NEW DELHI: In a significant step towards liberalization of the visa regime, the government on Wednesday cleared two initiatives: visa on arrival and electronic travel authorization for all countries barring eight "prior reference'' countries including Pakistan, Iran, Sri Lanka and China.
NEW DELHI: In a significant step towards liberalization of the visa regime, the government on Wednesday cleared two initiatives: visa on arrival and electronic travel authorization for all countries barring eight "prior reference'' countries including Pakistan, Iran, Sri Lanka and China.
KOLKATA: Rolling out the saffron roadmap from a state that has never elected more than two BJP MPs was not an easy task for Narendra Modi. On Wednesday, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate stood up to the challenge by playing on 'poribartan' and trying to strike a chord with issues that bother Bengal the most.
KOLKATA: Rolling out the saffron roadmap from a state that has never elected more than two BJP MPs was not an easy task for Narendra Modi. On Wednesday, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate stood up to the challenge by playing on 'poribartan' and trying to strike a chord with issues that bother Bengal the most.
NEW DELHI: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will kick-start the party's campaign from Gujarat on Saturday, crossing swords with BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
NEW DELHI: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will kick-start the party's campaign from Gujarat on Saturday, crossing swords with BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
PANAJI: Politicians should be paid salaries equivalent to top executives of the corporate world, said Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy, while discussing ways to make the Indian government corruption-free.
PANAJI: Politicians should be paid salaries equivalent to top executives of the corporate world, said Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy, while discussing ways to make the Indian government corruption-free.
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday set up a four-member seventh central pay commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur.
NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday set up a four-member seventh central pay commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur.
NEW DELHI: Who will the 50,000-odd refugees of Muzaffarnagar vote for in the coming Lok Sabha elections? Perhaps no one. And that's simply because they are unlikely to feature in the electoral list. Election officials have said only those with ration or Aadhar cards will get their voter ID cards. But very few people in refugee camps have these documents on them.
NEW DELHI: Who will the 50,000-odd refugees of Muzaffarnagar vote for in the coming Lok Sabha elections? Perhaps no one. And that's simply because they are unlikely to feature in the electoral list. Election officials have said only those with ration or Aadhar cards will get their voter ID cards. But very few people in refugee camps have these documents on them.
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday inked a pact with the CPM to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections together roping in another partner for the AIADMK-led alliance that could set the stage for a national third front.
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday inked a pact with the CPM to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections together roping in another partner for the AIADMK-led alliance that could set the stage for a national third front.
IMPHAL: A militant outfit on Tuesday said it would boycott BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's proposed visit to Manipur on February 8 and called for a 11-hour general strike on that day.
IMPHAL: A militant outfit on Tuesday said it would boycott BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's proposed visit to Manipur on February 8 and called for a 11-hour general strike on that day.
NEW DELHI: Is national security adviser Shivshankar Menon the next governor of Jammu & Kashmir? There is a strong speculation that he may be appointed to the high profile but sensitive post to replace N N Vohra in the coming weeks.
NEW DELHI: Is national security adviser Shivshankar Menon the next governor of Jammu & Kashmir? There is a strong speculation that he may be appointed to the high profile but sensitive post to replace N N Vohra in the coming weeks.
