Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Petition Challenging New Army Chief’s Ap...
New Delhi – The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that challenges the appointment of Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag as the Indian Army’s new chief. Lieutenant General Suhag is scheduled to take over as army commander on August 1, after General Bikram Singh retires. But... read more »
Biden calls Iraqi PM, stresses on need for national unity
US Vice-President, Joe Biden has called the top Iraqi leadership including Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, and emphasised the need for national unity in response to the violent insurgency sweeping through the war-torn country. Iraq has been thrown into a crisis after militants captured swathes of... read more »
Weathered Half-Lies, False Allegations Last Year: Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in the country, spoke to shareholders today about the slew of allegations hurled against him by Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP. “We saw several false allegations, half-lies last year…we have weathered ill-informed campaigns. We... read more »
Narendra Modi Government Takes Steps To Control Inflation
New Delhi – The new government led by Narendra Modi on Tuesday imposed export restrictions on certain farm commodities and ordered a crackdown on hoarding to control rising food prices, a day after wholesale price inflation hit a five-month high. A jump in prices of potatoes and onions last... read more »
Korea ferry accused get court-appointed lawyer
The captain and two crew of a South Korean ferry that sank last week have a state appointed attorney to represent them as they face charges of negligence relating to the deaths of hundreds... read more »
Arvind Kejriwal beats Narendra Modi to win TIME magazine’s online poll
Indian politician Arvind Kejriwal has won the readers’ poll for the 2014 TIME 100, TIME’s annual list of people who influenced the world this past year for better or worse. As the... read more »
U.S. seeks arrest of Congress MP
The U.S. on Wednesday approached India for the arrest of Congress Rajya Sabha member K.V. P. Ramachandra Rao, who has been indicted by a U.S. Federal Jury on charges of receiving bribes of... read more »
Regional parties will back Congress
Regional leaders like Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and her West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee will prefer to go with a Congress-supported government and not with BJP leader... read more »
In Tamil Nadu, a daddy, lady and Modi in final election speeches
Chennai – References to “daddy” and a “lady” in political speeches added a twist of humour to the final round of campaigning in Tamil Nadu, where polling for the... read more »
