With Sheikh Hasina as Bangladesh prime minister, all is well with the world of India-Bangladesh relations, says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
'The fault is not in our freedom but how we are milking the magnificent opportunity it has afforded. Should we not ponder and correct the course?'
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited the Air India Memorial in Toronto on Monday, to pay respects to the 329 victims of the 1985 Kanishka bombing and assured their families that the "entire Indian nation shares your sense of loss and grief". Singh, who concluded his two-day tour to attend the G-20 Summit, met the families of the victims, hours after he underlined the need for "full justice" to those affected by the tragedy, which was Canada's worst terrorist attack.
45-year-old Udayveer alleged that doctors at the Etawah government hospital did not treat his son Pushpendra and turned him away.
For the eclectic mix of India Americans -- from senior White House officials to politicians and community activists to medical professionals -- invited to the first state dinner hosted by the Obamas in honour of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur, it was a 'memorable' and a 'magical evening' full of fun and great entertainment that would be forever etched in their memory, reports Aziz Hanniffa.
Robbed of prey as people fled, Omar Perez came marching back and shot bullet after bullet into Prudhvi Raj Kandepi's head, thus ensuring that a man he had never met before, known nothing of, would never get up again.
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'If at all there is going to be a second wave, it will not be very strong unlike in the US and Europe.'
Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan is thrilled that he stood second in his second attempt at cracking the prestigious UPSC civil services examination.
A day after a girl IN Pune succumbed to swine flu, authorities swung into action on Tuesday quarantining 27 contacts of the 14-year-old besides putting on medication the staff of the hospital which came in contact with her.
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha chief and outgoing Chief Minister Shibu Soren was on Tuesday admitted to a private hospital after he complained of heaviness in the chest, the hospital sources said.Earlier in the morning, Soren was taken to the Central Coalfields Limited Hospital after he complained of uneasiness. The doctors at the CCL Hospital referred him to the Apollo Hospital.
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'War is won by team work. War is won by sacrifices,' says Subedar Sanjay Kumar, Param Vir Chakra.
Worries about the recession could lower testosterone levels among men, a doctor has warned. Dr Richard Petty, who works at a private clinic for men, said that chronic stress caused by financial worries, redundancy or working longer hours may cause levels of the hormone to drop.Testosterone is associated with sexual function, circulation and muscle mass, as well as mood, memory and concentration.
India and the United States on Sunday achieved a breakthrough in operationalisation of the stalled nuclear deal
In a strong warning to those disrupting border peace, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said the country will not hesitate in retaliating if someone fires first and asserted the government is ready to talk to Pakistan over PoK and not Kashmir.
Legendary theatre personality Habib Tanvir passed into the ages on Monday. Stage and film director Jabbar Patel salutes his memory.
Gauri Shinde's film moves at its own pace, but will stun you with its life lessons, says Divya Nair.
'A dangerous and false binary is now surfacing in Indian political discourse, which must be firmly rejected.' 'It is that we have to choose between freedom and development.' 'For us freedom is neither merely an instrument for development nor to be subordinated to development.' 'It is, as our founding fathers proclaimed early in our freedom struggle, 'our birthright' on which we shall never compromise.' 'Growth, wealth and development are fruits of democracy, not substitutes.' Dr Manmohan Singh's thoughts on democracy: A Must Read!
'People are already sending congratulatory messages. But I have said, "Please don't until the trials are over".'
Yogita Ashok Desai, 12, died of 'cardio pulmonary arrest', after she collapsed on her way home after fetching water.
'The continuing crisis in agriculture, the inability of successive governments to provide secure jobs to millions of youths having varying degrees of skills, and fragmentation of politics have created a sense of despondency.'
As the pandemic unfolded, the India-China relationship has come under severe stress. To restore normalcy, agreements between the two countries must be respected scrupulously in their entirety. Where the Line of Actual Control is concerned, any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo is unacceptable, declares External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
Rich tributes were paid to the architect of the Constitution, B R Ambedkar, in various parts of the country on Sunday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that his economic thought and vision have not been fully understood and the government was leaving no stone unturned to fulfil his dreams of a prosperous and inclusive India.
Making it clear that there will be no change in the reservation policy for Dalits, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that nobody can snatch their right even as he accused his opponents of spreading "untruths" on the issue.
'A false narrative is being created, that Modi is a habitual offender when it comes to lowering the political discourse in the country.' 'Nothing can be farther from the truth,' argues Sudhir Bisht.
Keeping its promise of honouring 'unsung heroes', the government this year honoured with Padma awards several personalities who served the poor, set up free schools and popularised tribal arts globally.
Nitish also requested Dr Singh to tour flood affected areas of Bihar to personally assess the damages of property and miseries to millions.
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Recognise the source and personal contribution to stress, suggests Dr Naveen Jayaram.
30 years later, relatives of the 329 people who perished in the Kanishka bombing gathered at a moving service in Ahakista, Cork in Ireland.
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Modi said the wave in favour of the BJP was stronger this time than in 2014.
Chanting "hands up, don't shoot" and "no justice, no peace", the crowd, estimated to be over 60,000, along with 16 members of Floyd's family, some of whom flew down to Houston, marched about a mile from Discovery Green Park to City Hall under the scorching sun.
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It was a many splendoured political career, which ended at the presidential palace. But the prime minister's post eluded him, even though it was a position he openly aspired for.
'We should start giving this vaccination immediately to doctors, nurses etc and also to the elderly.'
Srijan Pal Singh, advisor to President A P J Abdul Kalam, recalls his final journey to IIM-Shillong.
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