SC upholds death penalty to Yakub Memon for 1993 Mumbai blasts
AMN Supreme Court today dismissed the review plea of Yakub Abdul Razak Memon against death penalty in 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. The apex court had stayed Memon’s execution on…
Nasim Zaidi appointed as Chief Election Commissioner
AMN The President of India Paranab Mukherjee has appointed the senior-most Election Commissioner, Dr. Nasim Zaidi as the Chief Election Commissioner. Dr Zaidi will assume the charge of office of…
Congress condemns V K Singh remarks on media, BJP keeps distances
Congress has condemned V K Singh for his remarks. Party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Mr. Singh’s statement against media shows utter intolerance and incapacity to hear any kind of…
Amitabh Bachchan, Prince Karim Aga Khan get Padma Vibhushan
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Prince Karim Aga Khan were among the eminent personalities awarded the Padma Vibhushan, country’s second highest civilian honour. President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the awards at…
SAARC Health Ministers meet adopts “Delhi Declaration on Public Health”
AMN The 5th meeting of SAARC Health Ministers held here today, adopted the “Delhi Declaration on Public Health Challenges”. The full text of the Declaration is as follows:- Recognizing that…
AP CM briefs Rajnath Singh about killing of 20 smugglers
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu Wednesday briefed Home Minister Rajnath Singh about the incident involving killing of 20 alleged red sanders smugglers during police operation and the action…
Telangana encounter: Muslims’ body to approach UN and EU panels for justice
Demands high-level probe Our Correspondent New Delhi: All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, the apex body of Indian Muslim organisations has threatened to approach international human rights bodies like the UN…
PM launches MUDRA Bank to provide credit to small entrepreneurs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched Micro Units Development Re-finance Agency, MUDRA in New Delhi. The Prime Minister said, the MUDRA bank, with a corpus of Rs 20,000 crore, will…
Family of victims want CBI probe into Telengana ‘encounter’
AMN The family of the accused gunned down by police in Telangana’s Nalgonda district have termed the encounter as “fake” and “stage-managed” . They are demanding that the policemen involved…
30 crore people to get job after land bill passed: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said about 30 crore landless people will get employment in the industrial corridors following amendments to the land acquisition bill 2015. Speaking during the launch…