Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) The BJP Monday said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Sivagiri Mutt here last month should not be seen as a move to forge an alliance with Hindu groups in the state. BJP spokesperson Nirmala Seetharaman said here: “Modi visited the Sivagiri Mutt last [...]

New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Miffed over the performance of its eight zonal chiefs, including two central ministers, in the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, the Congress appointed a new team Monday, said party sources. According to party sources, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was dissatisfied with the performance of eight [...]

New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh Monday defended the decision to hand over charge of party affairs in Uttar Pradesh to Narendra Modi’s close aide Amit Shah but stressed that Modi did not seek the appointment. “He (Shah) is a general secretary of the [...]

New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Delhiites Monday had a harrowing time due to traffic restrictions put in place in the heart of the city during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit. Some even slammed the practice of closing roads for the movement of dignitaries. Harassed commuters spent hours in negotiating traffic [...]

Islamabad, May 20 (IANS) A court in Pakistan Monday granted bail to Pervez Musharraf in the 2007 assassination case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, but the former president will remain in detention in a case relating to keeping judges in illegal confinement. Musharraf has been accused of failing to [...]

Hyderabad, May 20 (IANS) Two cabinet ministers in Andhra Pradesh charged in the Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s disproportionate assets case have submitted their resignations to Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy. Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy and Roads and Buildings Minister Dharmana Prasada Rao told reporters Monday after meeting the [...]

Singapore, May 20 (IANS) K.P. Samy, a member of the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), has denied reports that he would quit the post as he was not offered a senatorship in the upper house of the Malaysian parliament. “I had merely offered to step [...]

Singapore, May 20 (IANS) The Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) will hold its meeting Thursday, thereby setting into motion the process of holding the party’s presidential election. Party vice president M. Saravanan said the CWC members will mainly discuss the formation of the election committee, [...]

Colombo, May 20 (IANS) Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the Tamil Tigers, Human Rights Watch said Monday. This week marks the fourth anniversary of the brutal civil war’s end. Since the end of the 26-year-long civil [...]

New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that he hoped to visit China “at the earliest opportunity”. Addressing the media along with Premier Li Keqiang, Manmohan Singh he looked forward to seeing the Chinese leader “very soon”. “I have also accepted his gracious invitation to [...]