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 »
BJP Leader Yashwant Sinha Agrees to Bail, Will Leave Jail Soon
Hazaribagh – Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha will be released this evening from jail in Jharkhand, the result of his agreeing to pay bail, a move he had resisted for several days. Mr Sinha, 76, was arrested a fortnight ago for inciting a group of BJP workers to tie up an Electricity Board... read more »
40 Indians missing in Iraq, kidnapping feared
Indian officials in Baghdad lost contact with about 40 Indian construction workers in Mosul, and fear many of them have been kidnapped, sources confirm. The group of workers, some from Punjab were working on a government construction project in Mosul, that was over-run by ISIS militants last... read more »
LK Advani to Meet Yashwant Sinha in Jharkhand Jail
Hazaribagh – BJP veteran LK Advani will today meet party leader Yashwant Sinha, who has been in a Jharkhand jail for 15 days. Mr Sinha will spend another 11 days in jail in Hazaribagh, the constituency which he represented in Parliament and which elected his son in the recent national... read more »
Arvind Kejriwal to file nomination from Varanasi today
Varanasi – Aam Aadmi Party caps are being briskly distributed and party workers have begun to gather amid much slogan shouting as Varanasi preps for Arvind Kejriwal to file his... read more »
Priyanka Gandhi to Vadra’s rescue
Speaking out for the first time in defence of her husband Robert Vadra, who is facing allegations of illegal land deals, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi,... read more »
Cyclone halts air search for MH370
Air search operations to hunt for the crashed Malaysian airliner were suspended for Tuesday due to a tropical cyclone heading south over the Indian Ocean, as a robotic mini-submarine... read more »
Disapprove irresponsible statements : BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed his disapproval over “irresponsible” statements being made by those claiming to be the party’s well... read more »
Malaysian airline passengers recall three ‘scary’ hou...
Bangalore – Passengers of the Malaysian Airlines plane that had a landing gear snag late on Sunday recalled the three hours of anxiety midair they went through. “Those three hours we... read more »
