Rajnath urges US: Keep India in loop on Afghan
The US had lost its focus in the war on terrorism in Afghanistan by partnering with Pakistan, BJP president Rajnath Singh has said as he asked the Obama administration to keep India in the loop on any
Mumbai see season’s heaviest rain
With 218.6 mm of rainfall in Colaba and 215.6 mm in Santa Cruz on Wednesday, Mumbai saw the heaviest rainfall of the season. Colaba covered 10 per cent of its average monsoon rainfall just in a day.
India is a rising power: Biden
US vice-president Joe Biden, who was in Mumbai on Wednesday, described India as a “rising power” and said that the US was a stakeholder in its “vibrant” economy.
Rajnath says not in PM race, Modi ‘tallest’ leader
Ruling himself out of the prime ministerial race, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Sunday virtually anointed Narendra Modi as its man to the top job if the party comes to power after the 2014 Lok Sabha
Doubts over fairness of gram sabha
While the Orissa government deserves kudos for peaceful conduct of the first gram sabha on July 18 at Serkapadi village under Muniguda block in Rayagada for ascertaining the wishes of the Dongaria Kon
3 Cong workers killed ahead of rural polls
Just 24 hours before the fourth phase panchayat election is scheduled to start, three Congress workers were killed in Murshidabad on Sunday.
Censor board member violated regulations?
The film D-Day, which was recently awarded U/A certificate by the Censor Board, has come under the scanner for violating norms.
‘India essential Afghan partner’
Terming India as an “essential partner” in Afghanistan, the US has asserted that the two countries share the view that the peace process in the war-torn country should be Afghan-led.
Judge seeks to halt Detroit bankruptcy filing
Investors dumped Detroit’s municipal bonds a day after the city’s historic bankruptcy filing even as a ruling in state court raised questions about whether the bankruptcy will stand up to court revie
Taliban-style edict for women spreads alarm
One of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s main religious advisers will not overturn a decree issued by clerics in the north reimposing Taliban-style curbs on women, in another sign of returning conservat