Uma Bharti bats for uninterrupted flow of Ganga
New Delhi : Political leaders, environmental activists and spiritual personalities came together here Monday for wide-ranging discussions on ways to clean and develop the...
84 Telangana, Andhra workers return from Iraq
Hyderabad : The third batch of workers from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Monday returned from war-torn Iraq.
As many as 84 men from the two...
Delhi HC dismisses plea against Nitish Kumar
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the CBI to file a case against former railway minister...
Andhra CM urged to ensure gas supply to power projects
Hyderabad : Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Monday assured power producers that he would use his good offices at the centre to...
SGPC row: Akal Takht cautions Haryana against Congress move
Amritsar : The highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion, the Akal Takht, Monday opposed the move by the Haryana government to allow a...
Punjab gets separate cadre for community policing
Chandigarh : The Punjab government Monday decided on a separate cadre of officers for the community policing and investigation wings of Punjab Police.
Deputy Chief...
Odisha varsity inks pact with Tibetan administration
Bhubaneswar : The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Monday said it has inked an agreement with the Tibetan administration-in-exile to work in areas...
Increase courts, judges, hike retirement age: Law Commission
New Delhi : The Law Commission Friday recommended setting up of additional courts, increasing retirement age of subordinate court judges and recruitment of new...
DU told to admit students in three-year course: Irani
New Delhi : The UGC has asked Delhi University to admit students for the 2014-15 session in three-year undergraduate programme, HRD Minister Smriti Irani...
Britain wants close relations with new Indian government
Mumbai : British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne Monday started a high-level visit to India here, heading the biggest...
Badal to again meet Sushma for Punjabi hostages in Iraq
Chandigarh : Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday said he will again meet Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and urge her to...
Substantial emphasis on IT in railway budget: Gowda
New Delhi : Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda Monday said his ministry has laid substantial emphasis on information technology (IT) in the budget, which...
Anil Ambani calls on KCR, ready to invest in Telangana
Hyderabad : Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, chairman, Reliance Group, Monday called on Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao here and evinced interest in investing in...
Pay Rs.5 lakh to fake gun fight victim: NHRC to UP
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs.5 lakh as monetary relief to the...
Growth oriented budget for railways expected
New Delhi : The first railway budget of the Narendra Modi government to be presented Tuesday is expected to be growth oriented and unveil...
India’s Deficits
By Amit Kapoor,
Over the past few years, we have heard of all sorts of deficits that have been ailing India. The most recent one has been a ‘rain deficit’ with monsoon expected to be less than normal according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). While the lack of rains has generated fear amongst farmers, it has generated broader concerns for the union and state governments in containing inflation, which is expected to rise even further with this latest declaration from the IMD.
Kerala nurses in Baghdad unsure about returning
Thiruvananthapuram : Seventy-four nurses from Kerala working at the Baghdad Medical City are in two minds - whether or not to return to India...
SC won’t stall Suhag’s appointment as army chief
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Monday refused to suspend the appointment of Lt. Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next Indian Army chief,...
Hyderabad needs two more airports, says KCR
Hyderabad : Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao Monday said Hyderabad need two more airports in the near future as the city's population was...
Marriage feast leaves 35 ill in Tripura
Agartala : Thirty-five people were taken ill and admitted to various hospitals after eating at a marriage feast in Tripura Sunday night, an official...
Grit and determination of 46 nurses helped: Chandy
Thiruvananthapuram : The grit and determination of the 46 nurses helped in their evacuation from Iraq, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy as he called...
Railway linked firms’ stocks rise ahead of budget
Mumbai : Stocks of companies associated with the railways rose around noon Monday a day before Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda is slated to...
Rajnath seeks upgradation of rail service for Lucknow
Lucknow : Ahead of the rail budget, union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has spoken to Railway Minister D.V. Sadanand Gowda about service upgradation of...
Find Delhi’s monuments at click of a button
By Shilpa Raina,
New Delhi : Seeing his son download apps on his mobile phone, this Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officer had a brainwave...
RInfra appoints M.S. Mehta as chief executive officer
Mumbai : Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra), a part of the Reliance Group, Monday appointed M.S. Mehta as the chief executive officer with effect from...
Jayalalithaa wants ‘decisive action’ against Sri Lanka
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa wants the central government to take "early and decisive action" to end attacks by the Sri...
Customs official accused of rape in Lucknow
Lucknow : A customs official was accused of rape by a domestic help in Uttar Pradesh's capital and a case has been registered against...
Supreme Court gets three new judges
New Delhi : Justice Arun Mishra, Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and senior advocate Rohinton Nariman Monday became judges of the Supreme Court, taking the...
Vindictive ‘democracy’
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat,
A priest was found to have ‘sacrificed’ his wife to please the God in Indore, a story revisited the gory “tandoori murder” of Naina Sahni by her politician husband Sushil Sharma, who is serving life imprisonment in the jail and wanted to spend time with his mother to perform his ‘sonly’ duties. Girls are being hanged to deaths after being gang raped and political class as a whole speak of controlling time and choices. It is not that we suggest here that all the ills of the country began with the current government but there are certain trends.
Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal shifted to Mizoram
New Delhi: Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal was Sunday shifted to Mizoram and Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva given additional responsibility of the state.
Mizoram Governor Vakkom...
Modi to attend BRICS meet; India to take up UNSC reforms
New Delhi: In his first participation in a global meet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the sixth summit of BRICS countries in Brazil...
India, Iran partners for skill development
New Delhi: India's state-run National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) Sunday signed an agreement with Iran's Technical and Vocational Training Organisation (TVTO) to jointly collaborate...
Mafia don Dawood Ibrahim’s sister dead
Mumbai: Hasina Parker, the elder sister of absconding mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, died in a private hospital following a massive cardiac arrest, officials...
Four injured in Assam blasts
Guwahati: At least four people were injured Sunday when suspected Bodo insurgents triggered two grenade blasts in Chirang district of Assam, police said.
Cadres of...
Out for a swim, six drown in Arabian Sea in Raigad
Raigad/Mumbai: Six tourists from Mumbai drowned in the Arabian Sea off Maharashtra's Raigad after they went for a swim Sunday morning, police said.
The incident...
Murdered Bengal student’s family seeks CBI probe
Kolkata: The family of the college student, who was killed and chopped into pieces for allegedly protesting anti-social activities in West Bengal's North 24-Parganas...
Traditions, fairs, cultures should be preserved: Himachal CM
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Sunday said traditions, cultures, customs, fairs, and languages should be preserved.
He was participating in the traditional Bishu...
Facilitating return of 1,600 Indians from Iraq: Government
New Delhi: About 1,600 Indian nationals in Iraq are being provided tickets by the Indian government for their return, external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed...
Delhi to promote women’s safety at IITF
New Delhi: The Delhi government will promote the issue of women's safety during this year's India International Trade Fair (IITF) to be held Nov...
Nepal, India begin security talks
Kathmandu:Nepal's request for supply of arms and military stores and equipment from India was expected to figure prominently in talks on security issues between...
‘Blank firing’ near Israeli homes in Delhi
New Delhi:An unidentified person came in an SUV and opened 'blank fire' Sunday in a south Delhi area where many foreigners including Israelis live...
Haryana announces separate Sikh panel for its gurdwaras
Chandigarh: Bowing to the demand of Sikh leadership from the state, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Sunday announced that a separate Sikh body...
Ashoka University appoints Andre Beteille as chancellor
New Delhi: Ashoka University has appointed eminent sociologist and writer Andre Beteille as chancellor, a senior varsity official said.
A Padma Bhushan awardee and a...
11 killed in wall collapse in Tamil Nadu
Chennai: Eleven construction workers were killed and two injured when a wall of a warehouse collapsed in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district, officials said Sunday.
Tamil...
EU wants to discuss illegal migration with Modi government
By Kavita Bajeli-Datt ,
Brussels: The European Union (EU) hopes it will be able to discuss with the Narendra Modi government this year the issue...
Smuggler with 12 kg heroin held in Punjab
Chandigarh: A smuggler with 12 kg of heroin worth Rs.60 crore in the international market was arrested in Punjab, police said Sunday.
The arrest was...
Special investigation team to probe Chennai building collapse
Chennai: With major political parties demanding a CBI probe into the multi-storeyed building collapse that killed 61 people here, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J....
Rain likely in Delhi
New Delhi: It was a sunny Sunday morning in Delhi with the minimum temperature recoded at 28.6 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season's...
Woman raped by childhood friend on pretext of job
New Delhi: A 30-year-old fitness centre employee has been arrested for raping his childhood woman friend here after promising to provide her a job,...
Maharashtra warns of using stringent law to break medicos strike
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government threatened to invoke the provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Essential Services Maintenance Act (MESMA) against striking medicos if they failed...
Opposition to raise price rise, government ready to discuss all issues
New Delhi: Opposition parties would seek to pin down the NDA government on the issue of price rise during the budget session of parliament...
Himachal seeks special assistance for developing rail lines
New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Saturday called on union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here and sought special assistance for the state,...
122 nurses, 61 other Indians reach home from Iraq, 200 more on way
Kochi/Hyderabad/New Delhi:Ending a tense period, 183 Indians stranded in strife-torn Iraq, including 122 nurses - 46 from Kerala freed by Iraqi insurgents, 52 from...
Stalled Assam project: Power ministry to meet stakeholders
New Delhi:The power ministry will soon convene a meeting of stakeholders in Assam's Subansiri hydropower project, an official statement said Saturday.
Minister of State for...
Be more attentive to disabled in rural areas: Minister
New Delhi: Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot Saturday asked state commissioners to be more attentive to people with disabilities...
Five militants killed in Pakistan air raids
Islamabad: At least five suspected militants were killed and as many militant hideouts were destroyed after jet fighters pounded parts of Pakistan's tribal region...
200 Indians to return from Iraq Saturday night
New Delhi: Two hundred Indians from Iraq will return Saturday night by an Iraqi Airways special chartered flight from Najaf to Delhi, external affairs...
Student killed in Bengal for protesting against crimes
Kolkata: The body of a college student, chopped to pieces, was found beside the railway track between Duttapukur and Bamongachi stations in West Bengal's...
Want to partner India in renewable energy: British minister
Kolkata: Indian-origin British Energy and Climate Change Minister, Baroness Sandip Verma, Saturday emphasised the her country would aid India to develop its renewable energy...
Businessman held at Delhi airport for gold smuggling
New Delhi: A 35-year-old businessman was arrested at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here for illegally smuggling 1.2 kg of gold from Riyadh,...
Five Odisha workers stranded in Iraq
Bhubaneswar: At least five workers from Odisha have been stranded in strife-torn Iraq, an official said Saturday.
All the labourers, mostly plumbers, are from Kendrapada...
British ministers to visit India; meet Modi, Sushma
New Delhi: British ministers William Hague and George Osborne will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj when they visit...
12 students fall ill after mid-day meal in Bihar
Patna: At least 12 children fell ill Saturday after having their mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar's Sitamarhi district, officials said.
All the...
Bring back 39 Indians held captive in Iraq: Amarinder Singh
New Delhi:Welcoming return of Kerala nurses from Iraq, Congress leader Amarinder Singh Saturday urged the Centre to intensify its efforts for freeing 39 Indians...
78 workers from Iraq return to Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A group of 78 Indian workers stranded in war-ravaged Iraq landed here Saturday.
The first batch of workers arrived here by a special aircraft...
Canadian immigration minister visiting India
New Delhi: Canada's Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander is on a visit to India from July 5 to 10.
Alexander is scheduled to meet...
India’s forex reserves up $856 mn
Mumbai: India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $856.6 million to $315.77 billion for the week ended June 27, led by a sharp jump in...
Security forces, copter in service to curb malaria in Tripura
Agartala: Central paramilitary and state forces, along with health workers, have fanned out in Tripura while a helicopter has also beeen pressed into service...
Opposition to raise price rise during budget session
New Delhi: The government Saturday said it was prepared to discuss all issues in the budget session of parliament that begins Monday as the...
Ten children taken unwell in Goa school
Panaji: Ten school children Saturday complained of giddiness during a laboratory experiment in Goa's Vasco town and were rushed to a hospital, a school...
Indian-origin man jailed for biting compatriot’s ear
Wellington: An Indian-origin man has been jailed and fined for biting off his former lover's new partner's ear in New Zealand, media reported Saturday.
During...
Expedite Tamil Nadu cable licence: Jayalalithaa
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has again requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite the issue of Digital Addressable System (DAS) licence...
Moradabad village tense after clashes
Lucknow: The situation in Kanth village in Moradabad district continued to be tense Saturday, following Friday's clashes between BJP workers, villagers and police in...
Indian nurses freed in Iraq reach Home
Kochi: As many as 183 Indians stranded in strife-torn Iraq, including the 46 nurses from Kerala who were freed by Iraqi insurgents, arrived here...
Major Indian economic aid package for Nepal expected
By Anil Giri ,
Kathmandu, July 5 (IANS) A major Indian economic aid package is expected to be announced during the visit of Indian Prime...
Modi prevails over saffron traditionalists
By Amulya Ganguli ,
The Hindutva fundamentalists may be slowly realising that the Bharatiya Janata Party's victory is unlikely to help their cause as much...
Four India-born Americans honoured in US
New York: Four India-born Americans were recognised for their contributions to the US along with 36 other people in the annual Great Immigrants tribute...
UAE-based Indian businessman offers jobs to freed nurses
Thiruvananthapuram: UAE-based Indian businessman B.R. Shetty has offered the 46 nurses freed by insurgents in Iraq jobs in hospitals he owns across the Gulf...
Air India plane with Kerala nurses reaches Mumbai
Mumbai/Kochi: A special Air India flight with 183 people on board, including the 46 nurses freed by insurgents in Iraq, arrived here Saturday morning,...
Chandy to receive Indian nurses
Kochi: An Air India flight with 46 nurses freed by Sunni insurgents in Iraq is set to arrive here Saturday noon, officials said.
Kerala Chief...
Power project inaugurated by PM Modi illegal, says Kashmir minister
Srinagar: A minister in Jammu and Kashmir's Omar Abdullah government said the hydropower project inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the state's Baramulla...
Probe man’s kidnapping by Chandigarh police: Delhi HC
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday ordered a deputy commissioner of police to examine a case in which the Chandigarh police forcibly...
Hawala racket busted in Patna, three held
Patna : The Patna police busted a hawala racket Friday after arresting three people, police said.
A police team arrested three people near Gandhi Maidan...
Kedarnath restoration work likely to be over by October
New Delhi : Work on conservation of the Kedarnath temple complex, which was damaged in the massive landslides in Uttarakhand last year, is progressing...
Karnataka seeks central help in mining more iron ore
Bangalore : Karnataka Friday sought the central government's support in increasing its iron ore production to meet the needs of the steel plants in...
Plea in SC for NIA probe into Sunanda Pushkar’s death
New Delhi : The Supreme Court was moved Friday for a NIA probe into the circumstances leading to the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife...
Odisha projects under review: Javadekar
Bhubaneswar : Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar Friday said his ministry is reviewing various Odisha projects and expects to complete the...
Heritage status planned for Ramakrishna Vivekananda varsity: Smriti
Belur (West Bengal) : The central government was planning to give heritage status to the Ramakrishna Vivekananda University run by the Ramakrishna Mission, union...
SC reserves order on Subrata Roy’s plea for 40 days parole
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Friday reserved its order on the plea by Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy seeking the court's nod for...
Sushma Swaraj led efforts to free Indian nurses in Iraq: MEA
New Delhi : The campaign for the release of Indian nurses held in Iraq was led by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj herself, ministry...
Chhattisgarh presses for Underground Sewerage Project
Raipur/New Delhi : Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Friday met Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu and urged him to approve the long-pending Underground...
Power supply after 10 p.m. restored in Delhi malls
New Delhi : Power supply in Delhi malls after 10 p.m. has been completely restored from Friday following improvement in electricity supply in the...
1,000 foreign students keen to join Nalanda University
Patna : More than 1,000 students from 40 countries have sought admission in Nalanda University.
The university is scheduled to start its academic session from...
President expresses relief over Indian nurses reaching secure area
New Delhi : President Pranab Mukherjee Friday expressed relief and happiness over the news that 46 Indian nurses have reached a secure area in...
Provide facilities to homeless, lactating women in Delhi: Court
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday directed the city government to provide food and medical facilities to homeless pregnant and lactating women...
All help to exploit Kashmir’s huge hydro power potential: Modi
Srinagar : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said that Jammu and Kashmir has a huge eco-friendly hydropower potential and the central government would give...
More coal allocated for Punjab’s power plants
Chandigarh : The central government Friday sanctioned enhanced coal linkage for thermal plants in Punjab, a demand pending with the union coal ministry since...
Desperate students ready to study any course in DU
New Delhi : With many colleges closing admissions, students who are desperate to get into Delhi University are ready to study any course in...
Oil India buys 50 percent stake in Russian oil block
New Delhi : State-run explorer Oil India (OIL) Friday said it has completed the acquisition of 50 percent stake in an oil block in...
Diaspora to help Indian nurses reach home
Thiruvananthapuram : Roots-Norka, the state agency for the Kerala diaspora, will transfer the 46 nurses returning from Iraq Saturday from the Cochin airport to...
Wear loin cloth if against Westernism, designer tells Goa minister
Panaji : The controversy over a Goa cabinet minister's demand to ban mini-skirts and bikinis in order to "protect Goan culture" refuses to die...
39 injured in two Kashmir road accidents
Srinagar : Thirty-nine people were injured Friday in two road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district, police said.
Both the accidents took place at...
Pakistan asks India to release its nationals
Islamabad : Pakistan on Friday called upon India to release all of its nationals who have already completed sentences but are still languishing in...
‘India can be global leader in chemicals, petrochemicals’
Mumbai : India has the potential to become one of the top five countries in the chemicals and petrochemicals industry, Minister for Chemicals and...
Indian nurses free, to return Saturday
New Delhi : The Indian nurses in Iraq are now free and the "process" to bring them back home has begun, external affairs ministry...
Significant synergy between Singapore, Tamil Nadu: Jayalalithaa
Chennai : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa Friday told Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam that there could be synergy between...
No hike of LPG, kerosene prices: Ministry
New Delhi : Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Friday there is no proposal to increase rates of subsidised LPG, kerosene and diesel.
"There is no...
Air India special aircraft to bring back nurses from Iraq
New Delhi : National passenger carrier Air India Friday said it will operate a special aircraft service to Iraq for bring back the 46...
Delhi’s G.B. Road sex workers to finally get new address
By Rupesh Dutta,
New Delhi : This surely is an instance of better late than never - in this case, all of 48 years. The...
Maharashtra tops farmer-suicides list
Nagpur : With 3,146 distressed farmers ending their lives last year, Maharashtra has topped the list of farmland suicides in the country, an activist...
Nurses to fly back to Kerala from Iraq Saturday: Chandy
Thiruvananthapuram : All 46 women nurses set to be freed by Sunni insurgents in Iraq will fly back to Kerala Saturday morning, Chief Minister...
AugustaWestland scam: CBI quizzes Goa governor
Panaji : A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team Friday quizzed Goa Governor B.V. Wanchoo in connection with the AugustaWestland VVIP chopper procurement scam.
A...
Indian nurses freed in Iraq, to reach Kerala Saturday
Thiruvananthapuram : All 46 Indian women nurses seized by Sunni insurgents in Iraq were freed Friday and will fly to Kerala Saturday morning, Chief...
It’s time to soak in the hills of Himachal
By Vishal Gulati,
Shimla : As life in most of the plains of northern India is still hot and sweaty - and sizzling - owing...
We are safe in Mosul: Kerala nurse
Thiruvananthapuram : One of the 46 nurses from Kerala who were now confined in Iraq's Mosul city by Sunni insurgents has spoken to her...
Kerala nurses given food: Chandy
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram : The 46 nurses from Kerala who were shifted from Iraq's Tikrit city to Mosul by Sunni insurgents have been put up...
CRPF officer killed in Maoist attack in Bihar
Patna : One CRPF officer was killed Friday morning in a Maoist attack in Bihar's Jamui district, a senior official said.
The attack took place...
Was Delhi University fiasco avoidable?
By Abha Dev Habib,
The high drama over FYUP (Four Year Undergraduate Programme) rollback at Delhi University has raised many pertinent questions. Delhi University has become a case study that educators and policymakers must understand before any other educational institution follows the same trajectory knowingly or unknowingly.
Restrictions in Srinagar ahead of PM Modi visit
Srinagar: Restrictions were imposed in some areas of summer capital Srinagar and senior separatist leaders were placed under house arrest Friday, a day when...
Indian nurses reach Mosul, unharmed
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi: The 46 Indian nurses who were forcibly moved by suspected ISIS militants from Tikrit have reached the Iraqi city of Mosul and...
SC seeks SEBI’s response on Sahara’s plea to sell overseas hotels
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday asked market regulator SEBI to respond to Sahara group's plead to permit it to sell its three overseas...
Delhi Metro shuts station due to protest
New Delhi : Commuters faced a difficult time Thursday as a metro station here was closed for over two hours due to a protest.
"Delhi...
‘Kerala nurses on way to Mosul, being treated well’
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram : The 46 Indian nurses, who were moved from their work place in Iraq's Tikrit city by Sunni insurgents Thursday afternoon, are...
1997 CP killing convict’s parole extended
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Thursday extended, by four days, the parole granted to Delhi Police officer S.S. Rathi, serving a life...
Rajnath asks Delhi to have more vans to sell onions, potatoes
New Delhi : In an effort to check the rise in prices of some essential commodities, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday asked the Delhi...
US court to hear Indian-American woman’s case in September
New York : A US court will hear in September the case of an Indian-American woman who has been accused of neglect in the...
Dikshit had 31 ACs at official residence: RTI activist
New Delhi : Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit had 31 air-conditioners, 15 desert coolers and 25 heaters installed at her official residence when...
Court extends Jessica Lal murderer Manu Sharma’s parole
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Thursday extended for one month the parole to Manu Sharma, serving a life term in the Jessica...
35 IAS officials transferred in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow : Continuing with the re-jig of the state bureaucracy he started after the Lok Sabha election debacle, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav...
Bihar plans to set up two film cities: Minister
Patna : Bihar plans to set up two film cities to give a fillip to the film industry in the state, Art and Culture...
Human trafficking rising due to female foeticide: Court
New Delhi : A court here has urged exercising of zero tolerance in female foeticide cases, observing that the illegal sex determination tests are...
SC notice to Rajasthan on Asaram Bapu’s bail plea
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the Rajasthan government on spiritual guru Asaram Bapu's plea for bail in an alleged...
Jaitley meets state finance ministers to push for GST
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday met finance ministers of states and union territories to push for early implementation of the proposed...
SC pulls up Bihar for delaying employment dues
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday frowned at Bihar government for not paying the retirement and other dues of the employees who had...
Meeting with Facebook COO very fruitful: PM
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said his meeting with Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg was "very fruitful" as they discussed...
DU admissions: Seats filling fast, long queues continue
New Delhi : With Thursday being the last day for admissions under the first cut-off list in Delhi University, long queues continued with some...
Haryana moots commando unit for Gurgaon, NCR
Chandigarh : A specially trained police commando unit would be raised and deputed for safety and security of the national capital region (NCR), especially...
New Australia visa centre in Jalandhar
Jalandhar : The Australian government Friday opened a new visa application centre in Jalandhar to meet the growing demand in Punjab for visas to...
AirAsia’s Fernandes looks to Modi to set aviation right
Panaji : AirAsia India founder and CEO Tony Fernandes looks forward to the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to set things right in...
No reason for anxiety, says Chandy as nurses move out
New Delhi : There is "no reason for any anxiety" at the moment, said Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Thursday as 46 Indian nurses...
No separate settlements for Kashmiri Pandits: Grand Mufti
Srinagar : Majlis Itihad-e-Milat, a group of religious organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, Thursday cautioned the Centre against any move to create separate settlements...
Interest subsidy, PPP options to meet housing shortage: Naidu
New Delhi : The government is examining proposals for interest subvention and public-private partnership to meet the housing shortage in urban areas, Urban Development...
Four new vaccines in national immunization programme
New Delhi : The Indian government Thursday introduced four new vaccines, including one for Japanese Encephalitis (JE), in the national immunization programme, which will...
BSES Yamuna asked to pay current dues by July 15
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Thursday asked BSES Yamuna, one of the three private power distribution firms in the national capital, to pay...
US to sell Harpoon missiles to India for $200 mn
By Arun Kumar,
Washington : The US government has notified the US Congress of its plans to sell to India 22 anti-ship missiles at an...
Indian nurses moved out of Iraqi city
New Delhi : Sunni insurgents Thursday moved out all 46 Indian insurgents holed up in a hospital in the Iraqi city of Tikrit.
The external...
BSF seizes drugs, gold worth over Rs.10 crore in June
Kolkata : The Border Security Force (BSF) deployed on south Bengal frontier of the Indo-Bangladesh border has seized contraband and gold worth over Rs.10...
Indian states, Chinese provinces should interact more: Ramesh
Kolkata : Terming Indian Army Chief General Bikram Singh's ongoing and Vice President Hamid Ansari's just-concluded China visit as "significant", former union minister Jairam...
Over one lakh suicides in India every year, says report
New Delhi : Over 100,000 people commit suicides in India every year on an average. The number of suicides in the past decade has...
Kerala, Centre concerned about nurses’ safety in Iraq
New Delhi : The Kerala government as well as the Centre are concerned about the safety of the 46 nurses who are stranded in...