New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) India and the US are in discussions to plan for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to America in the “near future”. This was revealed by US Undersecretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman and Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai at separate briefings. Mathai and Sherman met [...]
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Haryana man gets 10 years jail for raping university student
Chandigarh, May 24 (IANS) A court in Harayana’s Sonipat town Friday sentenced a man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment...
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NCP talks in two voices on BCCI chief’s resignation
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Hours after its spokesperson demanded resignation of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan...
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GJM calls indefinite shutdown in Darjeeling hills
Darjeeling, May 24 (IANS) The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Friday called an indefinite shutdown in north Bengal’s...
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‘Srinivasan’s rise testifies Indian community’s contributions to US’
Washington, May 24 (IANS) Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has hailed Indian-American Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan’s...
Deepika finds current IPL theme song ‘most catchy’
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Actor Deepika Padukone finds ‘Dil Jumping Zapak’ – the peppy theme song of the sixth season of Indian Premier League – “most catchy” of all the IPL tunes. “Of all the IPL tunes, this is the most catchy,” she told a TV channel as she jived [...]
Read more ›Spot fixing: Five accused sent to judicial custody
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) A Delhi court sent five spot fixing scam accused, including two former cricketers, to judicial custody till June 4. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma sent to judicial custody three bookies — Kiran Dole, Sunil Bhatia and Ramakant Aggarwal — and two players – Manish [...]
Read more ›Kerala party leaders capable of resolving issues: Antony
Kannur (Kerala), May 24 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Friday expressed confidence that leaders of the Congress’ Kerala unit would themselves resolve any issue facing them. “You (the media) think that there are issues that cannot be resolved in the state unit of the party. I know my colleagues here [...]
Read more ›Misquoted on arms sale, says Russian envoy
Panaji, May 24 (IANS) Russian Ambassador Alexander Kadakin Friday said he had been misquoted by a section of media, which Friday said that a miffed Russia may stop arms sales to India, in light of the latter looking to the US for defence technology and equipment purchases. Kadakin said India [...]
Read more ›Russia opens consulate in Goa
Panaji, May 24 (IANS) A slew of illegal land deals involving its nationals was one of the reasons why Russia decided to start a consular office in Goa, which hosted 1.5 lakh Russian tourists this season, Ambassador Alexander Kadakin said Friday. The ambassador also expressed distaste at the manner in [...]
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