Bali, November 18: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama met here on Friday and declared their intention to push the Indo-US cooperation both at bilateral and at multilateral forums.
Singh and Obama, who met here on the sidelines of ASEAN and East Asia Summits, talked about strengthening the bonds of strategic ties put in place during the historic visit of the US President to India in November last year.
Washington, November 18: US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has said that any possible military strike against Iran would have consequences for the world economy.
“I have to tell you… there are going to be economic consequences to that, that could impact not just on our economy but the world economy,” he told reporters on Thursday.
The Pentagon chief once again threatened the Islamic Republic with diplomatic pressure and sanctions.
“Obviously to go beyond that raises our concerns about the unintended consequences that could result,” Panetta was quoted as saying by Reuters.
Kuwait, November 18: Kuwaiti officials hold crisis talks after the country’s parliament was stormed by protesters demanding the resignation of Premier Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad Al Sabah.
The Kuwaiti council of ministers launched an emergency meeting on Thursday chaired by Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah following the sharp rise in the anti-regime sentiment in the Persian Gulf Sheikhdom, AFP reported.
The Parliament also cancelled a scheduled meeting after the protesters broke in late on Wednesday and left some damage in the building.
Tehran, November 18: The US, pushed by the “Zionist apparatus,” is seeking to use the Saudi envoy assassination accusation against Tehran as a pretext to launch an attack on Iran, a political analyst tells Media.
The remarks were made by Jeffery Steinberg, the editor of Washington-based Executive Intelligence Review, on Thursday.
New Delhi, November 18: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will provide 198,000 computers free of cost to students of class 4 in its schools, a civic agency official said Thursday.
“The corporation will provide 198,000 computers free of cost to students of class 4 in the current academic year. Each computer will cost Rs.2,000,” MCD’s Education Committee chairman Mahendra Nagpal said.
He said that MCD will start distributing the computers in next couple of months, adding it will cost the state exchequer a sum of Rs.30 crore.
Tehran, November 18: Amid speculations that the Israeli regime is mulling a military attack against Iran, a member of Iran’s Majlis (parliament) warns that Tehran will make ‘hell’ for Tel Aviv and turn it into a pile of dirt in the first step.
Israeli officials will never commit such an strategic mistake, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Majlis Parviz Sorouri told Mehr news agency on Thursday.
Mumbani, November 18: A day after seven accused in the Malegaon blasts were released on bail, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha on Thursday demanded similar relief to other right wing accused who have been lodged in jail.
“The National Investigation Agency should apply the same yardstick to other accused in the Malegaon and Ajmer blasts’ cases,” RSS leader Ram Madhav told PTI.
Hyderabad, November 18: Telugu Desam Party politburo member Yanamala Ramakrishnudu on Thursday stated that Pulivendula MLA Y S Vijayamma sought CBI probe against their party president N Chandrababu Naidu in order to tarnish his image politically.
Hyderabad, November 18: The fourth phase of Telugu Desam Party campaign for farmers `Rythu Porubata’ in Rangareddy and Mahbubnagar districts will commence on November 18.
As part of the campaign, the TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu will undertake 15.5 kms long padayatra in the Chevella Assembly segment of Rangareddy district and interact with farmers on issues like remunerative prices for agriculture produce, implementation of Swaminathan Committee’s report, adequate supply of seeds, fertilizer and sufficient farm credit.
Kabul, November 18: A senior Afghan official says that Washington wants a complete media blackout over the conditions set in its strategic long-term deal with Kabul.
Speaking at a press conference in the capital Kabul on Thursday, loya jirga spokeswoman Safia Sediqi said the common complaint among participants of the traditional gathering on the second day of the event was that they were not been provided with any information about the terms and conditions the United States has set out for its long-term deal with Afghanistan, state-funded BBC Persian news network reported.
Jaipur, November 18: The CBI probe so far has revealed that auxilliary midwife nurse Bhanwari Devi had close links with at least 17 influential people, some of them serving bureaucrats in Rajasthan. Bhanwari knew these people personally.
CBI got to know this this after it stumbled upon a cache of videotapes, which allegedly have recordings of “private moments” these influential people shared with Bhanwari Devi and other unidentified girls.
Hyderabad, November 18: The capital of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, is known as a city of the former nizams, historical monuments, centres of learning like the Osmania University, institutions of cyber technology – and for the infamous Mecca Masjid blasts of May 2007. The blasts that took place in a 17th century mosque shattered the peace for which the city was noted. Nine lives were lost, and many more died later in the twin blasts at the Gokul Chat Bhandar and Lumbini Park, which took place a few months later.
New Delhi, November 18: Congress MP from Bhongiri Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy on Thursday stated that he would never reverse his decision on the resignation submitted for the cause of Telangana statehood.
Hyderabad, November 18: Hundreds of sub-inspector aspirants on Thursday staged dharna in front of Manjira Guest house near Chief Minister’s camp office demanding that the government increase age limit for SI posts for three years from 25 to 28.
Nearly 1,000 SI aspirants gathered near the Manjira Guest house demanding that the government increase age limit for SI posts for three years. When the aspirants tried to contact Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to press for their demand, the camp security did not allow them to meet the Chief Minister.
Hyderabad, November 18: The Central Bureau of Investigation Special Court at Nampally on Thursday adjourned the hearing till November 28 on a petition filed by the Income Tax Department seeking possession of documents found by the CBI during the searches in the disproportionate assets case related to former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) Managing Director B V Srinivas Reddy residences.
Gali and Srinivas Reddy filed a counter petition in the court, vehemently opposing giving the documents, now with the probing agency, to the IT Department.
Hyderabad, November 18: Telangana Political Joint Action Committee chairman Prof M Kodandaram on Thursday asked the Centre not to test the patience of Telangana people and warned the government of serious consequences if it fails to introduce the bill for formation of separate Telangana.
Guntur, November 18: Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy on Thursday called upon Sub-Inspector and constable aspirants not to fall in the trap of middlemen, who promise to ensure their selection.
New Delhi, November 17: Sudheendra Kulkarni, ex-advisor to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) former MPs, who were accused in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam, walked out of Tihar jail Thursday.
Kulkarni and former MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahabir Singh Bhagora were granted bail by the Delhi High Court Wednesday on the grounds that there was no evidence to support their involvement in the illegal gratification that rocked parliament ahead of a trust vote.
New Delhi, November 17: Three accused in 2G spectrum case on Thursday moved a Delhi court seeking alteration of charges framed against them saying there were errors and contradictions in the order of framing of charges, which need to be corrected for a fair trial.
The accused RK Chandolia, former Private Secretary of former Telecom Minister A Raja, Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa and Director Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd Asif Balwa contended the order on charges dated October 22 did not specify the manner in which various offences were committed.
Islamabad, November 17: US unmanned aircraft fired four missiles at a house in the remote Padam Shah village of Razmak area in the troubled North Waziristan district on Thursday. At least seven people were killed and several others were wounded in the aerial attack.
The strike comes a day after 18 people were killed and several others were injured in a US assassination drone attack in Pakistan’s South Waziristan.
Washington, November 17: Police forces in the United States have attacked protesters who are marking the second-month anniversary of the ‘Occupy’ movement, beating them up and arresting a dozen people.
—Agencies
Islamabad, November 17: Some elements of Pakistan’s moral brigade are once again gunning for actress Veena Malik this time for cheapening the institution of marriage on an Indian reality show.
Malik, who faced flak for featuring on popular Indian reality show “Bigg Boss 4” earlier this year, has now signed a contract to marry on another Indian reality show, “Swayamvar 4”.
New Delhi, November 17: With the Opposition planning to target the government on issues like corruption, price rise, Lokpal and caste census through various ways including adjournment motions, the upcoming winter session of Parliament from next week is all set to be stormy.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, who chaired an all-party meeting here on Thursday, however, said that the general refrain of the parties was that the session should run smoothly and they have promised their cooperation.
New Delhi, November 17: 140 Rajya Sabha members have declared that they do not have any pecuniary interests as directors of companies, controlling shares, regular salaries, paid consultancies and professional engagements despite some of them having declared assets worth crores in their election affidavits.