Governor answerable for his statement: Yechury
byNew Delhi, April 11 (IANS) CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury said Thursday that West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan was answerable for his statements criticising the…
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No evidence against me in anti-Sikh riots case: Tytler
byNew Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, facing re-investigation in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, said Thursday there was nothing against him…
Mamata’s condition stable: Doctor
byKolkata, April 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, now under treatment at a private nursing home in the city, was “stable”, an…
China calls for ‘turnaround’ in Korean situation
byBeijing, April 11 (IANS) China Thursday called for all parties concerned to take action to turn around the situation on the Korean Peninsula. Foreign…
Finland apologizes for wrongly blacklisting Putin
byMoscow, April 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Finland’s Interior Minister Paivi Rasanen has apologized to Russian President Vladimir Putin after he was erroneously put on a…
I’m not a quitter, will stay in the system: Ashok Khemka (Interview)
byChandigarh, April 11 (IANS) He has been transferred 43 times in just two decades of service, with 19 of these having been ordered by…
‘Divorce student and mainstream politics’
byKolkata, April 11 (IANS) Magsaysay award winning writer Mahasweta Devi Thursday urged that student politics must be “kept apart” from the general politics. “Politics…
Fadnavis is new Maharashtra BJP president
byMumbai, April 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and legislator Devendra G. Fadnavis was Thursday named the new president of the party’s Maharashtra…
No alternative to Mamata: Mahasweta Devi
byKolkata, April 11 (IANS) Condemning the treatment meted out to the West Bengal chief minister in Delhi, eminent writer and activist Mahasweta Devi Thursday…
Act against tax evaders: Pakistani daily
byIslamabad, April 11 (IANS) A Pakistani daily Thursday said that tax evaders should not be permitted to contest elections and demanded that authorities “catch…