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AAP ready to form government
NEW DELHI: Strongly indicating that Delhi’s wait for a government could be over soon, Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal said auditing of power companies and legislating the Jan Lokpal bill would… Read more
Armed rebels control oilfields
Juba- Armed rebels were said to be in control of some of South Sudan’s oilfields on Friday, raising questions of how long the country’s oil will flow and whether… Read more
Uganda approves legislation on homosexuality
UGANDA — The Ugandan Parliament announced on Friday that it had approved legislation imposing harsh penalties on gay people, including life imprisonment for what it called “aggravated homosexuality,” effectively brushing… Read more
Petrol prices hiked
New Delhi: Petrol prices were hiked by 41 paisa per litre, and of diesel by a little under 10 paisa a litre, both excluding sales tax or VAT, with effect… Read more
Petition filed seeking re-examination of verdict on homosexuality
New Delhi: Government today moved the Supreme Court with a review petition seeking re-examination of its verdict on Section 377 of IPC, reviving the penal provision making gay sex an… Read more
third International Nursi Studies Conference to be held at Aligarh
ALIGARH December 20: The Aligarh Muslim University is organizing the 3rd International Nursi Studies Conference in India-2014 in collaboration with the Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture, Turkey from February 11-12, 2014.
Re kindled memory of Gujarat
Our Prime Minister once remarked that “All Muslims are not terrorist but, all terrorists are Muslims”. We challenge the proposition and ask whether he can see that all Hindus don’t… Read more
Putin says he will pardon Khodorkovsky
Moscow — President Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday that he will pardon ex-oil tycoon and bitter Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a move that should see Russia’s most famous prisoner freed… Read more
Aam Aadmi Party gets 5 lakh views on government formation
Over 5 lakh replies have been received, till Thursday evening, from the people of the capital and outside on the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) poser whether it should form a… Read more
annual International Studies Convention-2013 held
ALIGARH December 19: Major General (Professor) G G Dwivedi, Department of West Asian Studies, Aligarh Muslim University attended the annual International Studies Convention-2013 on “Re-Imagining Global Orders: Perspectives from the South’’… Read more