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WHO takes India off polio endemic list
Published on 27 Feb, 2012 at 10:09 in India | Viewed 216 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: India has a reason to smile on the polio front, as it was taken off the list of polio endemic countries by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad announced at the Polio Summit 2012 here Saturday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also present.
“WHO has taken India’s name off the list of polio endemic countries in view of the remarkable progress that we have…
India celebrates 63rd Republic Day
Published on 26 Jan, 2012 at 11:57 in India | Viewed 306 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: India Thursday celebrated its 63rd Republic Day, showcasing its military might and the nation’s rich cultural heritage.
The main ceremonial parade was held in the capital with Thailand’s first woman Prime Minister Yinluck Shinawatra as the guest of honour.
The ceremony began around 10 a.m. with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laying a floral wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti to pay tribute to an unknown soldier.
This was followed by…
Non-resident Indians get voting rights
Published on 9 Jan, 2012 at 0:56 in Diaspora | Viewed 444 views times | No Comments
Jaipur: Fulfilling the long-standing demand of its Diaspora, India Sunday said it would allow Non-resident Indians (NRIs) to vote and participate in the election process.
“Pursuant to the law that was enacted to enable Non-resident Indians to vote in our national elections, the government has issued notifications for registration of overseas electors under the Representation of People Act, 1950,” Prime Minister…
India seeks diaspora investment in energy, healthcare
Published on 8 Jan, 2012 at 6:09 in Business Opinions | Viewed 292 views times | No Comments
Jaipur: India Saturday asked its 30 million strong Diaspora spread across over 130 countries to contribute in the development of healthcare, energy and infrastructure sector.
Almost 1,500 non-resident Indians and persons of Indian origin from 54 countries have gathered here on the occasion of the 10th annual diaspora meet, the ‘Pravasi Bharatiya Divas’.
Addressing a conference on the first day of the three-day event, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi…
PM under Lokpal ambit but not CBI; Hazare furious
Published on 20 Dec, 2011 at 23:22 in India | Viewed 298 views times | No Comments
Anna Hazare and the Indian government were set for a showdown after the cabinet Tuesday finalised its Lokpal bill bringing the Prime Minister under its ambit but leaving out two other key demands of the activists — inclusion of the CBI and the lower bureaucracy. A furious Hazare dubbed the government ‘dishonest’ and vowed a hunger strike from December 27.
Capping…
Hindus make last bid to save ‘Gita’; Indian lawmakers miffed
Published on 20 Dec, 2011 at 0:21 in India | Viewed 439 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Hindus in Russia on Monday made a last ditch effort to save the Bhagavad Gita from a ban by a Siberian court. The issue rocked the Indian parliament, with MPs cutting across party lines Monday condemning the ‘insult’ to the holiest of Hindu scriptures for facing the prospect of being branded ‘extremist’.
Following last-minute plea by Hindus in Russia,…
PM is honest but remote controlled: Anna Hazare
Published on 19 Dec, 2011 at 1:05 in India | Viewed 315 views times | No Comments
Chennai: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is an honest man but is ‘remote controlled’, activist Anna Hazare said Sunday, urging people to start filling the jails from January 1 in support of a strong Lokpal.
Addressing about 10,000 mainly middle class crowd at a college ground here, Hazare drew repeated applause as he asked the youth to take the lead in…
Ajit Singh gets charge of Civil Aviation Ministry
Published on 19 Dec, 2011 at 0:13 in India | Viewed 351 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Ajit Singh was Sunday inducted into the union cabinet and given charge of the civil aviation ministry, days after his party joined the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) ahead of upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh.
In the fourth expansion of the council of ministers, the Jat leader from western Uttar Pradesh was the only…
‘Bhagvad Gita’ faces ‘extremist’ branding, legal ban in Russia
Published on 17 Dec, 2011 at 12:16 in Editorial | Viewed 732 views times | No Comments
Moscow: Bhagvad Gita, one of the most sacred Hindu religious texts, is facing a legal ban and the prospect of being branded as ‘an extremist’ literature across Russia, with a court in Siberia’s Tomsk city all set to deliver its final verdict on Monday in a case filed by state prosecutors.
The final pronouncement in the case will come just two…
India remembers parliament attack victims
Published on 13 Dec, 2011 at 22:40 in India | Viewed 498 views times | No Comments
New Delhi: Vice President Hamid Ansari on Tuesday led members of both houses of parliament in paying tribute to martyrs on the 10th anniversary of the attack on the Indian parliament.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and…
