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'Reshuffle reveals govt's failure to fight graft'
New Delhi: Claiming that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did not get a free hand in effecting UPA II first ministerial reshuffle, BJP today said the exercise has 'failed' to show the government's resolv
Indian UN diplomat recalled for misbehaviour
United Nations: Close on the heels of the recall of an Indian diplomat from London, another Indian diplomat, Alok Ranjan Jha, working with India's UN Mission here, has been recalled home following 'an
Manmohan shuffles ministry focus on economy, governance
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday carried out a much anticipated shuffle of his ministerial pack by elevating three junior ministers to cabinet rank and bringing in three new minis
ISI rushes Mullah Omar to hospital
Washington: Pakistan spy agency ISI rushed Afghan Taliban leader, the one-eyed Mullah Omar, to hospital after he suffered a heart attack earlier this month. He was treated at a hospital in Karachi, sa
Kashmir’s grandpas miss winter’s icicles
“Snow is all right, but, my dear, where are the icicles?” asked a bewildered Samad Sheikh, 75, who lives in a hamlet here in north Kashmir. Winter has been harsh this season, but the old man has an uncanny feeling that all might not be well with the Valley’s environment. “When it was snowing one night, I was frightened to hear
Illegal mining: NCP leader fined Rs.1.72 cr
Panaji: Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) national secretary Jitendra Deshprabhu has been fined Rs.1.72 crore for illegal mining of iron ore in Goa, according to documents sourced from the state mini
India-linked firms 'spotted' in list of leaked Swiss bank accounts
New Delhi: Even as Wikileaks has threatened to reveal the names of 2,000 Swiss bank account holders, an Indian television channel Wednesday claimed it has received "explosive details" from a banker-tu
Now, Indian diplomat recalled after misbehaving with flight attendants
New Delhi/United Nations: The external affairs ministry has recalled Indian diplomat Alok Ranjan Jha for allegedly misbehaving with a passenger on an Air India flight to New York and will decide on di
Sania crashes out of doubles as well
Jan. 19: Sania Mirza’s campaign in the Australian Open tennis got over Wednesday when she and her Czech partner Renata Voracova lost in the first round of the women’s doubles event here. Sania and Vor
Bird-brained smugglers hire pigeon
Bogota: A pigeon that carried 45 gm of drugs into a prison was found by police Tuesday a few metres away from a jail in the northern Colombian city of Bucaramanga.
The find exposed a drug transport m
