Politics

India backs Afghanistans delay in signing of Bilateral Security Agreement with US

Onboard, Feb 16 (ANI): Union Foreign Minister, Salman Khurshid backed Afghanistan President, Hamid Karzai’s ‘calculations’ on signing of long-term security deal with US that would authorize American troops to remain in war-torn country after 2014. The Foreign Minister was speaking to mediapersons onboard after attending the inauguration ceremony of the first National Agriculture University of Afghanistan. Khurshid’s visit comes amid a rift between Karzai and the US, jeopardising their proposed bilateral security agreement that is vital for the limited presence of American forces in Afghanistan after the drawdown this year.

Feb 16, 2014

India needs hardcore politician as PM: Jaitley

New Delhi, Feb 16 (ANI): Senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley has said that India needs a hardcore politician as prime minister. Jaitley said India wanted a leader who could give policy directions.

Feb 16, 2014

Florida village a refuge for sex offenders

State and local laws make it hard for registered sex offenders to find housing and employment in Florida. More than 100 of them have decided to band and live together in a former sugar cane plantation. Duration: 02:45

Feb 16, 2014

Tortured Ukrainian activist vows to fight to the end

Kiev's opposition leader Dmytro Bulatov, at a press conference in Germany, pledged to fight to the end in Ukraine, ruling out applying for asylum.

Feb 16, 2014

British skeleton champion hopes to inspire others

Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain earned her country's first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics on Friday with victory in the skeleton. Speaking to AFP on Saturday, Yarnold said she hoped to inspire other Britons to take up winter sports.

Feb 15, 2014

Kejriwals resignation was a scripted drama: Arvinder Singh Lovely

New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): DPCC Chief Arvinder Singh Lovely on Saturday said that Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation was a scripted drama. Attacking Kejriwal further, Singh said that the Chief Minister never wanted the draft of the Jan Lokpal Bill to be translated into a law.

Feb 15, 2014

South Asia Newsline - Feb 14, 2014

South Asia Newsline - Feb 14, 2014

Feb 15, 2014

Artisans hope for good sales in handicraft fair in Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam, Feb 15 (ANI): A vast variety of exquisite, traditional artifacts by artisans from across India attracted a steady stream of visitors to the ongoing handicraft fair in Visakhapatnam, which started from Friday. The ten-day exhibition organised by the Ministry of Textiles in association with Andhra Pradesh Handicraft Development Corporation aims at providing a platform to small-scale artisans where they can showcase their products and provide a boost to their business which is not exposed to bigger markets.

Feb 15, 2014

Lieutenant Governor recommends Presidents rule in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on Saturday recommends President's rule for the national capital. The Governor has recommended that president's rule be imposed in the state and has asked that the Assembly be placed in suspended animation. Jung came to the decision following Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation as the chief minister over AAP’s defeat on the issue of tabling of the Jan lokpal bill in Delhi assembly. Earlier on the day, Jung had sent a report to President Pranab Mukherjee on the political situation in Delhi in the wake of Kejriwal’s resignation.

Feb 15, 2014

CPI backfires at Narendra Modi over his third front remark

Bhopal, Feb 15 (ANI): CPI leader Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan on Saturday hit out at BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and said that the future will tell who is first or third grade. Earlier, Modi took a dig at possible Third Front and had said that Left party and its allies would give third grade governance to the country, if voted to power in the upcoming general elections.

Feb 15, 2014

Akhilesh Yadav addresses rally in Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur, Feb 15 (ANI): Addressing a rally in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said that the Samajwadi Party government in the sate has done tremendous jobs for the poor, farmers and women at all levels. He said that such work and development strategies as devised by the SP government was never in any other party’s agenda.

Feb 15, 2014

Marines drink cobra blood in Thailand military drill

US Marines drink cobra blood during a jungle survival programme as part of the annual Cobra Gold combined military exercise at a navy base in Chanthaburi province, attended by about 8,000 military personnel from seven nations.

Feb 15, 2014

Adventurists camp in Mao infested Purulia

Purulia, Feb 15 (ANI): Enthusiastic adventurists participated in the first Orienteering camp held in the Mao infested Ayodhya hill area of Matha Forest Range in Purulia of West Bengal. The camp has been organized by West Bengal Mountaineering & Adventure Sports Foundation, under the Youth Services Department of West Bengal government and the participants use their navigation skills with the help of a map and a compass to race on foot. Former Joint Director of National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO) and Coordinator of the orienteering camp, Tridib Basu, shared the experience of organizing the camp. Basu also said that since this camp was the first of its kind, the instructors and participants were trained well in advance.

Feb 15, 2014

AAP announces nation-wide anti-graft campaign against Congress, BJP

New Delhi, Feb 15 (ANI): Addressing a press conference on Saturday, AAP leader, Sanjay Singh said that AAP will expose both Congress and BJP in the country and his party will be holding two rallies in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on February 23 and March 02 respectively as part of its anti-graft campaign.

Feb 15, 2014

Kejriwal just wants to keep issues alive, LS polls his main focus: Kiran Bedi

Ahmedabad, Feb 15 (ANI): Commenting on Arvind Kejriwal’s reason for resignation, Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi said that Kejriwal just wants to keep irrelevant issues alive when there is no issue at all. She said that Lokpal bill, what Anna Hazare desired for, is passed, and Kejriwal is still stuck on it with the view that if he agrees on the same, the issue will seize to exist. Further, Bedi also accused Kejriwal and said that his main focus was always Lok Sabha polls and not Lokpal Bill.

Feb 15, 2014