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 »
PM Modi’s journey to ‘achhe din’ may involve brief period of pa...
To his admirers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who completes a month in office Tuesday, has made a great start – from reinvigorating the ossified hand of a government system that hobbled progress to biting the bullet on tough decisions needed to pull India’s economy out of a dangerous... read more »
No Information on Black Money List from Switzerland: Finance Minister
The government has not received any communication from Switzerland about “black money” suspected to be stashed in Swiss banks, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. “We are writing to Swiss authorities so that the details or whatever information they have can be expedited and... read more »
DU raise controversy over the 4-year course, students demonstrate
New Delhi : Four-year undergraduate course over the dispute between UGC and Delhi University and has deepened. The controversy sparked the ire of students today. Students demonstrated outside the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Meanwhile, the UGC chairman Ved Prakash Human Resources... read more »
AAP candidate Phoolka confident of winning Ludhiana, says people fed up of the system
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... read more »
Nokia names Rajeev Suri as new CEO
HELSINKI: Rajeev Suri will become the new chief executive of Finnish telecommunications gear maker Nokia, the company said on Tuesday, confirming what analysts had expected. Suri, 46,... read more »
Modi shows ‘mirror’ to Farooq Abdullah on secularism
New Delhi: Reacting strongly to Farooq Abdullah’s remark that “those who vote for Modi should drown in the sea”, Narendra Modi tore into the National Conference chief and asked... read more »
Wal-Mart paid $334 million to end India partnership
MUMBAI: Wal-Mart Stores Inc paid about $234 million in debt related to the purchase of a stake in its Indian joint venture with Bharti Enterprises, which the US retailer ended in October... read more »
Apologize or face defamation, Trinamool Congress to Narendra Modi
KOLKATA: A day after slamming Narendra Modi as “Butcher of Gujarat”, the Trinamool Congress on Monday demanded that the Gujarat chief minister should apologize publicly or face a... read more »
