US panel in favour to continue Visa ban on Narendra Modi
NI Wire, Wed, 1 May 2013
And there is some bitter news for the chief minister of Gujarat as a US federal advisory body has reiterated its concerns about his admissibility to the US due to his alleged "complicity in the 2002 riots" in the state.
India ranked 38th in Index of Democracy
NI Wire, Tue, 30 Apr 2013
India has been ranked 38th among 165 nations in the Economist magazine's Index of Democracy 2012 with an overall score of 7.52. In addition to that, India has also been provided handsome scores for electoral process and pluralism (9.58) and Civil liberties (9.41).
Sarabjit declared 'clinically dead'; family to return home
NI Wire, Tue, 30 Apr 2013
The distressed family of Sarabjit Singh, Indian death row prisoner at Pakistan is likely to return India on Wednesday after the declaration of doctors about Sarabjit as "clinically dead". Sarabjit was assaulted brutally in a Lahore jail last week and since then his condition was critical.
Index of democracy list: India 38th, Norway top
NI Wire, Tue, 30 Apr 2013
Despite being the world’s most populous democracy, India has been ranked 38 among 165 nations with an overall score of 7.52.The data was published by Economist magazine's Index of Democracy 2012 which has ranked Norway on the top of the list.<
Musharraf gets 14-day judicial remand in Benazir Bhutto murder case
NI Wire, Tue, 30 Apr 2013
Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday was ordered for a 14-day-long judicial remand by an anti-terrorist court in Rawalpindi in the Benazir Bhutto murder case. Earlier last week, Musharraf was sent on a physical remand by the court. Musharraf was under questioning by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) investigator in the high profile murder probe since then, reports The Dawn.
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