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  • Black money: NDA leaders, Chief Ministers to declare assets
    New Delhi, February 1 (PTI): Pledging to set an example in the fight against black money, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance on Tuesday said it would direct its Chief Ministers and senior most leaders to
    India / 1st February 2011
  • Serious challenges to internal security: PM
    Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, left, speaks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a conference of chief ministers of Indian states on internal security, in New Delhi, February 1. Singh said Tuesday th
    India / 1st February 2011
  • Anguished over blind race for power & pelf: Sonia Gandhi
    New Delhi, February 1 (PTI): In the backdrop of a series of scams hitting the government, Congress President Sonia Gandhi Tuesday expressed anguish over the race for power and pelf which after a certain limit t
    India / 1st February 2011
  • Draft bill fixes sixteen years as age for consensual sex
    NEW Delhi, February 1 (PTI): Bringing sexual offences against children under legal purview for the first time, a draft bill on the issue fixes 16 years as the age of consent for sex and awarding harsh punishmen
    India / 1st February 2011
  • Maverick Jairam Ramesh makes waves
    NEW DELHI, February 1 (Reuters): Feared by big business and distrusted by politicians, India’s Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is the kind of person that normally ends up in the political cold for defy
    India / 1st February 2011
  • India warns SL not to ‘repeat’ killings of fishermen, or else...
    New Delhi, February 1 (Agencies): Taking a serious note of the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy, India today told Colombo that use of force against them should not be repeated an
    India / 1st February 2011
  • Motorola launches smartphone Defy @ Rs 18,990
    New Delhi, February 1 (PTI): Handset maker Motorola Mobility India today announced the launch of its Android—based 3G smartphone ‘Defy’ priced at Rs 18,990. “With all the features consum
    India / 1st February 2011
  • Mercedes relaunches premium Maybach
    NEW Delhi, February 1 (Agencies): German carmaker Mercedes Benz reintroduced its hyper-luxury Maybach car in India on Tuesday, pitching it at the country’s growing number of super-rich. The car, which can
    India / 1st February 2011
  • Counter rejoinder to allegation against Bajaj fraud case
    We the customers of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance under Lolaz Enterprise appealed to the D.C. Dimapur to apprehend the culprit involved in duping the case. As per the direction of the D.C. the matter was forward
    Public Space / 1st February 2011
  • An apology to Tangha Village Council
    In response to S. Yongi Phom, Chairman, Tangha Village Council’s press statement in The Morung Express, dated 29/01/2011 titled: “Tangha Village Council condemned and nullifies page No. 108 of the b
    Public Space / 1st February 2011
  • Quotation
    There is no more dangerous a political animal than the unemployed or disappointed graduate- Anatol Lieven
    Uncategorized / 1st February 2011
  • Barca, Madrid on verge of making Copa de Rey final
    MADRID (AP) - Barcelona and Real Madrid are on the verge of meeting in the Copa del Rey final for the first time in 21 years.Both teams head into the return leg of the semifinals Wednesday holding the advantage
    Sports / 1st February 2011
  • Jubilant crowds flood Cairo, escalating protests
    People gather in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Security officials say authorities have shut down all roads and public transportation to Cairo, where tens of thousands of
    World / 1st February 2011
  • Storms, floods kill 6 in southern Brazil
    SAO PAULO (AP) - Severe floods triggered by torrential downpours have killed at least six people in southern Brazil and driven thousands from their homes. The Civil Defense department in Santa Catarina s
    World / 1st February 2011
  • Pakistani arrested for 'blasphemous' exam answer
    KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Police have arrested a 17-year old Pakistani boy for writing an allegedly blasphemous remark in an examination paper, an officer said Tuesday. Pakistan's blasphemy laws have come
    World / 1st February 2011
  • US Senate Democrats reject call to cut Israel aid
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Six Senate Democrats are rejecting a deficit-driven proposal by a new Republican senator to cut U.S. aid to Israel. In a letter Tuesday to the top House Republicans on the Appropriations an
    World / 1st February 2011
  • Huckabee says no Palestinian state in West Bank
    JERUSALEM (AP) - Potential 2012 U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Tuesday that if Palestinians want an independent state, they should seek it from Arabs - not Israel. The evangelical m
    World / 1st February 2011
  • When Microcredit Won’t Do
    If you asked poverty experts to name the single most significant new concept in the field in the last few decades, chances are they would say microcredit.  Microcredit is the lending of very small amounts
    Infocus / 1st February 2011
  • Wikileaks: Journalism or Espionage?
    In setting up WikiLeaks, Julian Assange wanted to bring to light secret agreements between countries. That he succeeded is clear from the number of companies and governments who have tried to shut him downOn 21
    Infocus / 1st February 2011
  • Opening a Saramati Chapter
    The opportunity to visit the Saramati range in Kiphire district was opened to me by the Nagaland Beekeeping & Honey Mission (NBHM), Kohima. Nestled in this range are 30 villages and NBHM focuses its interes
    Infocus / 1st February 2011
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