Gay activists released in Moscow
byMoscow, May 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Police have released all participants of an unsanctioned gay pride rally detained in the Russian capital, the interior department…
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Plane carrying Czech PM lands with cracked cockpit window
byWarsaw, May 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An Airbus A319 carrying Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas landed safely in Moscow after pilots found a crack in…
Welfare Party’s Andhra Pradesh unit launched
byHyderabad, May 26 (IANS) Welfare Party of India (WPI) Sunday launched its Andhra Pradesh unit, promising to usher in value-based politics and change the…
Economy tops Iranian presidential candidates’ agenda
byTehran, May 26 (IANS) The economic condition of Iranians and the hardship that they have been facing in the past years top the presidential…
PML-N nominates Nawaz Sharif for Pakistan PM
byIslamabad, May 26 (IANS) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Sunday nominated its chief Nawaz Sharif for the post of prime minister, two weeks after the…
Support for sit-in seeking CBI probe into Ghaziabad killings
byGhaziabad, May 26 (IANS) Former minister and Congress leader Satish Sharma’s sit-in here demanding a CBI probe into the murder of a seven member…
Maoist attack: India condemns rebels, resolves to combat extremism
byNew Delhi/Raipur: A shocked India Sunday condemned the attack on Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh that left nearly 30 people dead, including the party’s state…
BJP to postpone anti-UPA protest
byNew Delhi, May 26 (IANS) A day after Maoists targeted a Congress convoy in Chattisgarh’s Bastar, killing several top leaders, the BJP Sunday announced…
Campaigning for Karnataka assembly seat ends
byBangalore, May 26 (IANS) Campaigning ended Sunday for the May 28 polling for one Karnataka assembly seat, winning which is a matter of prestige…
Hooda inquires about Chautala’s health
byGurgaon: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Sunday visited former chief minister and INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala in a hospital here to inquire…