Qureshi Hails Manmohan Singh
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday hailed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his decision to pursue the peace process with Islamabad. “It is a tribute to his vision that he agreed to pursue the peace process,” Qureshi told journalists at the end of the press conference he addressed jointly with his Indian counterpart S M Krishna here. Thursday’s dialogue between the two foreign ministers followed the decision of the Indian and Pakistani prime ministers … Read entire article »
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Indian Rupee finally gets its New Identity
Union Cabinet today approves new rupee symbol for the Indian rupee .An amalgam of the Devnagiri ‘Ra’ and the Roman capital ‘R’ without the stem .Finally Indian rupee join the elite club of US dollar, British pound-sterling, Euro and Japanese yen to have its own symbol and become the fifth currency in the world to have a distinct identity. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni announced this and the symbol will be printed or embossed on … Read entire article »
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Kamat pats cops probing drug nexus
Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat Wednesday said officers investigating the alleged police-politician drug nexus were doing a ‘professional job’, even as a top Congress student leader accused an official in the probe team of having links with the drug mafia. Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Panaji, state National Students Union of India (NSUI) president Sunil Kauthankar accused Deputy Superintendent of Police Chandrakant Salgaonkar of being in truck with the drugs lobby. ‘In my statement … Read entire article »
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Karnataka illegal mining issue reaches PM, assembly impasse on
Karnataka Governor H.R. Bhardwaj Wednesday evening briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the illegal mining issue in the state that has paralysed the assembly since Monday with the opposition insisting on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged multi-billion rupee scandal. As Bhardwaj, former union law minister, apprised Manmohan Singh in New Delhi, opposition Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) legislators held a joint meeting in Bangalore and decided to continue their 24-hour sit-in in … Read entire article »
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No BJP No Congress
Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday said the Left could not align with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Congress as they represented the interests of the “big bourgeoisie”. However, he differentiated between the BJP and the Congress, saying while the former advocated and represented majority communalism, Congress believed in secular politics. “Congress and BJP are direct representative of the big bourgeoisie. So we can have no alliance with either of … Read entire article »
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