Yearly Archives: 2015
PM Modi’s big challenge on Land Bill: Breaking unity of non-BJP parties
July 30, 2015
NEW DELHI: If Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had even the remotest hope of convincing the non-NDA parties to reconsider their opposition to the changes in the UPA's Land Acquisition Act of 2013 after nine Congress chief ministers skipped the NITI Aayog governing council meeting along with West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh chief ministers; NCP chief Sharad Pawar's breakfast meeting on Tuesday must have dashed that.
Yakub Memon’s final moments: Hallucinations, a birthday cake and then anger
July 30, 2015
NEW DELHI – When he was sentenced to death by a Terrorism and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) court in 2006, Yakub Memon erupted in rage, shouting,"Oh Lord, forgive this man for he knows not what he does."
Air India staff arrested over people smuggling operation
July 30, 2015
NEW DELHI – Indian police said Thursday they have arrested two Air India employees after uncovering a people smuggling operation at New Delhi airport that apparently targeted Nepalese quake victims.
A senior police officer at the airport said staff at the national carrier were suspected of helping Nepalese women promised jobs in wealthy Gulf countries to evade immigration procedures.
US official: Debris in photo belongs to Boeing 777
July 29, 2015
WASHINGTON — Air safety investigators have a "high degree of confidence" that a photo of aircraft debris found in the Indian Ocean is of a wing component unique to the Boeing 777, the same model as the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared last year, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
Return Kohinoor diamond to India: UK lawmaker Keith Vaz
July 29, 2015
LONDON – Keith Vaz, the longest serving MP of Asian origin, has called for the Kohinoor diamond to be returned to India during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to London in November.
Indian-origin MP Keith Vaz
Influential American Senators Pledge to Strengthen India-US Ties
July 29, 2015
By Geeta Goindi
Washington, DC – On July 21, at an exclusive reception to welcome New Delhi’s top diplomat in Washington, powerful American Senators vowed to strengthen ties between “the world’s oldest democracy and the world’s largest democracy”.
‘Moves on with utter simplicity, just how he lived’: Indian sports personalities pay tribute...
July 28, 2015
New Delhi: The Indian sports fraternity joined the nation in mourning the death of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, saying it was a great loss to the nation that the inspirational leader is no more.
83-year-old Kalam, who was President from 2002 to 2007, collapsed during an interaction with IIM students and was declared brought dead by the doctors.
Killing of Cecil the lion prompts calls for EU ban on importing lion trophies
July 28, 2015
ZIMBABWE – Conservationists and politicians have called on the EU to ban the import of lion heads, paws and skins as hunters’ trophies from African countries that cannot prove their lion populations are sustainable, following the killing of Zimbabwe’s most famous lion by a European hunter with a bow and arrow.
‘Goodbyes should be short, really short’: APJ Abdul Kalam’s advisor documents his last moments
July 28, 2015
NEW DELHI – Indians across the globe and world leaders reacted with shock and sadness on learning that former President APJ Abdul Kalam had passed away while giving a speech at IIM-Shillong.
Bharat Ratna, President, scientist and author, Kalam had taken on many roles during his lifetime and everyone had something that they remembered fondly about him.
Obama: Kenya at ‘crossroads’ between peril and promise
July 26, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya — Declaring Kenya at a "crossroads" between promise and peril, President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the nation of his father's birth to root out corruption, treat women and minorities as equal citizens, and take responsibility for its future.
