PM Modi to address four election rallies in Haryana today
New Delhi, Oct.8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address four election rallies in the poll bound state of Haryana today.
Month: October 2014
KPCC lashes out against Tharoor for hurting sentiments of party workers
Trivandrum, Oct.8 (ANI): Expressing displeasure over Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat mission and for agreeing to be a brand ambassador for the campaign, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president V M Sudheeran on Wednesday said that Tharoor was not supposed to make statements which hurt sentiments of party workers in the state.
Sweden’s Palestine statement signals start of weightier global role
By Alistair Scrutton and Johan Sennero STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s decision to recognise the Palestine state – without formally consulting its allies – may herald a wider foreign policy shift that has at its heart the aim of asserting a new diplomatic weight around the world. The ruling Social Democrats had signalled in their election manifesto an intention to recognise Palestine. But the speed of their post-election announcement, made during Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s inaugural address to parliament on Friday, surprised some countries including Israel. …
CBI says no foul play in Gopinath Munde’s death
New Delhi, Oct 8 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reportedly ruled out any foul play in the death of former Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde.
Rising seas seen causing routine floods in U.S. cities: study
By Ryan McNeill (Reuters) – As sea levels rise, tidal flooding along the U.S. coast is likely to become so common that parts of many communities, including the nation’s capital, could become unusable within three decades, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Rising sea levels create a higher platform for tides and storm surges. Scientists compare the effect to slam dunks in basketball: Raising the gymnasium floor would increase the number of slam dunks per game. …
Bigg Boss 8 becoming interesting
Like all other seasons of Bigg Boss, the current season Bigg Boss 8 is picking up momentum. The conflicts among residents of the house are […]
France uncorks new generation of wine experts
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – Not everything related to wine gets better with age, as a young generation of French wine experts can attest. Take Benoit Perrot and brothers Matthieu and Antoine Mondesert, all in their early thirties, who last November founded Demain les Vins (Tomorrow’s Wines). Their business model combines selling with crowdfunding, an approach which this year will benefit Antoine Sunier, a 34-year-old who took up winemaking in the Beaujolais region after turning his back on telecoms. …
Modi’s welfare reforms may need to be bigger and bolder
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Kamla Rani, a 50-year-old housewife living in a run-down area of New Delhi, baulks at the idea of having heavily subsidised food benefits replaced by money deposited in a bank account. “How can we believe the government will pay on time or increase the amount when prices go up every month?” she asked, sitting in the doorway of her modest home in Gulabi Bagh, a residential area in the north of the capital where many people live in slums. …
A Closer Look: What map apps can do for you
CHICAGO (AP) — Many people use smartphone apps to map their drive to dinner or find a less-congested route to work. But did you know that you can use them for public transit, too? You can even access some maps offline, when you have a spotty connection or are in the subway.
‘7th Heaven’ actor accused of child molestation
LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York police say they have an open investigation into allegations that veteran TV actor Stephen Collins molested a teenage girl in the early 1970s.