The British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that Britain will call on the United Nations to set up an international inquiry into alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka if the country does not set up its own investigation by March. The inquiry refers to alleged war crimes during the final stages of the country’s […]
Voting began in Maldives today morning for the final round of Presidential run-off election on a brisk note. Long queues of voters can be seen on all polling booths of Male and other islands. Election Commission has set up 475 polling stations for 2 lakh 39 thousand eligible voters. Polling will end this evening and […]
Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh today spoke to Sachin Tendulkar to congratulate him for being chosen for the Bharat Ratna. PMO sources said ,Dr.Singh made the telephone call to Tendulkar soon after the announcement of the award and wished him many more years of contribution to sports. The Prime Minister also called up to Congratulate eminent […]
The filing of nominations for the upcoming Assembly elections concluded today. Prominent among those, who filed their nominations today are RTI activist turned politician and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal. He filed his nomination paper from New Delhi seat from where Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit is contesting the elections. BJP has fielded its […]
India’s second Aircraft Carrier INS Vikramaditya, designed to boost India’s maritime capabilities, is being inducted into the Indian Navy by Defence Minister AK Antony at a shipyard in Russia today. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and Defence Minister Shoigu are attending the commissioning of the Kiev Class carrier, formerly called Admiral Gorshkov. A Navy […]
The Election Commission has granted four more days to the BJP leader Narendra Modi to reply to its notice on violation of model code of conduct in his speech at a rally in Chhatisgarh. The notice was issued to him for his reamrks terming the Congress election symbol as Khooni Panja and Zalim Haath at […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today performed the last of the five orbit-raising manoeuvre on its Mars Orbiter in the early hours, raising the apogee of the spacecraft to over 1.92 lakh km. In a statement ISRO said, after the successful completion of these operations, the Mars Orbiter mission is expected to take on […]
American defence major Boeing has delivered the second P-8I aircraft to India that is likely to boost the Indian Navy’s long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare capabilities. Boeing P-8I programme manager Leland Wight said, the company that is building eight P-8I aircrafts for India, delivered the first one in May. He said, acceptance trials on […]
US President Barack Obama has said he would prefer a diplomatic solution to the nuclear weapons programme of Iran, as he noted that the military option, which he did not rule out altogether, was messy. At the same time, Obama insisted that there has been no change in his determination to stop Iran from acquiring […]
At least 12 migrants, including four children, drowned after their boat sank off a western Greek island in the Lonian Sea. Greek official said the incident occurred early today, off the coast of Lefkada, an island in the Lonian Sea. They said the immigrants had issued an SOS to the coast guard, who failed to […]