New Delhi, August 12 : The Congress on Wednesday rejected External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s claim of helping Lalit Modi on humanitarian grounds in Lok Sabha, saying she could have done it under a legal framework and demanded her resignation on moral grounds. Fighting back, Swaraj said the Congress had helped Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi […]
Washington DC, Aug 11 : Walt Disney Japan has apologised after one their Japanese language tweet was criticised by fans on the social media.According to sources, the company tweeted an unfortunate message, which read, “A very merry unbirthday to you!” on the 70th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Nagasaki, E! Online reported.However, sources said […]
London, Aug. 11 : Two leaders of the Maoist guerilla group, Shining Path, have been arrested by the Peruvian Government. According to the BBC, the detained were brought to Lima by air from an isolated valley in the Amazon region.The Peruvian Army had been operating in the Shining Path heartland, a corner of the Peruvian Amazon.Shining […]
Kathmandu, Aug. 11 : An earthquake of 4.3 magnitude on the Richter scale, with its epicentre at Kathmandu, hit Nepal today morning.No casualties have been reported so far.Further details are awaited.
New Delhi, Aug 11: The Supreme Court on Tuesday came out with an interim order, saying the Aadhar card is not mandatory for the citizens to avail services and welfare schemes other than PDS, food grain distribution, cooking fuel/LPG.The three-member apex court bench said that the Central Government is allowed to use Aadhar for PDS, […]