Month: July 2014

Mysore/Bangalore (Karnataka), July 13 (ANI): Union Minister for Railway D V Sadananda Gowda today held a surprise inspection of Bangalore City Railway Station to check its cleanliness. Gowda also boarded a train to Mysore thereafter and was received by supporters at the Byadarahalli Railway station, which is 20km away from Mysore. While speaking to the media Gowda said, “cleanliness in bogies of train need improvement;

New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): Former Union Minister and Congress leader Rajiv Shukla on Sunday, expressed his shock over the Union minister of state for tourism and culture, Shripad Naik’s statement on putting a rein on pub culture which exists in parts of the country. “I am shocked by the statement of Shripad Naik. If the tourism minister has such thinking then how will tourism of our country expand?,” Shukla said. On Saturday, Union minister of state for tourism and culture, Shripad Naik had called for controlling the pub culture in the country, saying that it leads to unwanted things.

Agartala (Tripura)/ Phulbari (West Bengal)/ Dhaka, July 13 (ANI): Former Bangaldesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni has stated that deaths on the borders and use of lethal weapons by border guards are unacceptable. She added that the killings at the border are a very serious concern for Bangladesh and the country had taken this up with the Indian authorities. “The killings at the border are a very serious concern for us and we have taken this up with the Indian authorities very strongly and as a result I think very strong position taken by Bangladesh government under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina. The former Bangladesh foreign minister said that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina believes in zero tolerance against insurgency and use of her nation’s land by the militants.

WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Ken Gray, who represented southern Illinois in Congress and earned the nickname the “Prince of Pork” for bringing $7 billion in projects to his district, died Saturday at age 89.