Interior Minister named as heir to Saudi throne

In Saudi Arabia, Interior Minister Sultan Nayef bin Abdel-Aziz Al Saud has been named heir to the Saudi throne. He would be the new Prime Minister holding the portfolio of Interior Ministry as well. The move comes after the end of the mourning period of the previous crown prince on last week on Sunday. The […]

Thai floods wreaking havoc in people’s lives

Devastating flood plays havoc in Thailand. Parts of the Thai capital Bangkok and the suburbs are flooded as residents made their way through waist-deep water in makeshift boats. Central Bangkok is still dry, but people were piling up sandbags outside their homes and businesses. Many supermarkets were empty. Those that remained open were rationing bottled […]

Crude Bomb found on Advani’s yatra near Madura

Queen opens Commonwealth summit

The 21st Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting declared open on Friday by Queen Elizabeth II in Perth amid demands to take a tough stand against violation of human rights. Vice President Hamid Ansari is representing India at the summit, which is also debating on tackling tough challenges posed by the global financial crisis, food security, […]

Court to hear Yeddyurappa’s bail plea today

The Karnataka High Court on Friday will hear the bail plea of Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, the former CM is currently lodged in the Central prison at Parappana Agrahara on the outskirts of Bangalore. The 68-year-old BJP leader had sought bail in two of the five corruption cases against him following the […]

Taliban hit US-run base in southern Afghanistan

Taliban armed with guns and explosives struck a US-run base in Kandahar on Thursday with blasts and gunfire reverberating in the southern Afghan city, police and witnesses said. A group of “three to four” armed men, possibly with suicide vests, had taken up positions in an empty compound that was once used by the USAID […]

5 LeT operatives arrested for attacking security forces

Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested five Lashker-e-Toiba operatives for carrying out attacks on security forces in Baramulla and Batamaloo on Thursday. “Two grenade attack cases have been solved as we have busted a module of young men motivated by Lashkar-e-Toiba,” Deputy Inspector General of Central Kashmir Abdul Gani Mir told reporters in Srinagar. Mir said […]

Ramesh’s panel on Naxal-hit Saranda lays down dev roadmap

Home to one-fourth of country’s known iron ore deposits, the Naxal-hit Saranda area in Jharkhand has no visible presence of administration, a government appointed panel has found, while recommending a slew of measures to reach out to 56 tribal villages there. The team appointed by Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh to study the implementation of […]

CAG to audit rural development expenditure: Ramesh

All expenditure incurred in rural development works would come under the CAG’s scrutiny from next week because people have a right to know how the money was being spent, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Thursday. “This is absolutely essential when hundred thousand crore of rupees are spent by the government all over the country […]

UNSC votes to end Libya military intervention mandate

The UN Security Council voted unanimously to end its mandate for international military intervention in Libya, a week after Muammar Gaddafi was killed, bringing to an end the bloody conflict in the country. The council adopted a resolution to rescind its mandate and put an end to the NATO mission in the country. But India […]