Yearly Archives: 2015
SC’s Section 66A ruling: BJP pays the price for a self-serving U-turn
March 24, 2015
NEW DELHI, INDIA – Narendra Modi is indisputably India's Number One Social Media politician. No other politician has been able to harness the power of social media as astutely as he did in his run-up to power.
Germanwings plane black box found as investigators reach crash site
March 24, 2015
A “black box” flight recorder has been found at the site of the Germanwings plane crash believed to have killed 150 people, the French interior minister has announced, as the remote location of the disaster continues to hamper the rescue effort.
Only 20 pc Indians have access to Internet: Study
March 24, 2015
Only 20 per cent in India have access to the internet at least occasionally while a mere 14 per cent own a smartphone, a new study conducted across 32 emerging and developing nations has found.
China says it agrees with India to maintain border peace
March 24, 2015
China and India have agreed to maintain peace and tranquility along their Himalayan border while they work on resolving a long-festering boundary dispute, China's foreign ministry said after talks in New Delhi.
A signboard is seen from the Indian side of the Indo-China border at Bumla
A Bihari at Harvard on the cheating controversy
March 23, 2015
(Sanjay Kumar is currently a Mason Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University. Apart from his current Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School, he holds a PhD degree from JNU, New Delhi)
Can Canadian-born Ted Cruz run for president? (Yes.)
March 23, 2015
Senator Ted Cruz, who is expected to declare his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States today, was born in Canada (Calgary, to be exact).
Atmosphere free of terror, violence required for resolving issues: Modi tells Sharif
March 23, 2015
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of two back-to-back attacks in Jammu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif that an atmosphere free of terror and violence is required for resolving all outstanding issues through a bilateral dialogue.
Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi mounts a great defence of Land Bill, but at...
March 22, 2015
NEW DELHI, INDIA – "We hoped he would speak about the imapct of the unseasonal rains but he instead didn't speak about that at all."
The farmer CNN-IBN spoke to after Prime Minister's Mann ki Baat on Sunday may not have been completely accurate, but it summed up what was wrong the Narendra Modi's radio address to the nation.
Miscreants attack church in Navi Mumbai, caught on CCTV footage
March 22, 2015
Mumbai, INDIA: A church in Navi Mumbai was reportedly attacked by unidentified persons early Saturday morning, leaving a glass enclosure damaged, news reports said.
Was PM Narendra Modi a sitting duck target for terrorists in Sri Lanka?
March 21, 2015
Jaffna/Colombo/New Delhi: The most stunning and bizarre thing that I sensed - repeat 'sensed' - during my brief stay in Sri Lanka last week was that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security, during his visit to the island nation on 13-14 March, was riddled with loopholes.
