Khurshid’s trip to Germany, Belgium to build India-EU bridge
- 2013-01-28 03:08New Delhi: The Indian External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid left for a four-day visit to Germany and Belgium for boosting India’s relations with the European Union.
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UDF GOVT’S SHAM COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
LATEST MOVE POSES GRAVE DANGER TO KERALA
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2013-01-25 17:01
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Oommen Chandy Government is not all that keen on protecting eco-sensitive zones in the state despite its much-hyped ‘commitment’ to protect environment.
NO COUNTRY FOR ROHINGIYA MUSLIMS
SOUTH ASIAN IMBROGLIO CONTINUES UNABATED
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2013-01-25 16:58
Rohingiya Muslims continue to face a nightmare without end in South Asia. With Bangladesh and Singapore repulsing desperate refugees looking for help and squeezed mercilessly by the Myanmar government at home, the Rohingiyas truly have nowhere to go. Theirs must be a unique situation without parallel in the world, according to observers.
MINISTRY REPORT ON NGO FUNDING HAS MANY GAPS
MORE MONITORING OF SAUDI INFLOWS NEEDED
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2013-01-25 16:55
The actual amount of foreign funds reaching the country's NGOs every year remains a mystery. It is not known either to the government or the public. It may run into sever billions of dollars and a good part through illegal routes such as hawala. Thus, the union home ministry’s (MHA) latest report on foreign funding of India’s non-government organizations (NGOs) lacks credibility as also reliability in the face of the government’s own claim of knowledge of overseas funding of terrorism, fundamentalism and India’s economic instability.
World to witness India’s military prowess on R-Day
- 2013-01-25 12:36New Delhi: The world is slated to witness the display of a strong and resurgent India at the 64th Republic Day celebration here on Saturday. The R-Day parade will display nation’s achievements in various fields, the military prowess, scintillating display of air power as also country’s rich and diverse cultural heritage.
AFSPA initiates debate on national security vis-à-vis gender security
- 2013-01-25 06:52A debate has emerged in the country over the issue of national security vis-à-vis gender security and human resources development with the proposals being put forward for the repeal or review of the Armed Forces Special Provisions Act (AFSPA).
NOW BRACE FOR ‘CASH FOR JOB’ SCAM
CORRUPTION IN RECRUITMENT IS AN OLD MALAISE
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2013-01-24 12:56
Poor Chautala and company! Lodged inside Delhi’s Tihar Jail upon conviction by a special CBI court in over Rs.100-crore corruption and bribery in the junior basic trained (JBT) teacher recruitment case in Haryana, former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, his son Ajoy and 51 others, including two IAS officers, must be cursing the Prime Minister for setting the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under his charge at them to investigate into the allegations and chargesheet them for an offence which is commonly practiced by ruling political parties and their official henchmen by governments at states and the centre for years.
BJP LOST THE SCRIPT TO MAKE A SMOOTH TRANSITION
MORE EVIDENCE OF SAFFRON PARTY’S SHAKY LEADERSHIP
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2013-01-24 12:53
If the Congress had choreographed the coronation of the Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi perfectly and built up an atmosphere of bonhomie in Jaipur last week, the BJP has failed to show a smooth transition of power in the party. In a dramatic anticlimax, the BJP chief Nitin Gadkari lost out to get a second term after the income tax raids on the Purti group, which triggered a rethink on the part of the BJP.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SHAMEFUL PROSECUTION
FREE KNOWLEDGE CRUSADER DRIVEN TO SUICIDE
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2013-01-23 13:03
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.… Together, we resolved that a great nation must care for the vulnerable, and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.”
- President Barack Obama, Inaugural Speech, January 21, 2013
- President Barack Obama, Inaugural Speech, January 21, 2013
BJP IN MADHYA PRADESH ANNOUNCES YOUTH PROGRAMMES
WILL SCHEMES TO ATTRACT YOUNG VOTERS REAP BENEFITS?
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2013-01-23 12:58
BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have decided to woo the young voters. The state is to elect its new Vidhan Sabha in the month of November this year and since the last elections (2008), at least 30 lakh new, young voters have been added to the electorate. Besides youth the BJP has also announced a series of schemes to win over urban voters of the state.