India polls enter sensitive regions MUMBAI: A third wave of voters joined India's marathon general election, with security ramped up as the staggered polls moved to the volatile Kashmir Valley and the financial capital Mumbai. Indian police and paramilitary forces imposed a lockdown on... Women 30 Apr, 2009
Gyanendra meets LK Advani New Delhi, March 22,:Former king Gyanendra Shah met the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party, LK Advani, at the latter’s residence here today.“It was a courtesy call, not a political meeting,” said a source close to Shah. A... Travel 22 Mar, 2009
First-ever BJP govt formed in south India Bangalore, November 12: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s first government in the south was ushered today amid widespread celebration by thousands of party cadres who burst firecrackers and danced in the streets to drumbeats and trumpet-blaring. The... Women 12 Nov, 2007
Modi cancels UK trip Himalayan News ServiceNew Delhi/Ahmedabad, March 25:Security risk cited as reason for the move.Prime minister Manmohan Singh’s office today clarified that he did not ask Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to cancel his trip to Britain, but it was... Women 25 Mar, 2005
Modi gets message across through videoconferencing Himalayan News ServiceGandhinagar, March 21:Denied a visa by the US, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi told his supporters in New Jersey through videoconferencing today that Washington’s decision was an insult to India. “An attempt has been made... Women 21 Mar, 2005
LETTERS Lanka amidst chaos Feizal Samath’s article “Sri Lanka lacks good leaders” published in THT on March 17 speaks for the vast majority of Sri Lankans, who, like Rienzie T Wijetilleke, regret the grant of independence on a platter to a bunch of... 20 Mar, 2005
Anti-communal violence law in India in offing Agence France PresseNew Delhi, July 4:The Indian government is planning to protect religious minorities from communal unrest by introducing a law that will target those who instigate, conspire or abet mob violence, a minister said today. "We will... Women 04 Jul, 2004
Indian verdict 2004 : Pitroda draws plan to corporatorise Congress Himalayan News ServiceMumbai, May 3:Sam Pitroda, the technology evangelist who worked with former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, has drawn up a plan to rejuvenate the Congress party that envisages sweeping organisational changes. Pitroda said he had... Women 04 May, 2004
