New Delhi, March 5 (Inditop.com) Days after foreign-secretary level talks between India and Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said that not talking to Islamabad was not an alternative, But he made it clear that Pakistan needs to curb terror emanating from its soil.
“Whatever our problems in South Asia, we must learn to talk [...]
New Delhi, March 5 (Inditop.com) The bill that seeks 33 percent reservation for women in legislative bodies will be introduced in the Rajya Sabha Monday, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan said Friday.
Monday, March 8, is International Women’s Day.
The legislation has been pending for over 13 years — it was first brought to [...]
New Delhi, March 5 (Inditop.com) Condoling the loss of lives in the earthquake that hit Chile last weekend Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday pledged $5 million towards relief and rehabilitation measures.
It is with profound sadness that I have learnt of the massive earthquake that hit Chile causing immense loss of life and damage to property [...]
Bhubaneswar, March 5 (Inditop.com) She decided to learn Odissi as soon as she saw legendary dancer Kelucharan Mohapatra on video in Tokyo. Masako Ono came to India in 1996 and has not looked back since.
After 14 years, Ono has earned fame not only for her dance but also for her innovative choreography, her lecture and [...]
New Delhi, March 3 (Inditop.com) An angry opposition stalled the functioning of parliament Wednesday, forcing two adjournments of both houses as MPs demanded that the hike in fuel prices be rolled back and that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh make a statement on the issue.
The trouble in both houses began as they assembled after a four-day [...]
New Delhi, March 3 (Inditop.com) Striking a chord with the student community of Delhi University where he went for an interaction Wednesday morning, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith compared India and Australia’s relationship to an exciting Twenty20 cricket match.
“Australia-India relation is like a Twenty20 game. There are intense moments of enthusiasm and then long periods [...]
Hyderabad, March 3 (Inditop.com) An Indian Navy trainer aircraft crashed into a two-storied building in a congested locality during an air show here Wednesday, killing the pilot and his co-pilot who found no time to eject.
Commander S.K. Maurya and Lt Commander Rahul Nair were killed when the HJT-16 Kiran Mk2 trainer, built by Hindustan [...]
Shimla, March 3 (Inditop.com) The snow clearing work on the strategic 475-km National Highway-21 that connects Manali in Himachal Pradesh to Leh in Jammu and Kashmir has started, an official said Wednesday.
The highway has been closed since Dec 10 last year after heavy snowfall.
“The snow clearing work on the Manali-Leh highway started yesterday (Tuesday) [...]