Govt denies change in stance on Dalai Lama to please China
NEW DELHI, Mar 02: The government today said it has not changed its position on the Dalai Lama to please China and added that he’s free to carry out his religious activities in the country. The Centre was reacting to media reports that it had asked government officials to stay away from events related to […]
Counting of votes in 3 NE states today
Agartala/Kohima/Shillong, Mar 2 : The counting of votes for the Assembly elections in three Northeastern states — Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura — will be held tomorrow amid tight security, officials said. The BJP has emerged as a strong contender in all the three states and two exit polls have predicted that the party would dethrone […]
Elite Pakistan club snubs Indian envoy amid rising hostilities
NEW DELHI, Mar 02: The prestigious Islamabad Club, the favourite watering hole of the Pakistani elite and foreign diplomats, has put Indian high commissioner Ajay Bisaria’s membership on hold. While Indian and Pakistani diplomats routinely, and privately of course, accuse each other of not showing even a modicum of civility in dealing with their respective […]
Chinese prisoners working on CPEC in Pakistan: MP
ISLAMABAD, Mar 02: A lawmaker claimed that China had sent a large number of its prisoners to work as labour on the $60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) development projects in Pakistan. Nawab Mohammad Yousuf Talpur, a National Assembly member of opposition Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), said at a recent meeting of parliamentary committee […]
SSC paper leak: Kejriwal urges Centre to initiate CBI probe
New Delhi, Mar 2 : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that the Centre should initiate a CBI probe in the alleged SSC paper leak, stating that the issue is related to the fate of thousands of exam aspirants. A similar demand was also made by Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav this week. “Thousands […]
Breastfeeding woman on cover: Complaints against magazine, model
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 2: Complaints have been filed before a Kollam court and the Kerala State Child Rights Commission against a Malayalam fortnightly magazine for featuring a model breastfeeding a baby on its cover page. Advocate Nobel Mathew said he filed a complaint in the Kollam Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court against the magazine and the […]
It’s crime to submit fake documents: Pak SC
ISLAMABAD, Mar 02: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar Thursday gave one week to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to submit his response to the court on the fake documents of his Banigala estate. He made these remarks while heading a three-member bench hearing a suo moto case of encroachments and […]
Man seeks divorce from wife for not being dutiful; HC junks plea
Mumbai, Mar 2 : The Bombay High Court has dismissed a city resident’s plea for divorce from his wife on the allegations that she had failed to be a dutiful wife since, among other things, she used to wake up late and that she did not cook tasty food. A bench of Justices K K […]
Eco dev, military modernisation must go together: Gen Rawat
New Delhi, Mar 1 :India’s economic development must go hand-in-hand with modernisation of the armed forces, Army chief Gen. Bipin Rawat said today. “Economic rise takes place if the country is secure,” he said, defending the quantum of budget allocation to the armed forces, and stressed that there is a link between flow of foreign […]
Cong refuses to attend Lokpal selection panel meet
New Delhi, Mar 1 : The Congress today decided to boycott the meeting of the Lokpal Selection Committee, with leader of the party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge refusing the government’s offer to attend it as a ‘special invitee’. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kharge has said that a special invitee invitation […]
