Rights, liberties threatened in Sri Lanka, says rights body
byColombo, May 20 (IANS) Respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated the…
Politics
Manmohan to visit China
byNew Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that he hoped to visit China “at the earliest opportunity”. Addressing the…
Mamata steps into third year in office
byKolkata, May 20 (IANS) In the shadow of the Saradha Group chit-fund scam, West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee government stepped into its third year in…
BJP protests outside CBI office in Chandigarh
byChandigarh: Police had to use water cannons to disperse scores of BJP workers who clashed with police during a protest near the Central Bureau…
Tripura strike Tuesday to protest murders
byAgartala, May 20 (IANS) Opposition parties have called a 12-hour shut-down in Tripura Tuesday to protest the killing of three newspaper employees who were…
Mirwaiz placed under house arrest in Srinagar
bySrinagar: Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, chairperson of the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir’s separatist Hurriyat Conference, was placed under house arrest today, a day…
Pakistani daily hopes Sharif, Kayani work together
byIslamabad, May 20 (IANS) A leading Pakistani daily Monday hoped that incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif and army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani “can…
Uttar Pradesh set for a Navi Mumbai address
byLucknow, May 20 (IANS) Come Thursday, Uttar Pradesh will have an address in Navi Mumbai, adjacent to India’s commercial capital. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav…
JD-U leader files defamation case against Lalu
byPatna, May 20 (IANS) Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Sanjay Singh Monday filed a defamation case against Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad…
‘Two Andhra ministers charged in Jagan case quit’
byHyderabad, 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…