Corruption has reached new heights in J&K: PDP

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 19:18

Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday alleged corruption in Jammu and Kashmir has reached new heights and there is no curative or reformative action available in the system.

Matteo Renzi elected Italian left`s new leader

Last Updated: Monday, December 9, 2013, 10:21

Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi won a resounding victory in the race to lead Italy`s centre-left Democratic Party, part of the coalition government.

Japan diplomat held over arson, embezzlement in DR Congo

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 14:14

A diplomat in charge of accounting at the Japanese embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was being quizzed on Tuesday after a suspicious fire at the mission where USD 260,000 has gone missing.

Websites help voters to make informed choices

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 10:41

Did you know that former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati declared assets worth over Rs 50 crore in 2007 when she contested for a seat in the Uttar Pradesh legislative council but had declared assets of only Rs 5 crore when she had fought the 2004 Lok Sabha polls?

UN to start using surveillance drones in DR Congo

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 10:20

The United Nations will start using surveillance drones for the first time in Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday in a landmark intelligence-gathering advance for the world body.

40,000 protest Mexico leader on inauguration anniversary

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 09:10

The protesters joined a rally held by Pena Nieto`s former rival Andres Lopez Obrador of the Party of the Democratic Revolution yesterday.

NDFB rebel arrested, kidnap plan foiled

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 16:04

A militant of the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland was arrested in Meghalaya, foiling also a plot to abduct coal barons.

Indo-Pak cooperation must to solve problems of the region: PDP

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 22:29

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Wednesday said that Indo-Pak cooperation was the key to resolve all problems of the region.

Both Congress, BJP offered MPs Rs 40 crore each in 2008: Pappu Yadav

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 13:31

In a sensational revelation, former MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav has claimed that three MPs of his Indian Federal Democratic Party received money "courtesy then finance minister Yashwant Sinha", to join the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in 2001.

Germany`s Merkel agrees coalition with Social Democrats

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 12:21

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday agreed to form a coalition government with campaign rivals the Social Democrats, two months after her conservatives won elections but fell short of a full majority.

PDP is BJP`s proxy: NC

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 22:33

The ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir today alleged the opposition Peoples Democratic Party has become a proxy of the BJP in the valley.

PDP`s Mehbooba Mufti blames Abdullah for youth unemployment

Last Updated: Saturday, November 23, 2013, 15:12

People`s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has criticized the Omar Abdullah-led National Conference-Congress Government for taking away job opportunities from the youth and reinstating old people.