Politics

IRENA to invest 350 million dollars in clean energy

International Agency for Renewable Energy wraps up its annual meeting and announces plans to invest 350 million dollars in clean energy. Duration: 01:06

Jan 18, 2015

French cartoonist calls for education in reading images

French cartoonist Jean Plantu called for international education on images after Charlie Hebdo's front page and protests around the world. Duration: 01:20

Jan 18, 2015

Niger police fire tear gas to disperse opposition demo

Police in Niger fire tear gas to break up a banned opposition demonstration in the capital Niamey, a day after deadly riots over the publication by France's Charlie Hebdo magazine of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed. Duration: 00:40

Jan 18, 2015

French flags burnt at Pakistan Charlie Hebdo protest

Protests against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo are held across Pakistan as thousands of people in almost all major cities chanted slogans against its printing of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Duration: 01:18

Jan 18, 2015

Former AAP MLA Binny Joins BJP; Says Kejriwal Lied to People for Votes

Vinod Kumar Binny accuses AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal of lying to people of Delhi and playing with their emotions.

Jan 18, 2015

Arun Jaitley asks media to act responsibly towards important matters

New Delhi, Jan 18 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday called upon the media to act responsibly on matters of national security and sensitive issues. Jaitley made the comments while delivering the first Justice J. S. Verma Memorial lecture on the 'Freedom and Responsibility of Media' in New Delhi. He said the challenges before media were to ensure quality and credibility while reporting. Jaitley also advised media to avoid conducting parallel trials in reporting matters that were subjudice. Jaitley said there was an urgent need to debate issues relating to media freedom and responsibility.

Jan 18, 2015

Matter of pride, no grievances: AS Lovely on not contesting elections

New Delhi, Jan 18 (ANI): Congress leader Arvinder Singh Lovely said on Sunday that it was a matter of pride for him that the party thinks him worthy enough to take charge of organizational work in elections. Lovely said that he had no grievances regarding the work party gave him and said that he was confident of Congress' win in the upcoming polls in Delhi. He further clarified that he, Ajay Maken and Haroon Yusuf will together work towards making the polls a success for the party.

Jan 18, 2015

Kiran Bedi says PM Modi is her inspiration behind politics

New Delhi, Jan 18 (ANI): BJP leader and CM candidate Kiran Bedi on Sunday addressed the party workers on Sunday and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is her actual inspiration for joining politics. Bedi said that she wants to make Delhi a strong state as it has faced misgovernance in the past. She hit at Congress government and said that it was not a proper government for Delhi and BJP will now give a strong and stable government to the capital as well as nation.

Jan 18, 2015

Special Cell apprehends two people in Delhi, ammunition recovered

New Delhi, Jan 18 (ANI): DCP of Special Cell, Sanjeev Yadav, said on Sunday that two people were apprehended from Welcome metro station in Delhi suspected of supplying ammunition for militant activities. He also said that the two suspects belong to Meerut and Nainital. Yadav added that ammunition were recovered from the two suspects as well as the place where they get supplied from, which is in Sitapur.

Jan 18, 2015

Congress announces Lovely not to contest Assembly elections

New Delhi, Jan 18 (ANI): Congress leader PC Chacko on Sunday announced that Arvinder Singh Lovely will not be contesting the upcoming Delhi Assembly Polls as he will be looking after the organizational work for elections. He added that candidate replacing Lovely for a particular seat shall be announced tomorrow by the party.

Jan 18, 2015

Congress demands apology from Kejriwal over remark of voters taking money from parties

New Delhi, Jan 18 (ANI): Congress leader Ajay Maken said on Sunday that Congress party demands an apology from AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal over his controversial statement that voters can take money from any party but vote only for AAP. Maken said that Congress will even file a complaint with the Election Commission as Kejriwal has violated the Model Code of Conduct for instigating the voters. Maken said that Kejriwal should apologize to the people for hurting their self respect.

Jan 18, 2015

Samaraweera's India visit reflects importance Colombo places on New Delhi: MEA

New Delhi, Jan 18 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday stated that Sri Lanka External Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera's visit of India was highly reflective of the importance Colombo places on its ties with New Delhi. Akbaruddin further stated that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had a fruitful discussion with Samaraweera, where the two leaders discussed issues on which both nations place importance. Earlier this month, Sri Lanka went to polls, with 19 candidates contesting the elections. Maithiripala Sirisena was voted the new President, beating the incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa after securing 51.28 percent of the votes cast.

Jan 18, 2015