HC backs Mohsina as Haj Committee Chief
NEW DELHI: (AMN) Former union minister and senior congress leader Mohsina Kidwai will remain the chairperson of the Haj Committee of India. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday upheld her…
India -Afghanistan to combat terrorism effectively
NEW DELHI: (AMN) India and Afghanistan on Wednesday renewed their resolve to effectively combat and defeat the menace of terrorism. They also emphasised the need to ensure that terrorist and…
Ramesh to visit Simlipal Tiger Forest reserve
NEW DELHI: So moved by the elephant deaths in the Simlipal Tiger Forest Reserve in the state, Minister of environment and forest Jairam Ramesh is planning to visit the Tiger…
Afghan Foreign Minister briefs Manmohan
NEW DELHI: (AMN) Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rassoul on Tuesday briefed the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh about latest developments in Afghanistan and India’s aid Programme in the country. Rassoul…
Arunachal Ex-CM, Apang arrested for big scam
GUWAHATI– Former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Gegong Apang was Tuesday arrested by the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) for his alleged involvement in the Rs 1000 crore PDS scam in…
Ramesh rejects environment clearance to Vedanta
NEW DELHI: The union environment ministry on Tuesday totally rejected forest clearance to multinational Vedanta’s 1.7 billion US dollar bauxite mining project in Orissa. Talking to media persons here the…
China for Prob into Manila Hostage Crisis
MANILA: With the death of one more person, the death toll in Monday’s bus hostage crisis in Grandstand Manila has reached to 10. According to the Philippine Star a dismissed…
Lalu, Paswan shut door for Muslim CM, Dy CM
THE two so called Champions of Muslims, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Lok Jan Shakti Party supremo Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday announced formation of a…
MPs get more monetary relief
NEW DELHI: A day after Members of Parliaments (MPs) were sanctioned to get three-fold increase in salaries, the government on Monday also approved an increase of Rs ten thousand in…
What a hypocrisy, gau mata! Assault on food habits
LAST fortnight, former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Deve Gowda and a team of his party MPs and MLAs met President Pratibha Patil and requested her not…