Chandigarh, March 5 (Inditop.com) Workers of the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC), led by party chief Kuldeep Bishnoi, went on a rampage here Friday after the police tried to stop them from marching towards the assembly to protest against the policies of the Congress government in Haryana.
Over 1,000 HJC workers had gathered at the Sector 25 [...]
New Delhi, March 5 (Inditop.com) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said the �cowardly� terror attack in Kabul last week �will not bend India’s determination� to help Afghanistan.
The entire nation was outraged by the most brutal terror attack that killed six Indians and several Afghans, Manmohan Singh said in parliament.
This will not bend our [...]
New Delhi, March 5 (Inditop.com) The phenomenon of “paid news” is a serious matter as it influences the functioning of a free press, the government declared in parliament Friday, adding there was “urgent need to protect the public’s right to correct and unbiased information”.
“This phenomenon of ‘paid news’ is…a serious matter as it influences the [...]
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 [...]
Raipur, March 5 (Inditop.com) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Friday strongly rejected the charges levelled by the opposition Congress against a senior minister in his government for alleged links with a person held for smuggling arms to Maoists.
Singh rejected the Congress demand that he sack Agriculture Minister Chandrasekhar Sahu immediately and order a probe into [...]
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 [...]
Imphal, March 3 (Inditop.com) At a time when the central government is talking to leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), thousands of Naga people organised mass rallies in neighbouring Manipur demanding an early solution to the vexed Naga problem.
The rallies, held simultaneously in the four hill districts of Manipur Tuesday afternoon, were [...]
Washington, March 3 (Inditop.com) Stressing that both India and Pakistan have legitimate security interests in Afghanistan, the United States says it encouraged a dialogue between the two neighbours but has ruled out any mediation between them.
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India “are vastly different in culture, socio-economic standing, and political development, but they share a common strategic [...]