Amnesty urges release of jailed Femen activists in Tunisia
byLondon, June 14 (IANS/AKI) Rights group Amnesty International has called for the release of three members of Ukranian feminist group Femen, jailed for a…
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Kolkata women, students protest Barasat rape incident
byKolkata, June 13 (IANS) Students and women organisations Thursday came out on the streets of Kolkata to protest the gang-rape and murder of a…
Federal Front: TDP ready to join, Nitish says talks on
byNew Delhi/Patna/Hyderabad, June 13 (IANS) The proposal for a Federal Front got some boost Thursday with the Telugu Desam expressing readiness to join it…
Karnataka cheap rice for poor scheme further delayed
byBangalore, June 13 (IANS) Karnataka’s Congress government’s ambitious scheme to provide 30kg rice per month to poor families at Re.1 a kg is expected…
Akhilesh Yadav in Karnataka on two-day visit
byBangalore, June 13 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, whose Samajwadi Party has one member in the Karnataka assembly for the first time,…
Mamata’s federal front call a diversionary ploy: BJP
byKolkata, June 13 (IANS) Asserting that its alliance with Janata Dal United (JD-U) will only get stronger, the BJP Thursday termed West Bengal Chief…
Jharkhand cop probing poll scandal shielded from transfer
byRanchi, June 13 (IANS) Jharkhand Police chief Rajeev Kumar Thursday said an official involved in investigation of a cash-for-vote scam surrounding the mayor poll…
Over 90,000 killed in Syria conflict: UN
byParis, June 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The number of documented deaths resulting from the conflict in Syria between March 2011 and the end of April…
Hyderabad on edge for Friday’s Telangana march
byHyderabad, June 13 (IANS) The battle lines are drawn as the apex body fighting for separate statehood to Telangana region is determined to defy…
People will punish corrupt Congress in 2014: Amit Shah
byLucknow, June 13 (IANS) Launching a scathing attack on the Congress for its “corruption”, BJP general secretary and in charge of Uttar Pradesh Amit…