Turkish Airlines emergency landing: Plane leaves for Istanbul from Delhi
An Istanbul-bound Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok which landed in emergency conditions here on Tuesday following a bomb scare, departed early Wednesday for its destination after being grounded for over 13 hours. The flight took off at 0316 hrs from the Indira Gandhi International ( IGI)... read more »
I’ll start countrywide agitation or ‘Implement OROP:Anna to PM ...
Social activist Anna Hazare has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to implement the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme at the earliest, failing which, he would launch a countrywide agitation for the same. In his letter, Anna said that the country must take care of its farmers and... read more »
Brinda Karat says Kalyan Singh like spoke ‘RSS pracharak’
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday said Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh had spoken ‘like an RSS pracharak’ when he demanded that the word ‘adhinayak’ be dropped from the national anthem. Karat also termed the demand as a ‘huge... read more »
Omar Abdullah takes a jibe at Bobby Jindal’s ‘leadership’...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has taken a jibe at United States presidential candidate Bobby Jindal after the later claimed that non-aligned nations like India are ‘desperate’ for American leadership. Omar took to twitter to share his contempt for Jindal’s... read more »
BJP’s silence is deafening, claims Congress
The Congress on Monday claimed that the silence of the Bharatiya Janata Party over the issue of former IPL chairman Lalit Modi’s travel documents was ‘deafening’, adding... read more »
Body of lynched school principal brought to Krishnapur Police station
The lynched body of the Nalanda school principal, where two students were allegedly beaten to death yesterday, was on Monday brought to Krishnapur Police station. The students were... read more »
Hope NBA draft helps cricket-mad India take to basketball: Satnam
After becoming the first Indian-born player to be picked in the NBA, Satnam Singh Bhamara hopes his selection in the US-based league will kickstart a basketball boom in cricket-obsessed... read more »
Sri Lanka: le président Maithripala Sirisena dissout le Parlement
Le président sri lankais a annoncé ce vendredi soir la dissolution du Parlement, une mesure attendue depuis plusieurs mois. Maithripala Sirisena, élu en janvier dernier, n’avait en... read more »
Vatican recognises state of Palestine; Israel irked
Israel expressed disappointment when the Vatican announced last month that it had reached final agreement with the “State of Palestine” on the treaty. The Vatican signed a treaty with the... read more »
