Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who served as Defence Minister when Mahinda Rajapaksa was Defence Minister and saw the end of the nearly three-decade-long civil war in 2009, was elected the island nation's seventh President after winning the November 16 election
New Delhi: YSR Congress party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy described Tuesday as black day in India's history and called for a shutdown in Seemandhra Wednesday to protest the manner in which Telangana bill was passed
Washington: A top American lawmaker today asked the Pentagon to end a ban on Sikh articles of faith including turban and beard in the US military—a long-standing demand of the Sikh-American community. In the wake
London, Jul 16: British culture secretary Jeremy Hunt says swearing on the football pitch "has gone too far" and wants authorities to crack down on the problem.Hunt spoke Monday on British television and said he
Srinagar, Dec 6: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he was against media censorship but the content on some social networking sites were “dangerous and inflammatory”. “I hate the idea of censorship but have seen
New Delhi, Jun 8: Amidst growing demand of the civil society for a strong anti-graft law and confiscation of black money, the Supreme Court today sought amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) to
London: Glamour model Katie Price a.k.a. Jordan has in a letter to the government demanded that Channel 4 sack the boss responsible for a vile attack on her disabled son Harvey.Jordan, 32, launched the campaign
New Delhi, Oct 1: Congress today favoured a negotiated settlement to the Ayodhya issue saying all right thinking people should work for a compromise within the next three months in wake of the Allahabad High
Home Minister P Chidambaram, describing the situation in Kashmir valley as 'political', has called for acting on past pledges made to the Kashmiri people in 1952, 1975 and 1986, but added plebiscite was now 'history'. In
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