Home ministry submits Afzal Guru case to President
Taking a step forward for a final view on the fate of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, the home ministry has submitted his case to the President’s secretariat for a decision.
Mubarak in hiding
Cairo, Feb. 12: A day after he was ousted by a peaceful 18-day protest, the whereabouts of the deposed President, Mr Hosni Mubarak, and his family remained a secret .
While officially it is stated th
Mubarak flees, Army in charge
Egypt’s “Pharoah”, Mr Hosni Mubarak, resigned as President and handed control to the military on Friday after 30 years in power, bowing to a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands. “The people ousted the President,” chanted a crowd of tens of thousands outside his Presidential palace in Cairo.
US hopes for gradual change
Washington, Feb. 8: The Vice-President of Egypt, Mr Omar Suleiman, says he does not think it is time to lift the 30-year-old Emergency law that has been used to suppress and imprison Opposition leader
Have plans for power transfer: V-P
Cairo, Feb. 8: Egypt has a plan and timetable for the peaceful transfer of power, the Vice-President, Mr Omar Suleiman, said on Tuesday, as protesters called for more demonstrations to show their cam
Egypt hikes employee salary by 15 %
Cairo, Feb. 7: Egypt’s embattled regime on Monday announced a 15 per cent raise for government employees in an attempt to shore up its base and defuse popular anger amid ongoing protests demanding the
Egypt V-P survives bid on life
Washington, Feb. 5: A failed assassination bid against the Egyptian Vice-President, Mr Omar Suleiman, has left two of his bodyguards dead, according to a media report.
The incident was reported by Fo
ICC snatches Indian ad-vantage
New Delhi, Feb. 4: Four Indian players including Sachin Tendulkar met Board of Control for Cricket in India president Shashank Mahohar to to seek clarification on the International Cricket Council’s m
Twitter banned to curb protest
San Francisco, Jan. 26: Twitter was inaccessible in Egypt on Tuesday in what was believed to be a move to thwart protesters using the social network in a campaign to oust the President, Mr Hosni Mubar
Sort it out, Prez tells Centre, BJP
New Delhi, Jan. 25: On the eve of Republic Day, the President, Ms Pratibha Devisingh Patil, virtually asked the government and the Opposition to sort out issues between them so that the Parliament can