New Delhi: Youth Congress workers on Wednesday protested outside the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in the national capital over the BJP's demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation. The protesters stormed barricades, following which the police fired water cannons.
The protesters said that the BJP must stop asking for the Prime Minister's resignation and let Parliament function. This came even as Parliament was adjourned sine die last week.
However, there have been indications that the government may go for a Special Session to pass crucial bills like the Land Acquisition and the Food Security Bill.
The government may be hopeful of getting the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) help in passing the bills after the resignation of Pawan Kumar Bansal as the Railway Minister and Ashwani Kumar as the Law Minister. The Budget Session was a complete wash-out as the BJP was stiff on demanding the resignation of Bansal and Ashwani over the Railwayu bribery controversy and the coal scam....
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12:44 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: 7:57 pm: Aam Aadmi Party workers gather at 7, Race Course Road, which is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence. They deflate tyres of Delhi Police buses even as police presence is increased at 7 RCR. 6:16 pm: The accused in the Delhi minor rape case Manoj Kumar is produced in court and is sent to judicial custody till May 4. 6:21 pm: Rapid Action Force deployed at...
07:32 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Anger continued to rise in New Delhi over the rape of a 5-year-old, with protesters demonstrating near India Gate, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence 7, Race Course Road and police headquarters at ITO. ...
07:13 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: Women and student activists on Sunday converged near India Gate, which had witnessed large scale anti-rape protests in December 2012, demanding justice for the five-year-old rape survivor in the national capital. Student protesters from JNU tried to march towards India Gate but were prevented from moving closer. They staged protests near Patiala House court complex. Some students were stopped near Taj Mansingh hotel. Women activists also reached near...
06:44 PM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: 6:21 pm: Rapid Action Force deployed at India Gate, Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh's official residence 7, Race Course Road and at police headquarters. Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) members block ITO crossing near police headquarters even as around 100 protesters gather at India Gate and hold peaceful protests. 5:45 pm: Police drag away demonstrators from outside PM's residence at 7, Race Course Road. 5:30 pm: AAP workers...
09:49 AM, Apr 21, 2013
It's well know that the Indian Army is short of officers, but not so well known is that it doesn't have a permanent headquarters. Practically, everywhere the Army and the Navy sit in Delhi is a temporary accommodation and the situation seems unlikely to improve. ...
03:46 PM, Jan 25, 2013
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in his office at AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday. ...
12:30 PM, Jan 24, 2013
The US government's move to replace the FBI's crumbling Washington headquarters, dismissed as "a dump" by one congresswoman, has sparked a fight between Virginia, Maryland and the capital for the billion-dollar project. Early signs point to suburban Prince George's County in Maryland as the frontrunner as officials in the Washington area look for possible sites and line up political support. ...
10:07 AM, Jan 09, 2013
New Delhi: Air India would shift its headquarters from Mumbai to Delhi as part of its Turnaround Plan, but no date has yet been finalised, official sources said on Friday. With Delhi airport emerging as its major operational hub, most flights of the national carrier were being operated out of New Delhi. Under the Turnaround Plan, government promised a package of Rs 30,000 crore to Air India over the next...
04:39 AM, Oct 13, 2012
Helsinki: Struggling cellphone maker Nokia is seeking to sell its headquarters in Espoo, Finland as part of a drive to dispose of non-core assets. "We are evaluating different options for non-core parts, such as real estate holdings, and that includes the headquarters," spokeswoman Maija Taimi told Reuters. The glass and steel building by the Baltic Sea is valued at 200-300 million euros ($259-388 million), according to a report by Finnish...
01:15 PM, Oct 03, 2012
Chennai: A day ahead of the partys executive committee meeting, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Sunday effected some changes in the office-bearers of the party headquarters. In what is seen as a promotion for Higher Education Minister P Palaniappan in the party ranks, the AIADMK supremo appointed him the new headquarters secretary. Former Minister K A Sengottaiyan, who was holding this post for a long time, was dropped from that...
12:16 PM, Aug 27, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday left on a four-day official tour of Japan to meet its Deputy Prime Minister and top industry officials there. "Leaving for a four-day visit to Japan. Looking forward to visiting the land of the rising sun," Modi said on Twitter. The Gujarat Chief Minister is scheduled to meet Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and top trade and industry officials. Setting up of the...
07:54 PM, Jul 22, 2012
Athens: Gunmen rammed a van packed with gas canisters into Microsoft's Greek headquarters in Athens and then set the vehicle on fire, causing damage but no injuries, police said on Wednesday. At least two people wielding pistols and a machine gun kept security guards away as they carried out the attack at about 0145 GMT, police said. Arson attacks against banks, foreign firms and local politicians have become more frequent...
04:26 PM, Jun 27, 2012
New Delhi: A fire broke out early on Sunday morning at the CRPF headquarters in the CGO complex in New Delhi. The fire was reported around 6:45 am from the ground floor of the four-storeyed building and five fire tenders were rushed. Fire officials said that the fire engulfed the public relations section of the force and a number of books, documents and other material has been destroyed. There were...
09:40 AM, Jun 03, 2012
San Francisco: Apple Inc's chief financial officer is asking the residents of Cupertino, California, to support the company's new 2.8 million square foot spaceship-like campus, which critics say would increase traffic and pressure city services. In a brochure mailed last week to its neighbors in the Silicon Valley city, Apple's CFO Peter Oppenheimer asked them to write a letter, attend a public meeting, or let the company use their names...
09:56 AM, May 22, 2012
Islamabad: The Pakistan Navy on Saturday completed the establishment of a new Naval Strategic Force Command, described by the military as the custodian of the country's nuclear second strike capability. Naval Strategic Force Command headquarters was inaugurated by naval Chief Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila. The event was attended by Strategic Plans Division Chief Lt Gen (retired) Khalid Kidwai and senior naval and military officers. Vice Admiral Tanveer Faiz, commander of...
12:50 AM, May 20, 2012
Congress workers on Monday ganged up on a man and beat him up for throwing ink on Sonia Gandhi's poster in New Delhi. ...
05:42 PM, Jan 16, 2012
Helsinki: Stephen Elop, the first non-Finn to run Nokia, on Sunday quashed rumors the cellphone maker could move its headquarters to the United States from Espoo, a suburb of the Finnish capital Helsinki. "As long as I am the CEO the headquarters is in Espoo," Elop told national broadcaster YLE. "That's our home, our sense of belonging." Canadian Elop was enticed in September 2010 from his post as president of...
10:48 AM, Dec 19, 2011
