SRINAGAR: “When freedom of speech is subjected to strangulation…” goes M C Kash’s rap song, “I protest”. Written at the height of last summer’s protests, the rapper captured the imagination of the youth in Kashmir. Early this week, he performed before some 600 young boys and girls in Srinagar. But there’s a catch: Kash rapped [...]
NEW DELHI: The US “fully supports” the “clean waiver” that was given to India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group in 2008. Previewing the US-India strategic dialogue scheduled to be held here next week, Robert Blake, assistant secretary in the US state department “nothing in the new NSG guidelines prevents full nuclear cooperation” with India. This [...]
NEW DELHI: Sanjaya Baru, ex-media advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has touched off a controversy by saying that his former boss lacks the political authority that he needs to be effective. In an interview with NDTV, Baru said, “The essence is that the political authority that the prime minister must exercise, that he is [...]
NOIDA: Signalling a stepped-up campaign against Uttar Pradesh’s Mayawati government, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday morning reached Bhatta-Parsaul in Greater Noida and met families of farmers. Rahul met farmers and his agenda was to motivate all the villagers residing in the villages of Yamuna Expressway to attend the Kisan Mahapanchayat that is scheduled [...]
NEW DELHI: India’s sports minister announced Tuesday that he had sacked the Ukrainian coach of the country’s female 400m runners after eight of them tested positive for steroids in a growing doping scandal. “I have asked for his removal. He has already been removed,” Ajay Maken told a news conference in New Delhi, referring to [...]
HYDERABAD: The Telangana region faced a shutdown on Tuesday in pursuance to a 48-hour bandh call given by the pro-separate state elements even as more resignations continued to mount pressure on the Congress high command to take a call on Telangana. As expected, life came to a virtual standstill in all the 10 Telangana districts [...]
The HinduTelangana Cong leaders remain firm in resolve to resignThe HinduPTI The Hindu A day after the Congress party's Telangana leaders threatened to resign en masse, Pradesh Congress Committee president Botcha Satyanarayana (wearing a tricolour …
The HinduThousands of devotees join annual Rath YatraDaily News & AnalysisPlace: Puri | Agency: PTI Thousands of devotees poured in here with religious fervour and enthusiasm to take part in the grand spectacle of the annual Rath Yatra keeping in with …
USA TodayPresidential Candidates Announce Second Quarter Fundraising TotalsChristian PostMitt Romney, the Republican presidential front-runner and former Massachusetts governor, claims to have raised nearly $20 million for his campaign in the second qu…
The HinduDey murder case: Chhota Rajan aide arrestedThe HinduPTI PTI (Top) A TV grab showing the killers of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey on a motobike after the shootout. (Below): Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik and Joint Commissioner of Pol…
