CPI-M seeks common minimum policy-based alternative front
byKolkata, June 15 (IANS) Veteran Marxist leader and former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday ridiculed the federal front mooted by the Trinamool…
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Housing minister Ajay Maken resigns
byNew Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken resigned Saturday, saying he wanted to work for the…
Hassan Rouhani becomes Iran’s new president
byTehran, June 15 (IANS) Moderate presidential candidate, Hassan Rouhani, won the Iran’s presidential election by securing over 50 percent of votes, Iran’s interior minister…
Turkish PM warns police crackdown on protesters
byIstanbul, June 15 (IANS) Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of a police crackdown on protesters if they fail to evacuate Istanbul’s Gezi…
Mandela continues to show signs of improvement: Grandson
byCape Town, June 15 (IANS) Former South African president Nelson Mandela, who has been hospitalized for a week, continued to show signs of improvement,…
Housing minister Ajay Maken resigns
byNew Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken resigned Saturday, saying that he wanted to work for…
Hassan Rouhani becomes Iran’s new president
byTehran, June 15 (IANS) Moderate presidential candidate, Hassan Rouhani, won the Iran’s presidential election by securing over 50 percent of votes, Iran’s interior minister…
Hike in bus fares in Karnataka
byBangalore, June 15 (IANS) Travel in government buses in Bangalore and across Karnataka and to neighbouring states will be costly from midnight Saturday as…
Mamata regime’s silence emboldening rapists: Left Front
byKolkata, June 15 (IANS) Observing that young girls were becoming “soft targets for rapists” in West Bengal, the Left Front Saturday accused the Mamata…
JD-U, BJP inching towards snapping ties (Roundup)
byPatna/New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The rift in Bihar’s ruling alliance sharpened Saturday with the BJP telling Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to quit and…