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 […]
Pakistan to be put on FATF grey, not black, list in June: FO
ISLAMABAD, Mar 01: It has for the first time officially been confirmed that Pakistan is set to be put on the ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in June this year, for failing to fulfill the obligations to prevent terror financing, where banned militant outfits are involved in raising funds. It, however, […]
Former Bihar Cong chief, 3 other MLCs join JD(U)
Patna, Mar 1: The Congress today suffered a split in the Bihar Legislative Council, after former state party chief Ashok Choudhary and three other members of the Congress Legislature Party in the Upper House were recognised as members of the ruling Janata Dal (United). The development comes ahead of three bypolls in the state next […]
P Chidambaram “orchestrated” corruption in INX media case: BJP
New Delhi, Mar 1 : The BJP today trained guns on former finance minister P Chidambaram over the INX Media case in which his son Karti was arrested yesterday, saying the statement of co-accused Indrani Mukerjea shows that he had “facilitated and orchestrated this corruption”. “This is a serious act of economic corruption and financial […]
Pakistan military ranked 13th most powerful in the world by US website
Islamabad, Mar 01: US-based Business Insider has rated Pakistan’s military as the 13th most powerful amongst 25 strongest armies in the world. The ranking is based on the diversity of weapons possessed by each nation and the list has gauged the manpower available to each country too. Geography, logistical capacity, available natural resources and status […]
6 arrested for conducting occult practices in Raj
Jaipur, Mar 1: Six persons have been arrested in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district for their alleged involvement in occult practises to revive a 35-year-old woman who passed away months ago due to a prolonged illness, police said today. An FIR was registered against seven persons in the case, including parents of the deceased yesterday, they […]
Shared a bond like that of siblings with Sridevi: Kamal Haasan
Chennai, Mar 1 : They may have been one of the most romantic pairs on screen, but Kamal Haasan and late female superstar Sridevi shared a bond like that of siblings. “Sridevi en thangachi (Sridevi was my younger sister),” Haasan said, decades after he was paired opposite Sridevi in a number of Tamil films such […]
Pak Hindu lawmaker moves court after prevented from taking oath
Peshawar, Mar 1: A Hindu lawmaker in Pakistan has moved the court after he was prevented from taking oath in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly for his alleged role in the murder of a Sikh legislator in 2016. Member of the Provincial Assembly-elect Baldev Kumar, who is in jail in the murder case of Sikh lawmaker […]
Karti arrest is vendetta, diversionary tactic: Congress
New Delhi, Feb 28 : The Congress today dubbed the arrest of senior leader P Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram a “diversionary tactic” by the government to hide its scams and said “vendetta” would not deter the party from speaking the truth. Several Congress leaders, including the party’s communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala, Kapil Sibal and Abhishek […]
