Aug 8, Guwahati: Violence has returned to the Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts. An irate mob on Tuesday blocked National Highway 31, at Beltoli, on the Kokrajhar-Dhubri border, following the death of three people on Monday night. Indefinite curfew has been re-imposed in the Kokrajhar, the epicentre of violence. The Assam government has requested the Centre […]
Aug 8, New Delhi: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) nominee Hamid Ansari was on Tuesday re-elected India’s Vice President, defeating NDA nominee Jaswant Singh. He became the second Vice-President to get a second consecutive term after S. Radhakrishnan, who enjoyed two terms from 1952 to 1962. Tuesday’s election turned out to be a no-contest. Ansari defeated […]
Aug 7, New Delhi: After getting a clear win for its candidate Pranab Mukherjee in the Presidential election, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is all set to back it up with a win for Himid Ansari as he contests the election for the post of Vice President against National Democratic Alliance candidate Jaswant Singh today. […]
Aug 6, New Delhi: Ahead of the vice-presidential election that scheduled to be on Tuesday, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is to host a lunch for MPs of the ruling alliance and supporting parties today, according to sources. Sonia Gandhi has hosted a similar pleasing lunch on previous month ahead of presidential elections. The sources said […]
Aug 6, Chandigarh: Haryana state home minister, Gopal Goyal Kanda resigned on Sunday after he and a manager in his MDLR group were booked by the Delhi Police for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 23-year-old former airhostess of the now defunct MDLR airline. Geetika Sharma was found hanging by her parents at her second-floor […]
Aug 5, Garhwal: Thirty one people were confirmed killed including 19 labourers at a project, in a flash flood and cloudburst that hit the border district of Uttarkashi in the Garhwal hills of Uttarakhand late last night. Several homes were destroyed and pilgrims on the Chardham Yatra are reportedly stranded. The Garhwal region bore the […]
Aug 4, New Delhi: Exposing the real face of Pakistan,LeT operative and 26/11 Mumbai attack handler, Sayed Ansari alias Abu Jundal has told interrogators that arrest of 10 LeT members by Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) immediately after 26/11 was an eyewash. He also named four Indian operatives of Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) who have been in […]
Aug 4, New Delhi: Before ending their hunger fast in Delhi on Friday, Team Anna announced at Jantar Mantar they are forming a political party which will contest the elections. However, Anna Hazare, 75, said he will not run for office, but will support his aides. But the supporters are against the team’s decision to […]
Aug 3, Pune: Investigators are suspecting the Indian Mujahideen’s (IM) hand in the serial low-intensity bomb blasts in Pune. Wrist watches were used to trigger the blast and ammonium nitrate is suspected to be the explosive in the Pune coordinated serial blasts as evidence gathered by investigators. “According to preliminary reports, ammonium nitrate was the […]
Aug 3, New Delhi: Nine days after their fast, Anna Hazare and his Team, announced on Thursday that they will end their agitation on Friday at 5 pm. This comes after Team Anna made a dramatic announcement of giving the country a political alternative on Thursday. While Anna Hazare said he will stay out of […]