Pakistani army airstrikes kill 15 militants
The Pakistani army said it has carried out airstrikes in a tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least 15 militants. An army statement said the air raids on Tuesday morning pounded nine hideouts of the militants in the Tirah Valley of the Khyber tribal region. The area is part of a... read more »
AAP MLAs stage protest outside Harsh Vardhan’s house
As Delhi continued to face long power cuts, over 20 AAP MLAs on Tuesday staged a protest outside Union Minister Harsh Vardhan’s house in East Delhi demanding urgent steps by the Centre to improve electricity supply in the city. Senior leader Manish Sisodia said it was the responsibility of the... read more »
Reviving economy is priority: Pranab Mukherjee
Putting the economy back on track is of paramount importance for the government, said President Pranab Mukherjee, addressing the first joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament on Monday. Stressing that the people voted for a “united, strong and modern India,” the speech noted that they were... read more »
Tibetan Exiles a Source of Tension in China-India Ties
New Delhi – China’s state news media has welcomed India’s new prime minister, Narendra Modi, as a pragmatic new partner on economic matters, noting that as a regional leader, he had made four visits to Beijing seeking investment and even went to the trouble of printing his... read more »
Election Commission bans Azam Khan and Amit Shah’s rallies in Uttar Pradesh
New Delhi – The Election Commission has banned BJP leader Amit Shah and Samajwadi Party’s senior minister Azam Khan from addressing public meetings and rallies in Uttar Pradesh.... read more »
Rahul Gandhi to file nomination in Amethi today
Amethi – Rahul Gandhi, the Congress vice president, is all set to file his nomination today in the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh from where he is seeking re-election... read more »
Lok Sabha polls 2014 : Kerala sees maximum voter turnout at 76%
Ninety-one Lok Sabha seats across 11 states and three Union Territories went to polls on the first major day of the world’s biggest vote on Thursday, with Delhi and Uttar Pradesh... read more »
Australian PM ‘confident’ over MH370 black box signals
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday he was “confident” that the latest signals picked up by search vessels were from the black box on board missing Malaysia Airlines... read more »
Rape is not a ‘mistake’: Delhi braveheart’s par...
New Delhi – The parents of the young student who died after being gang-raped on a moving bus in Delhi in December, 2012, have condemned Uttar Pradesh politician Mulayam Singh Yadav’s... read more »
