Mandela’s condition improving in hospital, says Zuma
byJohannesburg, June 12 (IANS) Ailing 94-year-old former South African president Nelson Mandela is responding better to treatment in hospital, President Jacob Zuma said Wednesday,…
Politics
BJP, RSS deny interference
byNew Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Even though it took a call from RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to defuse the crisis caused by L.K. Advani’s…
Iran’s supreme leader calls for high turnout in poll
byTehran, June 12 (IANS) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Wednesday called for high turnout in the upcoming presidential vote, reported Xinhua citing the…
Congress questions Patnaik’s commitment to Odisha
byBhubaneswar, June 12 (IANS) Criticising Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for holding a rally in New Delhi against the state’s alleged neglect by the…
Bengal contests data ranking it highest in crime against women
byKolkata, June 12 (IANS) As the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released figures showing West Bengal recorded the highest number of crimes against women…
Hundreds arrested in Telangana to foil Hyderabad march
byHyderabad, June 12 (IANS) Police in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh have arrested hundreds of activists of various political and non-political organizations to prevent…
New measures needed to protect rural women: Trinamool MP
byKolkata, June 12 (IANS) Observing that there is a need to “think of new measures to ensure the protection of women in rural areas”,…
BJP’s good times to begin from UP, says Amit Shah
byLucknow, June 12 (IANS) BJP general secretary Amit Shah Wednesday said good times for his party would begin from Uttar Pradesh and a National…
JD-U set to snap ties with BJP over Modi?
byPatna/New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The elevation of Narendra Modi as chief of BJP’s campaign committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls has cast…
Congress welcomes central probe in Punjab books scam
byChandigarh: With the union human resource development ministry sending a team to probe the alleged embezzlement of central funds under Sarv Siksha Abhiyan (SSA)…