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Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto Express flagged off
Kolkata, Sep 19 (ANI): Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off Sealdah-New Delhi Duronto express, the country’s first point-to-point non-stop train in Kolkata. The Duronto express will cover the 1447-km distance between Sealdah and New Delhi in 16 hours and 20 minutes. “After 30 years there is a train called Duronto. It will go faster than [...]
Gilani rejects inking safe passage deal for Musharraf
Islamabad, Sep.19 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has denied inking any ‘safe exit’ deal to facilitate former President General Pervez Musharraf’s safe passage from the country after he stepped down from the Presidency. In an interview to a private television channel, Gilani said: “If there had been such a deal, it would have [...]
South African officials withhold findings of Caster Semenya’s gender test
London, Sep. 19 (ANI): Even before South African star athlete Caster Semenya’s gender was questioned at the World Championships in Berlin, Athletics South Africa (ASA) had found out and withheld the fact that she had internal testes, an e-mail exchange has revealed. According to the e-mail exchanges published in the Mail and Guardian newspaper, ASA [...]
Pak issues prohibited arms license to US security firm
Islamabad, Sep.17 (ANI): Pakistani authorities have issued 86 licenses for prohibited weapons to a security company which has been hired by the US embassy in Islamabad. Interior Ministry sources revealed that the licenses were issued to Inter Risk following Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s approval, The Daily Times reports. According to a private television channel, [...]
‘Berlusconi will have to resign if immunity law overturned’
Rome, Sep. 18 (ANI): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would be forced to resign if laws providing him immunity are overturned by the Constitutional Court next month, his lawyers have admitted. “If the Constitutional Court, which begins its deliberations on October 6, overturns the law there would be damage to the functions of an elected [...]
Missing Hindu nurse’s parents’ pleas in Pak falling on deaf ears
Karachi, Sep.18 (ANI): Family members of the Hindu nurse, Bano, who disappeared from Karachi last month under mysterious circumstances, have urged the government to step into the issue and direct the concerned authorities to pursue the matter seriously to find out her whereabouts. Bano’s uncle and the head of the Hindu Maheshwari community, Narain Das [...]
Sharad Pawar says end of season rains will help winter crops
New Delhi, Sep 18 (ANI): Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said that late end-season rains will help India’s winter crops. Talking to reporters here on Thursday, Pawar said, “It’s true that because paddy area transplantation has been dropped, but the late rains are very helpful particularly for Punjab, Haryana, Orissa and Chhattisgarh.” “There would not [...]
Malaysia gives RM1 million grant for Malay Indian tuition centre
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 18 (ANI): The Malaysian Government has allocated RM1 million to the Sri Murugan Centre to help poor and deserving Indian students excel in their education. The centre’s director and founder, M. Thambirajah, informed about the grant after receiving the cheque from Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak in Putrajaya on Wednesday. The centre [...]
MIC chief to apologise to Dr Mahathir over ‘slipper garland’ insult
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 18 (ANI): Malaysian Indian Congress president S. Samy Vellu has said that he will personally apologise to former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad over the ‘slipper garland’ insult by a MIC member during the recent party congress. He said he would seek an appointment with Dr Mahathir to tender his apology over [...]
Passport refused to footballer due tohis father’s link with militants
Srinagar, Sep 16 (ANI): The regional passport authorities of Jammu and Kashmir have denied passport to a Kashmiri youth, sighting the reason of his father’s involvement with militants in the valley. A Nineteen-year -old youth, Basharat Bashir, was all set to fly to Spain for the soccer training, but the news of denial of passport [...]
Taliban back to terror business from new stronghold near Mardan-Swat Highway
Islamabad, Sep.16 (ANI): The Taliban’s threat has still not subsided in the Swat and Malakand Divisions as the security forces have found that the extremists have created a new stronghold in the region and are planning strikes from there. According to senior officials, the Taliban, after being forced to retreat following the military operation, have [...]
J and K Govt seeks Center’s clearance to construct concrete huts along LAC
Srinagar, Sep 16 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has sought clearance from the Ministry of Defence to construct huts like along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) bordering China. According to sources the State Government forwarded this proposal with the aim of strengthening the Indian presence along the LAC. State Revenue Minister Raman Bhalla, [...]
Twitter Gate: Congress will take action against Tharoor at the appropriate time: Tewari
New Delhi, Sep.18 (ANI): The Congress party on Friday said it would take appropriate action against Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor for his “cattle class” comments through the medium of Twitter at the appropriate time. Addressing a party news conference in the capital, Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said: “We will take appropriate [...]