Indians Must Verify Medicines Before Arriving in UAE: Envoy
Dubai: India’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has warned incoming Indians against bringing prohibited medicines to this Gulf nation, media reported. “This point cannot be reiterated enough. Indians who travel to the UAE should carefully check the dos and don’ts we have listed on the embassy’s website while carrying medicines,” the Gulf News quoted […]
Congress Uses Facebook to Source Questions for Goa Assembly
Panaji: Battered in the Lok Sabha polls and wracked by dissent, the Congress in Goa has taken to social media to source questions to be raised during Goa assembly session which begins on Tuesday. An appeal and subsequent follow ups posted by Facebook by the Goa Congress for issues and questions to be raised in […]
Karnataka Chief Minister’s Shocking Remark On 6-Year-Old’s Rape
Bangalore: While hundreds of parents protest in panic on the streets of Bangalore after a six-year-old child was allegedly raped at an elite school this month, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today snapped at a reporter saying, “Is this the only news? Is there no other news?” The chief minister had been asked for comment on […]
Malaysian Airliner Downed in Ukraine War Zone, 295 Dead
Grabovo, Ukraine: A Malaysian airliner was brought down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard and sharply raising stakes in a conflict between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels in which Russia and the West back opposing sides. Ukraine accused “terrorists” – militants fighting to unite eastern Ukraine with Russia – of shooting down the […]
Budget is new ray of hope for the poor and downtrodden: Modi
NEW DELHI: Describing the general Budget as a ‘sanjeevani’ (new life) to the “moribund economy”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it converts hopes and aspirations of the people into trust and is in line with his government’s endeavour to bring India out of crisis. “This Budget is a new ray of hope for […]
‘Barack Obama Looking Forward to Meeting PM Modi in September’
New Delhi: President Barack Obama is looking forward to meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, which will be a “valuable opportunity” to renew the strategic partnership and spur trade between the two countries, US Deputy Secretary of State William J Burns said on Thursday. Mr Burns, who met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Finance […]
Sanskrit Newspaper Sees Business Model in New Government
The Saturday after Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party’s historic victory in the country’s parliamentary elections was announced, some 40,000 subscribers to a weekly Sanskrit newspaper woke up to a resounding headline: “Miracle, Miracle, Miracle,” printed in bold Sanskrit over the top of Sajal Sandesh, which means “Gentle Message.” But for Deven Khatri, who […]
Women Can’t Have It All, says Indra Nooyi in Discussion Gone Viral
New York: In a discussion that has gone viral on the Web, PepsiCo’s India-born CEOIndra Nooyi, counted among the world’s most powerful women, has acknowledged that it is difficult to maintain a work-life balance. “I don’t think women can have it all. I just don’t think so. We pretend we have it all. We pretend we […]
Monsoon Enters Parts of Punjab
Chandigarh: Pre-monsoon showers today lashed areas of north-west region, including Haryana, with monsoon entering some parts of Punjab, leading to fall in mercury in the twin states. Light to moderate rains lashed many parts of Punjab and Haryana today bringing a drop in day temperatures considerably, the Met office in Chandigarh said. Meanwhile, the humidity levels […]
President Makes Debut on Twitter
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today made his debut on social networking site Twitter and his account will have regular updates about his activities as well as news from the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The twitter handle — @RashtrapatiBhvn — has a message “Rashtrapati Bhavan is now on Twitter. Please follow us for regular updates.” The account, which […]
Two Russians Killed, 10 Injured as Bus Plunges Into River in Uttarakhand
Uttarkashi: Two Russian nationals were killed and 10 others injured when the bus they were travelling in fell into Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand today. 14 passengers were travelling on the bus from Uttarkashi to Gangotri. Two of them are still missing. The incident occurred at Dharali, around two kilometres from Harshi on the Rishikesh-Gangotri National Highway […]
Chandrababu Naidu Urges Baba Ramdev to Open Yoga Centre in Tirupati
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today urged yoga guru Ramdev to open a yoga centre in Tirupati. Mr Ramdev called on the chief minister here to congratulate him upon assuming power. During their meeting, Mr Chandrababu asked Mr Mr Ramdev to set up a major yoga centre in the temple town of Tirupati […]
Celebration, and Lingering Tensions, as India’s 29th State Is Born
HYDERABAD, India — On Monday, the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh officially split in two, and India’s 29th state, Telangana, was born. President’s rule — the interim government of united Andhra Pradesh — lifted in the new state, and the first popular government of Telangana came into power. Its new chief minister, K. Chandrasekhara Rao, […]
Pakistani Premier in Delicate Dance With India
Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, returned home from New Delhi to faint praise and considerable criticism, the latter suggesting that his 30-hour sojourn in Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week had been his riskiest gamble yet in improving his country’s relations with India. Fifteen years ago, in February 1999, Prime Minister Atal […]
Anger Among Indians After Killings of 2 Girls
KATRA SAADATGANJ, India — Sohan Lal reached the police outpost at 11 o’clock on the night his daughter disappeared, he said, already desperate for help. He bent down before the officer in charge and clutched his feet, telling him to hurry, hurry. “I was on my knees begging them to come quickly, but they would […]
As KCR Takes Oath as Telangana Chief Minister, Controversy Over His Cabinet
Hyderabad: As K Chandrasekhar Rao, the first chief minister of Telangana, India’s 29th state, took oath of office early on Monday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted him on Twitter and promised the Centre’s “complete support” in taking the “state to newer heights of progress.” (PM Narendra Modi Welcomes Telangana as 29th State) Celebrations had begun hours […]
Gopinath Munde Dies After Road Accident, Tributes Across Party Lines
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi were among the hundreds of political leaders and party workers who paid their last respects to union rural development minister Gopinath Munde at the BJP headquarters today. Mr Munde, considered the BJP’s tallest leader in Maharashtra, died after a road accident in Delhi today morning. “He suffered […]
India’s Rising Middle Class Competing With America, Says Barack Obama
Washington: As a rising middle class – from Brazil to India competes with Americans, and as new nations embrace democracy and market economies, the US has to be ready to respond to this new world order, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday. “The world is changing with accelerating speed. This presents opportunity, but also new dangers,” […]
SEARCH Global Digital News Brands See Growth Opportunity in India
Newspaper is everywhere in India. Print readership, especially of the country’s vernacular press, is continuing to rise. At breakfast tea joints in Indian cities, people sip chai and unfold their broadsheets, which they lay out over older newspapers, used as a tablecloth, before reaching for samosas packed in makeshift to-go bags, themselves fashioned out of […]
Education Minister Smriti Irani ‘Not Even Graduate!’: Ajay Maken’s Tweet Sparks Row
New Delhi: Congress leader Ajay Maken has touched off a political storm with a series of tweets deriding the new Narendra Modi cabinet. In one of them, he questioned the educational qualifications of Smriti Irani, who has taken over as Human Resource Development Minister. “What a Cabinet of Modi? HRD Minister (Looking after Education) Smriti Irani […]
