New Delhi, Notwithstanding recommendation by government panels, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu has outrightly ruled out privatisation of the public transporter, saying it was a “bogey” being raised by those who do not want any change.He further said the concept of privatisation gives confusing signals and envisages the possibilities of ownershipRead More

New Delhi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi yesterday delivered his first-ever May Day message, signalling the party’s pro-labour push as part of its strategy to corner the BJP government as anti-worker. Rahul’s carefully crafted message attempts to strike a chord with the labour class when BJP governments in Rajasthan, Madhya PradeshRead More

WASHINGTON: The mayor of Baltimore on Sunday lifted a nightly curfew that was implemented after residents in the US city rioted following the death of a man in police custody. A 10:00 pm to 5:00 am curfew was imposed Tuesday following chaotic scenes that saw mobs looting shops, smashing storeRead More

United Nations, A UNSC committee has assured India that it will take up the issue of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi in its next meeting, after India expressed concern that the LeT commander’s release from a Pakistani jail violates the provisions of the global body. India’s Ambassador toRead More

NAIROBI: US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kenya on Sunday for talks on security cooperation and ahead of US President Barack Obama’s visit to his late father’s home country. The trip to the east African nation is the first high-level visit since 2012, and comes after years ofRead More

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s disaster panel on Sunday recommended that 4,050 foreign rescue and search personnel be sent back as its own security personnel can handle the task of recovering the remaining bodies of people killed in the April 25 earthquake, an official said. The decision was taken at a meeting ofRead More

Aden, The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen sent a “limited” force to the city of Aden on Sunday, Yemeni sources said, in what would be its first ground deployment inside the country. A spokesman for the coalition denied that a major ground force has landed, refusing to comment onRead More

BALTIMORE: The mayor of Baltimore on Sunday lifted a curfew that was imposed across the East Coast city following rioting over the death of an African American man in police custody. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake had faced growing calls for the curfew to be scrapped, particularly from store and restaurant ownersRead More

KATHMANDU: They may look completely out of place in a hospital set up with their baggy shorts, striped socks and a big red coloured faux nose, but Sancho and Dush know what they are doing. As Dush plays the mouth organ, Sancho claps loudly egging on more people around himRead More

Ottawa, Elections Canada has announced three federal byelections to fill vacant seats in the House of Commons — but the date set is the same for the next expected general federal election. A statement by Elections Canada said it issued three writs this afternoon for a trio of Oct. 19 byelectionsRead More