Yearly Archives: 2014
US to have 9,800 troops in Afghanistan post-2014: Obama
May 28, 2014
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the U.S. will keep 9,800 of its troops in Afghanistan this year and will withdraw them completely by 2016 as he admitted it was “time to turn the page” on more than a decade of military intervention in the war-torn country.
US President Barack Obama.
Indo-Pak Relations: Modi holds talks with Sharif
May 27, 2014
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held talks with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif walk to pose for photographs before their meeting in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Australian senator produces fake bomb at hearing
May 27, 2014
CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian senator startled his colleagues by producing a fake pipe bomb during a committee hearing on Monday.
The India that Narendra Modi inherits
May 27, 2014
As the tenure of India’s 15th Prime Minister begins, here are some challenges facing Narendra Modi
We share a deep link in promoting freedom and security: Obama
May 27, 2014
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday congratulated Narendra Modi on his being sworn-in as India’s 15th Prime Minister and said he looked forward to working with the new leader to strengthen strategic partnership.
Shanti Bhushan’s 10 posers to India’s 15th Prime Minister Narendra Modi
May 27, 2014
As a citizen of the country, he raised questions on corruption, prices and communal harmony
Former Union Minister, lawyer and anti-corruption activist Shanti Bhushan
3,70,000 kids may miss Pakistan polio drive due to security problems
May 27, 2014
Pakistan launches polio drive in tribal belt amid security fears
In this May 20, 2014 photo, a Pakistani health worker gives polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, Pakistan.
SC stays assets case trial against Jayalalithaa
May 26, 2014
CHENNAI: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed for 10 days, the ongoing trial in a disproportionate assets case before a Bangalore court against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
Train accident kills at least 40 in northern India
May 26, 2014
LUCKNOW, India — An express train plowed into a parked freight train in northern India on Monday, killing at least 40 people and reducing cars to heaps of torn and twisted metal, officials said.
PM Modi announces list of Cabinet ministers with portfolios
May 26, 2014
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday sworn in as the 15th Prime Minister of India along with his key colleagues in the Cabinet.
President Pranab Mukherjee administers oath to Narendra Modi as the 15th Prime Minister of India, at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
