh riots lawyer HS Phoolka in the fray. Even as he is a new entrant in the industrial hub, he seems to have made his presence... read more »
