US President Barack Obama said on Saturday in a statement on Fidel Castro's death that history would be the judge of the Cuban revolutionary leader's "enormous impact"....
US President-elect Donald Trump said in a statement on Saturday following Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro's death that he hoped the passing of the "brutal dictator" would usher in a new era of prosperity and freedom for the Caribbean island. ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to thank him for sending firefighting teams and trucks to help Israel put out fires....
Antonio del Conde, who obtained for Fidel Castro the yacht Granma, on which the latter sailed from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 to launch his revolution, went to the Cuban Embassy on Saturday with other Mexican admirers to express his sorrow for the death of someone who became his friend. ...
As Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said everybody, including the judiciary, must recognise and respect a certain boundary that ought not be crossed, Supreme Court Judge, Justice J.S. Khehar, on Saturday said judiciary had observed the 'Lakshaman rekha' by upholding the Constitution's ethos....
Observing that significant increase in investment in infrastructure and export promotion was essential to sustain Indias growth rate, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday stressed on the significance of consolidation of public finances, financial stability and employment generation....
Bhosale, a descendent of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji and a Nationalist Congress Party MP from Satara, said: "You are asking people to wait for 50 days! What 50 days? Why should they wait to withdraw their own hard earned money for so long? If matters worsen, there will be jungle raj. People will not hesitate to plunder banks....
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday slammed the Centre over "poor implementation" of the demonetisation of high value currency notes and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "blackmailing citizens by getting emotional everytime". ...
While the Kerala Police have maintained that two Maoists were killed in a shootout in the forest, human rights activists have said that this was a "fake encounter". ...
Fidel Castro, the fiery apostle of revolution who defied the US for nearly half a century as Cuba's leader, died on Friday, ending an era for the country and Latin America. Several world leaders, including the Indian President and Prime Minister condoled Castro's demise. ...
