Third Front healthy option, says Patnaik
byNew Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday said that a Third Front before the 2014 Lok Sabha polls was a…
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Everyone has a fix for ‘broken’ US immigration system
byWashington, April 15 (IANS) With an estimated 11.5 million foreigners, including some 260,000 Indians, living in the country illegally, everyone is agreed that the…
Trinamool MP threatens violence if Mamata is attacked
byKolkata, April 15 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress MP has threatened violence if anyone dares to harm party leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata…
Badals meet PM, seek life term for Bhullar
byChandigarh, April 15 (IANS) Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Monday sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s immediate intervention in commuting the death sentence of 1993…
China’s GDP growth slows
byBeijing, April 15 (IANS) China’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth unexpectedly slowed to 7.7 percent in the first quarter of 2013, down from 7.9…
Ten MPs to be honoured for performance
byChennai, April 15 (IANS) Ten members of Lok Sabha, four of them women, have been named to be honoured with Sansad Ratna awards for…
Maduro narrowly wins Venezuelan vote, rival rejects result
byCaracas, April 15 (IANS) Venezuela’s acting president Nicolas Maduro narrowly won Sunday’s presidential elections with 50.66 percent of the votes according to official tally,…
We’ve much to learn from Indian varsities: African official
byAccra (Ghana), April 15 (IANS) Collaboration between Indian and African universities is set to increase in the coming years, said an official who added…
China’s Q1 industrial output growth slows
byBeijing, April 15 (IANS) China’s industrial value-added output growth eased to 9.5 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2013, down 2.1…
Chinese firms struggle to recover confidence
byBeijing, April 15 (IANS) Chinese companies were struggling to recover their confidence in the first quarter of this year amid a slowdown in economic…