Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) The head of the government-backed peace body, the High Peace Council (HPC), has been appointed in Afghanistan, a senior official said on Monday. “Pir Sayed Ahmad Gilani has been appointed as…
Beijing, Feb 22 (IANS) Beijing is to raise the thresholds for issuing its highest air pollution warnings, two months after smog triggered the city’s first ever “red alerts”, a media report said on Monday. In…
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dr. Karan Singh at the convocation of Banaras Hindu University (BHU), in Varanasi on Feb 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Varanasi, Feb 22 (IANS) One must keep alive and nurture…
Beijing, Feb 22 (IANS) Chinese central authorities have issued guidelines on urban development, two months after leaders promised to make the country’s sprawling cities more liveable and environmentally friendly, the media reported on Monday. Issued…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Feb 22 (IANS) India’s national bird, the peacock, and the Great Indian bison may have been dropped from a potential list of vermin animals and birds, but wild boars and monkeys…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 22 (IANS) An Indian-origin Sikh officer has been appointed Kuala Lumpur’s commissioner of police – the highest police rank achieved by a Sikh in Malaysia, media reports said. Amar Singh will replace…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The car free day — an initiative by the Delhi government to curb rising air pollution in the city — was observed in a southern part of the national capital…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to the mystic poet, Sant Ravidas on the occasion of Ravidas Jayanti, the birth anniversary…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Delhi’s water crisis is expected to ease partially from Monday evening after the army secured the Munak canal in Haryana which was vandalised by Jat community members agitating for job…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday described as a “great relief for Delhi” after the army secured the Munak canal. “Thank you army, thank you centre for securing Munak…
Chandigarh, Feb 22 (IANS) The army took control of the Munak canal in Haryana’s Sonipat district, traffic was restored on the busy NH-1 and curfew was relaxed at various places as Haryana crawled towards normalcy…
Rohtak: Security beefup in Rohtak in the wake off Jats demonstration on Feb 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, Feb 22 (IANS) Haryana was on the tenterhooks on Monday as security forces moved in to get…
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged the Narendra Modi government to get the Munak canal started in Haryana, saying the national capital had “completely run out of water”….
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Indian industry has pitched for continuation of the 10 percent peak rate of customs duty in its pre-budget recommendations to the finance ministry ahead of the union budget for the…
New Cooch Behar: The members of Greater Coochbehar Peoples’ Association(GCPA) disrupt railway services to press for their demands t the New Cooch Behar, West Bengal on Feb 21, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS)…
Chandigarh, Feb 21 (IANS) Security forces failed to secure the Munak canal, which supplies water to national capital Delhi, in Haryana’s Sonipat district on Sunday even though one person was killed in firing by the…