India

New Delhi, Jan 6: After weeks of holding out, even as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a Public Interest Litigation demanding restraint in any action against Justice A K Ganguly, the retired Supreme Court Judge facing charges of sexual harassment has reportedly decided to resign as the chief of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission. "Justice Ganguly has decided to resign and he has told his

Dhaka, Jan 5: Polling for the 10th parliamentary elections ended in 147 constituencies in 59 districts of Bangladesh amid an opposition-led string of violent incidents Sunday. Counting of votes began shortly after balloting ended at 4 p.m. The Election Commission postponed voting in 160 polling centres due to violence, Xinhua cited a commission official as saying. "Voting at 160 polling centres in

Sriharikota (AP), Jan 5: In a new year gift to the nation, ISRO today successfully launched a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV D5) with an indigenous cryogenic engine from the spaceport of Satish Dhawan Space Centre here, entering a select club of nations. With this launch, ISRO became the sixth space agency in the world after US, Russia, Japan, China and France to have tasted success

New Delhi, Delhi 5: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said there will be no compromise on corruption, and sought time for taking action against it. "It has just been eight days, give us some time. We will not spare anyone who is corrupt," Kejriwal told reporters. "There is no question of compromising on corruption, I will put my life at stake, but will not compromise on the issue," he

New Delhi, Jan 4: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Saturday he would not contest the April-May Lok Sabha elections. "I am not contesting the Lok Sabha elections," Kejriwal told mediapersons. The response came after a senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Yogendra Yadav, earlier in the day said he wanted to see Kejriwal as the prime minister of the country. Kejriwal said Yadav's

New Delhi, Jan 4: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced Saturday that it will contest most seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. AAP leader Prashant Bhushan said the decision was taken at the start of a two-day national executive meeting following the popular response across the country after the AAP took power in Delhi. "AAP will fight the Lok Sabha election, contest in the maximum number of

New Delhi, Jan 4: Facing criticism, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today announced his decision not to take up the two five-bedroom duplex flats he has been allotted. He told the media that he has asked the government to look for smaller accommodation for him. "Since yesterday my friends, supporters have been calling me and sending messages saying I should not move into the five-bedroom flat

New Delhi, Jan 4: Within a week of taking charge, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has gone back on some of its promises of austerity. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who had earlier said that he will rent a flat, has now decided to move into two five-bedroom government flats on Bhagwan Das road. Also, several cabinet ministers were given Toyota Innova cars as official perks. The opposition Bharatiya

Mumbai, Jan 4: Was it Manmohan Singh? Or was it a robot? To a neutral observer, the difficult answer would be that it was both. At the end of close to 10 years in office, latent mechanical qualities like passivity, subservience and obedience that must have come in handy for survival at the top, have finally won the battle for the upper hand. The machine in the man spoke on Friday, and both self

Dubai, Jan 3: With the launch of the Doha edition of Malayala Manorama, Malayalam dailies now outnumber the local Arabic and English dailies in Qatar. Five Malayalam newspapers are being published from Qatar and more are in the offing. The Doha edition of Malayala Manorama was launched yesterday. The other dailies that already have Doha editions are Madhyamam, Chandrika, Thejas and Varthamanam