Roma summit just a sweet talk: Zed
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:10 pm
Nevada, Mar 31 (IBNS) Third European Roma Summit, being organized by European Commission (EC) on April four at Brussels, appeared to be just a “sweet talk†like the previous two Summits (2008, 2010), with no concrete outcome to end Roma apartheid; distinguished religious statesman Rajan Zed, stated in Nevada (USA) on Monday.
BU: Hindu students want permanent prayer space
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:09 pm
Nevada, Mar 29 (IBNS) US Hindu students are still waiting for permanent prayer room at Brandeis University (BU) in Waltham (Massachusetts, USA), 50 days after “Murthi Sthapana†(idol installation) “ceremony to establish the Hindu altar on campus†on February six was cancelled.
Rahul is a challenge for Amethi: Smriti
Apr 01, 2014, at 03:08 pm
New Delhi, Apr 1 (IBNS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani on Tuesday said Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi himself has become a challenge for Amethi.
BJD leads in Odisha: Channel Survey
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:47 am
New Delhi, Mar 31 (IBNS): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will lead in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, a news channel survey has said.
TMC to maintain dominance in WB: Survey
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:45 am
New Delhi/Kolkata, Mar 31 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) will maintain her dominance in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the state and will emerge in the numero uno position, a news channel survey has showed.
LS: BJP fields Smriti against Rahul
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:22 am
New Delhi, Mar 31 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday fielded party leader and TV actress Smriti Irani from the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh where she will fight against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
Apr 01, 2014, at 06:04 am
While Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in a TV interview attacked BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on the Gujarat riots and defended his own party in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots after India Gandhi's assassination, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slammed the Gandhi scion on the issue and asked him to explain the remark of his own father after the post-assassination massacres.
Of Item numbers and Male Chauvinism
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:56 am
The inherent chauvinism, be it in the average Indian male, politician et al pops up in expected and sometimes unexpected, ways. Sometimes it sounds so absurd that is almost hilarious. Take for example, the comments by Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray comparing Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader and now CM of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal, as the ‘item girl’ of politics and that item number prima donna Rakhi Sawant would do a better of it in Delhi. In retaliation, AAP’s Maharashtra convener Anjali Damania suggested that Shiv Sena then should choose Sawant their CM candidate.
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:53 am
The body blow that the Security Forces (SFs) inflicted on the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in West Bengal with the killing of its politburo member Mallojula Koteswara Rao alias Kishanji, on November 24, 2011, has been followed through with a number of other successes, including key arrests and surrenders, resulting in a near complete halt to Maoist violence in 2012.
JD-U to lose grounds in Bihar: Survey
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:36 am
New Delhi, Mar 31 (IBNS): With the country gearing up for the Lok Sabha polls, a news channel survey has showed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United (JD-U) significantly losing seats in the state.
Modi slams Congress in Assam rallies
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:26 am
Guwahati, Mar 31 (IBNS): Highlighting how the Congress’ divisive politics had ruined Assam and the nation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, in his rallies at Gogamukh, Biswanath Chariali and Sivasagar in Assam on Monday urged the people to forget those who had forgotten the state as well as India and instead support the country's main opposition party for a better future.
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:24 am
New Delhi, Mar 31 (IBNS): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Monday met Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung here over the issue of holding fresh elections in the national capital.
Apr 01, 2014, at 05:22 am
New Delhi, Mar 31 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday presented the Padma awards at a Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
US envoy Nancy J. Powell resigns
Apr 01, 2014, at 04:16 am
New Delhi, Mar 31 (IBNS) U.S. Ambassador to India Nancy J. Powell resigned from her position on Monday.