Politics

Spain escapes recession in Q3 but concerns still high

After the announcement that Spain escaped from a two-year recession in the third quarter of this year, an economist from ICADE Business School in Madrid says the results are positive but Spain's public deficit is still worryingly high. Duration: 0:52

Oct 30, 2013

Djiboutian troops give Somali hospital crucial supplies

Djiboutian troops serving under AMISOM, the African Union Peacekeeping mission for Somalia, have been donating much needed medical supplies to Somalia's Belet Wyene General Hospital, a lifeline for many residents. Duration: 0:38

Oct 30, 2013

Obama 'not happy' over healthcare website glitches. Duration: 0:42

US President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he is "not happy" the glitch-filled rollout out of his health reform program, as he renewed a vow the fix the problems. Duration: 0:42

Oct 30, 2013

Mirrors rescue sun-starved residents of Norwegian village

Sun-starved residents of a remote Norwegian village unveiled an ingenious mirror system on Wednesday in Rjukan, Norway to bring natural light to their mountain valley home, enveloped in darkness for half of the year. Duration: 0:27

Oct 30, 2013

London Natural History Museum winter ice rink opens

People skate during the launch night of the Natural History Museum winter ice rink in London. Duration: 0:47

Oct 30, 2013

Suicide bomber targets Tunisia hotel

A suicide bomber blew himself up on Wednesday on a beach in Tunisia's resort town of Sousse while security forces foiled another planned attack nearby, the interior ministry said. Duration: 0:27

Oct 30, 2013

Sardar Patel was secular and integral part of Congress: PM

Ahmedabad, Oct 29 (ANI): Sharing the dais with BJP's PM Candidate, Narendra Modi for the first time at Ahmedabad, Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that Sardar Patel was secular and an integral part of Congress.

Oct 29, 2013

Patel should have been the 1st PM: Narendra Modi Part - 2

Ahmadabad, Oct 29 (ANI): JP's prime ministerial candidate for 2014 polls and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday shared the stage with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Manmohan Singh is attending the inauguration of a museum in Ahmedabad dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the iconic leader from Gujarat who was India's first Home Minister. Modi thanked the PM, saying, different central ministries have given at least 90 awards to the Gujarat government. He further said that if Vallabhbhai Patel would have been India's first PM then our country's fate would have been different.

Oct 29, 2013

Patel should have been the 1st PM: Narendra Modi Part - 1

Oct 29, 2013

JD (U) defends Shivanand Tiwari's remark on Modi

New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): JDU leader KC Tyagi came in support of senior party leader Shivanand Tiwari who praised BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at a party convention in Rajgir on Tuesday. Tyagi stated that Tewari was not praising Modi's ideology but the fact that he came from a humble background.

Oct 29, 2013

BJP hits back at Nitish, asks why security wasn't same as Adhikar rally

Kolkata, Oct 29 (ANI): BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain on Tuesday slammed Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar for not taking proper security measures for BJP's 'Hunkar' Rally in Patna on Sunday. Hussain questioned why the security arrangements for BJP's 'Hunkar' Rally were not the same as JD (U)'s 'Adhikar' Rally.

Oct 29, 2013

Coalgate: SC rejects plea to make PM party in FIR

New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea which has requested that Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh be made a party in the FIR lodged by the CBI in the infamous coal scam.

Oct 29, 2013

Modi Brand firecrackers a hit on this Diwali

Rajkot, Oct 29 (ANI): With the festival of lights coming up, firecrackers business is thriving in Rajkot city of Gujarat. The imported items from China are also in the competition but the Indian made firecrackers which are manufactured in the Sivakasi town of Tamil Nadu are equally in demand in Rajkot. Firecrackers with Modi's photo, popularly called as "Modi Brand" are stealing the show this season. The city of Rajkot has more than 5000 retail show rooms of firecrackers. The business is worth Rs. 50 crores in Rajkot alone.

Oct 29, 2013

India signs four agreements with Peru

Lima, Oct 29 (ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari, who was on a state visit to Peru to boost bilateral relations, signed four agreements with the mineral rich Latin American country including one on defence cooperation and another on the establishment of a Joint Commission. The two other agreements were on exchange programmes in the field of education and another letter of intent for cooperation in the field of culture. Ansari also launched Indian Chamber of Commerce (INCHAM), in Peru. The chamber will help Indian businesses that want to engage in trade and industry with Peru and neighbouring Latin American countries

Oct 29, 2013

Nitish Kumar slams BJP over religion issue Part - 3

Rajgir, Oct 29 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar while addressing a strategy meeting for the national election due by May slams BJP over religion issue. He also said that poverty is still rampant and after so many years of independence, things have not improved in the country. Nitish also said that people of Bihar have contributed for development all over and they don't beg.

Oct 29, 2013