Home Secretary in J&K to review security situation
AMN / Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi today undertook an aerial inspection of forward posts in R.S. Pura sector of the Jammu division at the Indo-Pak International border. Union Home…
Coal scam: Ex-PM Manmohan’s plea to be heard by special bench, says SC
The Supreme Court today made it clear that the appeal of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, challenging the trial court order summoning him as an accused in a coal…
Eminent author Nayantara Sehgal returns Sahitya award
Eminent author and niece of Jawaharlal Nehru, Nayantara Sehgal today returned the Sahitya Akademi award. Nayantara Sehgal said she was resigning in protest against increasing intolerance towards right to dissent…
Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald win Nobel Prize in Physics
Takaaki Kajita of Japan and Arthur McDonald of Canada have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of neutrino oscillations. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the…
Ex-Foreign Secy Mathai deposes in 1993 Mumbai blasts case
Former Foreign Secretary, now India’s High Commissioner to the UK Ranjan Mathai, told the special TADA court in Mumbai that the Ministry of External Affairs had not held any meeting…
‘RSS should not be dragged into Dadri lynching’
AMN / RSS has said its name should not be dragged into Dadri lynching controversy and people responsible for the crime should be punished. In an interview to an English…
BJP, Congress hit out at Azam Khan over UN remarks
AMN / BJP and Congress immediately hit out at Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan for his controversial statement that he will raise the issue of the lynching of a Muslim…
Hiding inefficacy of his govt. Azam to go to UN over Dadri lynching
Our Correspondent / LUCKNOW Hiding Inefficiency of his Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh, Senior minister Azam Khan today threatened to approach the United Nations to seek justice over Dadri…
SC asks J&K HC to set up 3-Judge bench to resolve beef ban issue
The Supreme Court today suspended for two months, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court order banning the sale of beef in the state. The court also directed the Chief Justice…
GDP growth to exceed 7.5%; Fiscal deficit target of 3.9% to be achieved: Govt
AMN / Government of India is confident of exceeding 7.5 per cent GDP growth this year and achieving the fiscal deficit target of 3.9 per cent. Addressing a press conference…