An Indian prince for Britain?
London: Prince William, second-in-line to the throne, will be first British king with proven Indian ancestry, DNA analysis has revealed.
The DNA analysis of saliva samples taken from the Duke of Cambridge's relatives have established a direct lineage between the 30-year-old prince and an Indian housekeeper on his mother Princess Diana's side.
It is his only non-European DNA and means he will become the first Head of the Commonwealth with a clear genetic link to its most populous nation - India.
William is now likely to be encouraged to make his debut mission to India soon after the birth of his baby next
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Advani quitting not good for NDA: JD-U
New Delhi: After senior BJP leader LK Advani quit all party posts Monday, JD-U chief Sharad Yadav described the development as a sad one which would adversely impact the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
"It is sad... not good for NDA's health," Yadav told news channel.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) are constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), a coalition of parties that projected a united front in the last two general elections of 2004 and 2009.
Yadav is the convenor of the National Democratic Alliance.
The JD-U and the BJP run a coalition government in Bihar.
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Indo-Canadian, Amrik Virk appointed minister in British Columbia
An RCMP inspector, Amrik Virk of the ruling Liberal Party won in Surrey-Tinehead.
VANCOUVER: Amrik Virk, a former inspector with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) who was elected to the British Columbia assembly in the last month�s election, was appointed minister for advanced education by Premier Christy Clark on Friday.
Virk is one of the three Indo-Canadian MLAs in the 85-member assembly in British Columbia. But he is the only one from the ruling Liberal Party which returned to power in the May 14 elections.
Virk, who was born in India, came to Canada when he was five. He joined the RCMP
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Come to Canada Wizard Attracts More Than Four Million Visits
Ottawa, June 10, 2013 � More than seven thousand people a day, from all around the globe, are using the Come to Canada Wizard to conjure up answers to their immigration questions. The Wizard has now seen more than four million visits since it was launched in August 2011.
�We want the world�s best and brightest to come to Canada and to help grow our economy,� said Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney. �The Wizard has made it easy for people to assess their personal eligibility to come to Canada and has simplified the first steps of applying,
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JD(U) to break up alliance with BJP?
Patna, June 12 : Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) averted its internal crisis, it might soon face a bigger challenge as Janata Dal-United or JD(U)] is likely to end its alliance with BJP over elevation of Narendra Modi as the party's campaign chief for 2014 elections.
The buzz of JD(U) calling off its alliance with BJP is doing the rounds after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar convened a meeting with senior JD(U) leaders in Patna on Tuesday evening and asked them to not leave the city for consultation in this matter.
The JD(U) leaders have reportedly been asked to even
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Lalu takes potshots at NDA, says Modi is now BJP's face
PTI
New Delhi: Taking potshots at NDA, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today asked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to clear his party's stand on secularism vis-a-vis Narendra Modi and said that the Gujarat Chief Minister is now BJP's face as "L K Advani has also surrendered to RSS diktat".
"Advaniji has also surrendered to the RSS diktat and withdrawn his resignation. There was no option before Advani. I have always said that BJP is only a mask and the real power lies there in RSS. Now what is left for BJP to declare. Modi has now become their face for the next
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Pakistan should implement roadmap for better ties: Indian envoy
By Rezaul H Laskar |PTI - ISLAMABAD
12th June 2013 03:20 PM
Pakistan should fully implement the roadmap for normalising economic cooperation with India, including granting it the Most Favoured Nation-status, Indian High Commissioner Sharat Sabharwal has said.
"The economic roadmap needs to be fully implemented for more trade and investment between the two neighbouring countries," he said at a farewell luncheon hosted for him yesterday by the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The Indian envoy referred to the joint statement issued after the seventh round of talks on commercial and economic cooperation between the Commerce Secretaries in September 2012 and said this
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Over 100 Naxals attack train in Bihar; three killed, driver injured
Patna: A group of over 100 Naxals, including some women, attacked a passenger train in Bihar this afternoon reportedly killing three people and injuring seven others.
According to the police, the rebels snatched weapons from the Railway Protection Force (RPF) jawans who were on board the Dhanbad-Patna Intercity Express as a standard security precaution.
Reacting to the incident, Minister of State for Home, RPN Singh, said, "Sources of arms and ammunition have dried up for Naxals and they have resorted to such measures. These attacks on people and political leaders are a sign that the Naxals are on the back foot."
The
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Nitish Kumar gives no assurance to BJP leaders, talks about Mamata's federal front
PTI
PATNA: With rumblings in NDA over Narendra Modi's appointment as BJP's election campaign committee chief, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said his party is concerned over the recent developments in the coalition but will take a call on the alliance after discussions in JD(U).
Kumar said he is in touch with chief ministers of West Bengal and Orissa but it is too early to say whether a federal front is being formed by the regional parties.
He said senior BJP leaders L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, as well as party president Rajnath Singh,
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Modi criticises Centre on Food Security Bill
Ahmedabad: Amid the Centre's efforts to push implementation of the ambitious National Food Security Bill, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that Congress-led UPA government was rubbing salt on the wounds of people already grappling with price hike.
"The Congress government at Delhi (Centre) is rubbing salt on the wounds of people battling with price hike," Modi wrote on Twitter.
"After ten years, the government at Delhi has thought about the poor, we doubt their intentions," he said.
"For the last ten years in Gujarat, poor are getting wheat at Rs 2 per kg and rice at Rs 3 per kg
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Britain lobbies for nuclear export group to admit India
By Fredrik Dahl
VIENNA, June 14 (Reuters) - Britain has stepped up efforts to let India join an influential global body controlling nuclear exports, a move that would boost New Delhi's standing as an atomic power but which has faced resistance from China and other countries.
The diplomatic tussle centres on whether emerging power India should be allowed into a key forum deciding rules for civilian nuclear trade, even though it has refused to join an international pact under which it would have to give up its nuclear weapons.
London, Washington, Paris and others argue nuclear-armed India should join the Nuclear Suppliers Group
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Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport bags world's second best airport award
PTI
Indira Gandhi International Airport has been named the world's second best airport in the 25-40 million passengers category by the Airport Council International.
The airport also has been adjudged as the fourth best in the world among 199 airports across all categories.
A nine-member team, comprising representatives from airport operator Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), Central Industrial Security Force, Airport Operations Control and Air India received the 'ACI ASQ Award' at an award ceremony organised by the Airport Council International (ACI) in Istanbul, Turkey yesterday.
"This recognition is testimony to the efforts of all our employees and partners who have consistently met the
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Import lobbies threaten petroleum ministers: Moily
New Delhi: In a stunning comment, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily Friday said petroleum ministers are "threatened" by import lobbies not to take decisions that will cut India's USD 160 billion oil imports.
Moily, who has been under attack from the CPI leader Gurudas Dasgupta for proposing to hike natural gas prices by 60 per cent, said he has been striving to attract investments in almost stagnant oil and gas exploration which will lead to higher domestic output and lesser reliance on imports.
"I am telling you with all sense of responsibility (that) we are floating in oil and gas in this
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