Politics

PM urges stakeholders in education system to address faculty crunch

New Delhi, Dec 29 (ANI): Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh has urged stake holders of higher education system in the country to “urgently consider” the issue of faculty crunch and find innovative methods of resolving it. Commenting on the need for research and development in education sector, Singh added it was imperative that industries in the country support this, since research grants were badly required for undertaking research projects.

Dec 29, 2013

Maoists abducting labourers, allege locals in Deogarh

Deogarh, Dec 29 (ANI): Villagers in Deogarh district of Jharkhand have alleged that Maoists had abducted some labourers from the area. Following the alleged abductions, the villagers staged a sit-in protest to press the government for tracking their missing kin. A resident, Raghu Chaubey, said that the Maoists had abducted the labourers from a construction site to perhaps extract money from the builder working on that particular site.

Dec 29, 2013

Narendra Modi s Ranchi rally to have Parliament backdrop; politicos react

New Delhi, Dec 29 (ANI): Even as BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is all set to address a rally in Ranchi on Sunday amid very tight security, where a model of the parliament building will form the backdrop, politicos across party lines reacted to the same.

Dec 29, 2013

Narendra Modi Arvind Kejriwal too small in front of Rahul Gandhi: Lalu

New Delhi, Dec 29 (ANI): RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday said that both Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal did not stand a chance in front of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in the upcoming 2014 general polls.

Dec 29, 2013

AAP leader Kumar Vishwas challenges Narendra Modi, BJP wishes him luck

New Delhi, Dec 29 (ANI): Even as Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas confirmed to contest Lok Sabha election from Amethi next year and challenged Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to contest against him, the BJP on Sunday wished him all the luck for the same.

Dec 29, 2013

Bangladesh politics: Awami League releases manifesto for upcoming polls

Dhaka, Dec 29 (ANI): Awami League chief and Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, unveiled her party's manifesto for the upcoming parliamentary election, pledging punishment to those who are carrying out anarchy and destruction in the name of political demonstrations. Sheikh Hasina was unveiling the party manifesto at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital, Dhaka.

Dec 29, 2013

Sri Lankan Navy Detains Another 22 Tamil Nadu Fishermen

At least 22 fishermen from Jagadapattinam in Pudukottai district in Tamil Nadu were detained by the Sri Lankan navy, while fishing in the Palk Strait on Sunday.

Dec 29, 2013

2014 Lok Sabha Elections: Lalu Slams Arvind Kejriwal, Narendra Modi

A day after Arvind Kejriwal took oath as the Delhi CM, Rashtra Janata Dal (RJD) founder Lalu Prasad Yadav took a dig at him and the NDA prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

Dec 29, 2013

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2014 Lok Sabha Elections: Ramdev to Launch Door-to-Door Campaign for Narendra Modi

Yoga expert Ramdev has announced he will organise a door-to-door campaign with the slogan 'Vote for Modi' for NDA prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the run up to the 2014 general elections.

Dec 29, 2013

Dec 29: The day when India's brave daughter lost her fight with life

New Delhi, Dec 29 (ANI): On December 29, 2012, a 23-year-old physiotherapy student lost her fight with life in a hospital in Singapore after being brutally gang raped for an hour and tortured with an iron rod on a moving bus in New Delhi. Six men lured the woman and a male friend onto the bus on the night of December 16, 2012 as the pair was on their way home after watching a movie at a shopping mall in south Delhi.

Dec 29, 2013

Student killed as Egypt protesters torch university

A student was killed and more than 100 arrested as police clashed with students who set fire to a Cairo university building Saturday amid an intensifying crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood.

Dec 29, 2013

Fresh violence erupts in C. African capital

After two days of apparent calm in the capital of the Central African Republic, violence eruped once again on Saturday morning as former Seleka rebels fired on civilians while the French army was on patrol.

Dec 29, 2013

Beirut residents say they want to leave after bombing

Uncertainty and fear prevailed in Beirut Saturday, following the explosion of a car bomb which killed six people including Mohammad Chatah, a leading critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Dec 29, 2013

Cong-AAP react to Gadkari's 'match fixing' allegation

New Delhi, Dec 28 (ANI): Both Congress and AAP on Saturday reacted to the shocker from the BJP stable, even as national party president Nitin Gadkari said a prominent industrialist brokered a deal between Congress and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal at a hotel in connection with forming the next government in Delhi.

Dec 28, 2013

An industrialist brokered deal between Congress-Kejriwal: Gadkari

New Delhi, Dec 28 (ANI): In a shocker from the BJP stable, national party president Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said a prominent industrialist brokered a deal between Congress and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal at a hotel in connection with forming the next government in Delhi.

Dec 28, 2013