Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry will visit India tomorrow to attend the Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process, regional conference in New Delhi. The Pak Foreign Office in Islamabad in a statement said that the foreign secretary will lead the Pakistan delegation to the meeting. Agency reports say that he will also have a … Read more
The Health Ministry has been closely monitoring the situation arising due to cases and deaths caused by H1N1 in some states and there is no shortage of drugs or any other logistics. This was stated by the Secretary (Health & Family Welfare) Shri B P Sharma after a high level meeting chaired by him today. … Read more
The United Nations today said India will see a gradual growth acceleration with its GDP expected to reach 5.9 per cent this year and 6.3 per cent in 2016. According to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects 2015 report, India’s economy expanded by an estimated 5.4 per cent in 2014, an improvement from … Read more
World leaders have urged ambitious action to combat climate change and promised to make greater efforts, but a tough road lay ahead with a year to go for an accord. At a UN summit in New York held after tens of thousands rallied around the world, France yesterday promised one billion US dollars to the … Read more
The world’s largest and the country’s intensely contested over month long Lok Sabha elections came to a close this evening. The nine phases of Lok Sabha polling, which began on 7th April, registered highest ever voter turnout of 66.38 percent in all 543 constituencies. The massive turn out has beaten previous record of over 64 … Read more
The 8th phase of the Lok Sabha elections registered moderate to heavy voter turnout in the polling in 64 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over 7 States which went to the polls today. The highest 81.28 per cent voter turnout was recorded in 6 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal while two seats in Jammu and … Read more
As the search for the wreckage of the crashed Malaysian jet in the Indian Ocean failed to yield any breakthrough, anguished relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the ill-fated plane on Sunday, demanded that Malaysia must apologise for its misleading statements. Some 29 family members from China arrived in Kuala Lumpur and held a news conference … Read more
The Malaysian Government says that the Malaysia Airline aircraft which went missing with 239 people on board, has crashed in the southern Indian Ocean. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak made this announcement at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today. Najib said that the government has reached the conclusion on the basis of information provided … Read more
Former Chief Minister of Punjab and Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh will contest against BJP leader Arun Jaitley from Amritsar Lok Sabha seat in Punjab. Former Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has been nominated from Anandpur Sahib replacing its earlier candidate Ravneet Singh Bittu. Releasing its fifth list of 26 candidates for Lok Sabha … Read more
Aam Aadmi Party Convener Arvind Kejriwal has said that his decision to enter the electoral fray from Varanasi is not a symbolic gesture, but to defeat BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi. Speaking at a conference in New Delhi yesterday, Kejriwal said he will ask the people of Varanasi whether he should contest against Modi … Read more