Chandurkar is new Mumbai Congress chief
byNew Delhi, April 4 (IANS) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Thursday appointed Janardan Chandurkar as the head of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee and retained…
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Two Indians among 2013 Yale World Fellows
byWashington, April 4 (IANS) Ivy League Yale University has selected 16 World Fellows for 2013, including two from India, bringing the total number of…
Haryana IAS officer Khemka transferred again
byChandigarh, April 4 (IANS) Senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who had ordered a scrutiny of land deals of UPA chief Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert…
China reports fourth bird flu death
byShanghai, April 4 (IANS) Another person died of H7N9 bird flu in China’s Shanghai cith Thursday, taking the total number of such deaths in…
Pakistan notes increase in US drone strikes
byIslamabad, April 4 (IANS) Pakistan said Thursday that the US carried out 48 drone attacks in the country’s tribal region in 2012. The Human…
No move to block trade with south India: Sri Lanka
byColombo, April 4 (IANS) Sri Lanka has rejected moves to block trade with Tamil Nadu and has insisted that economic relations should not be…
Christopher Walken stays away from mobile phones
byLos Angeles, April 4 (IANS) Actor Christopher Walken prefers to live a quiet life and doesn’t own gadgets. “I don’t have any of those…
High Court increases fine in Aman Kachroo ragging death case
byShimla: Upholding the trial court judgement, the Himachal Pradesh High Court convicted all four students accused of causing death of Aman Kachroo, sentencing them to…
European observers reach Pakistan for elections
byIslamabad, April 4 (IANS) A group of European officials have arrived in Pakistan to observe the May 11 parliamentary elections, the foreign ministry said…
94-year-old to stand for Malaysian election
byKuala Lumpur, April 4 (IANS) A 94-year-old woman Thursday became the first person to request for a nomination form in Malaysia’s Terengganu state to…