The above scene used to take place day after day. But that was during the British era. The policemen of Delhi wore half pants, had proud headgear and were turned out smartly. The present-day policemen are pot-bellied, wear crumpled trousers, broken shoes, and hardly any one takes notice of their turn out except during the Republic Day Parade.
New Delhi, Dec 2 : India and Arab league on Tuesday signed a memorandum of cooperation to set up Arab-India Cooperation Forum, which will act as a joint mechanism to boost mutual cooperation.
Amre Moussa, Secretary General of the Arab League who is on a three-day visit to India, signed the memorandum of cooperation with Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi.
Abu Dhabi, 2 Dec. 2008 (WAM)-- The Indian community in the UAE has praised the support and solidarity extended by the UAE to the Indian Government in its fight against terrorism.
This was expressed by the Indian Ambassador in the UAE, Talmiz Ahamad, and other speakers attending a condolence meeting organised last night by the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi at the Indian Social and Cultural Centre to pay homage to the people who lost their lives in the recent terrorist attack in Mumbai, India.
Mumbai, Dec 2 : Maharashtra''s main opposition party Shiv Sena met the President, Pratibha Devisingh Patil, here today and urged her to remove the State Government in the wake of last week''s militant attacks in the city.
Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi, who headed the delegation, told reporters after their meeting with the President that they have demanded removal of the state government led by Vilasrao Deshmukh as it was unable to protest the state from terror strikes.
New Delhi, Dec 2 : As India stepped up pressure on Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, New Delhi has demanded Islamabad to handover about 20 fugitives.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in New Delhi today that a demarche has been handed over to the Pakistan High Commissioner in India on Monday night.
DubaiNew York, Dec 2 : With Mumbai under terror attacks, two common citizens Vishnu Datta Ram Zende and Nitin Minocha, risked their life and worked overnight to provide relief to victims, guide other people to safety.
Zende used the public-address system at Mumbai’s largest railway station, Victoria Terminus, to direct busy hordes of travelers to their trains, The New York Times reported.