Hitting back at Union minister and former Army chief General VK Singh's 'jobless' jibe, former information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari on Monday said that by God's grace, he had much more work to do than a minister of state.
Indian and US experts will meet in July this year to discuss ways to ease Washington's sanctions on export of dual use goods and technologies to New Delhi.\n\n
The top ten men's and women's runners are expected for the Jan 18, 2004 event.
'The coming season will be one of the most dangerous phases of terrorism,' says Omar Abdullah, president of the National Conference.
"I am there to support the cause of ex-servicemen because I am an ex-servicemen's daughter," Singh's daughter Mrinalini was quoted as saying.
'The main reason people go to other countries is unemployment in Punjab'
Amid outrage over the menace of forcing minor Muslim girls into wedlock, police have arrested three persons, including the mother of a United Arab Emirates national, who forcibly married a minor girl in Kozhikode, Kerala.
The support for the eight-year-old girl was growing with politicians, cutting across party lines, seeking justice for her.
The government is in continuous contact with Dutch and British governments to ensure that the Interpol order seeking extradition of i-flex CEO Senthil Kumar to the Netherlands was withdrawn.
Suhag has filed an affidavit in Supreme Court, accusing the minister of trying to scuttle his promotion to the appointment of army commander.
This is what Minister of State for External Affairs Digvijay Singh told the Rajya Sabha during Question Hour.
A welfare fund meant for the Indian workers in the Gulf countries is in the advanced stage of finalisation, Minister of State for External Affairs Digvijay Singh said.
Series of controversies related to Dalit issues have come at a time when the BJP has launched a massive campaign to win back Uttar Pradesh.
The US aid to India is only about one-sixth of the amount earmarked for Pakistan and its military aid for Islamabad is $3.56 million from 2002 to 2004, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.\n\n\n\n
The Deputy Chairman angrily made certain comments targeting Naqvi which were expunged later.
The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against a close associate of Union Minister Gen (retd) VK Singh over alleged financial irregularities in the supply of defence items.
Around 1,350 Indians have been evacuated from Yemen and efforts are on to rescue over 2,000 others from various parts of the strife-torn country where situation has deteriorated significantly due to escalation in fighting between warring groups.
'While overall this is a face saving deal just before the BRICS meeting in Xiamen, any forward military movement at Doklam once again could bring the two Asian giants at loggerheads,' says China expert Srikanth Kondapalli.
The home minister asserted that one could not escape by saying that they had been misquoted and needed to ensure that what they were saying was accurate.
Union Minister V K Singh on Thursday kicked up a storm with his comments that the Centre cannot be blamed if somebody throws a stone at a dog to shield it from criticism for the Faridabad Dalit burning incident, prompting opposition demands for his ouster.
'It is an unpleasant fact of history that stronger nations dominate the power play and the only way it can be mitigated is through recourse to diplomacy,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The 2800 kilometer rail route could be a critical component for the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar corridor that seeks cross border trade and flow of people
'This was the worst phase yet in the state's human rights history.' 'Notorious interrogation centres were set up, large numbers died in firing on civilian mobs.' 'This is what today's generations might identify better as the Haider phase in Kashmir's history,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Shabana Azmi shares some beautiful stories of her frequent co-star Vinod Khanna.
Hitting out at the government, the ruling alliance partner said, 'The prime minister was in Lahore only last week as a guest of his counterpart Nawaz Sharif. At that time, we had warned him not to trust Pakistan.' "See how we have been betrayed today. If Pakistan wants to improve relations with India, they should immediately hand over Jaish-e-Mohammed's Maulana Masood Azhar to India," it said in the Saamna.
Troops from 17 countries, including Pakistan and Russia, formed part of 1000 foreign soldiers who took part in China's first military parade aimed at highlighting the excesses committed by Japanese troops against Chinese in the WW II in which according Chinese historians over 20 million people were killed, eight million forced into labour and thousands of women held as sex slaves.
China on Friday said many world leaders and over 10 foreign military forces will participate in its huge WWII memorial parade on September 3 in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of China's resistance against Japan.
India on Thursday wrapped up its air evacuation operations from Yemen rescuing another 630 of its citizens from Sanaa, taking the total number of Indians brought home from the war-ravaged country to over 4,640 besides around 960 nationals from 41 countries.
Non-performers were not punished, performers were not rewarded, points out Utkarsh Mishra.
'As of now, it may be best for India to insist that Yameen honours the supreme court rulings and ensures that the next election is free and fair,' says Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
Even as demonetisation continued to be the hot topic in Parliament, forcing adjournments in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, other topics too were discussed in Parliament. Here are the other issues that were discussed.
The nation on Thursday remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 145th birth anniversary with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders paying floral tributes at his memorial in New Delhi.
In a forceful statement in the Lok Sabha, Swaraj rejected allegations that she misled the country.
'I would personally like to see Rahul Gandhi continue as party president.' 'I genuinely believe he has far more to offer to the party still, particularly in leading us in these challenging times that we find ourselves in.'
Singh said efforts are on to deliberately create a misunderstanding for political gains.
Terrorism is a snake that bites the hand which feeds it: India to China
"Intolerance debate is the unnecessary creation of very imaginative minds who are being paid a lot of money," Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh said.
In view of the worsening situation in Yemen's capital Sana'a, India has shifted its embassy to Djibouti, adjoining the war-torn country, after the "successful" conclusion of the process to evacuate its nationals, government informed the Lok Sabha on Monday.
Swaraj said the Centre was taking immediate action and that UP CM Yogi Adityanath had assured her of a fair and impartial investigation.
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