Geeta set to return to India from Pakistan
Geeta, a deaf-mute Indian girl living in Pakistan after accidentally crossing the border, will be back very shortly to India. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Geeta’s family have been…
CBI arrests Income Tax Principal Commissioner in bribery case
Central Bureau of Investigation,CBI on Thursday arrested a Principal Commissioner of Income Tax and an Income Tax Officer in an alleged bribery case of Rs. 10 lakh. It was alleged…
Militant infiltrations into Kashmir reduced: Defence Minister
Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar today said the militant infiltrations into Kashmir has come down during ever since the present government came into power. Speaking to media in Hyderabad after re-naming…
India disapproves US report on religious tolerance
India today disapproved of report regarding religious tolerance in India by the US State Department. Replying to a query in New Delhi this evening, External Affairs Minister spokesperson Vikas Swarup…
Bihar goes for 2nd phase of polls; NCP part away from SP
Anawarul Hoda / AMN / Tight security arrangements have been made for polling for the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections on Friday. 32 constituencies, spread over six districts, will…
Aadhaar card scheme is purely voluntary: SC
AMN / Supreme Court today ruled that Aadhaar card scheme is purely voluntary and not mandatory till matter is finally decided by it. The Apex Court, at the same time…
FirstHandle Mobile App to be launched in Bengaluru; Mumbai next
By TN Ashok / New Delhi: Following its unprecedented Delhi/NCR launch two months before, FirstHandle, a mobile application connecting neighborhood consumers with retailers/store owners/mall shops informing the former about lucrative…
Herald case: HC terms Gandhis’ applications as ‘infructuous’
Delhi High Court today termed as “infructuous” the applications in the National Herald case. Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and some other party leaders in their application…
Rajasthani writer Nand Bhardwaj returns Akademi award
Rajasthani litterateur Nand Bhardwaj has returned his Sahitya Akademi award, blaming the literary body of failing to “protect” the rights of writers. In a letter to Secretary of Sahitya Akademi…
2 terrorists killed in encounter in J&K’s Doda district
Two terrorists have been killed by security forces in an encounter in Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir, . Police sources said, acting on a tip-off, security forces had launched…