Rajgir (Bihar), Aug 27 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday attended the maiden convocation ceremony of Nalanda University and launched the ground-breaking ceremony for construction of the sprawling university campus here, an official said. President…
Patna, Aug 27 (IANS) Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw on Saturday arrived at Bodh Gaya in Bihar to offer prayers at the revered Mahabodhi temple amid tight security, officials said. Gaya District Magistrate Kumar Ravi…
By Charu Bahri Panic gripped Manipur in July, 2016 when a four-year-old girl — after suffering high fever, convulsions, and slipping in and out of consciousness over a few days — succumbed to Japanese encephalitis…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday blamed Pakistan for instigating unrest in Jammu and Kashmir. Mehbooba told reporter after her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here that youth in…
Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) Seven persons were killed and two others seriously injured on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkarnagar district when their vehicle was hit head on by a tractor, police said. The condition of…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah on Saturday inaugurated a meeting of Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states at Maharashtra Sadan here in central Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday and said she was happy the central government was reaching out to all stakeholders…
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By Nityanand Shukla Ranchi, Aug 27 (IANS) Tala Marandi’s sacking as Jharkhand BJP chief just 13 weeks after his appointment has a lot to do with his criticism of his own government over proposed changes…
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IANS) Curfew and restrictions continued for the 58th day across Kashmir on Saturday, as the death toll rose to 72 in the ongoing unrest. Militants killed a police constable identified as Khurshid…
Chennai, Aug 27 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to test its scramjet engine on Sunday while the launch of weather satellite INSAT-3DR with the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-MkII) has…
Shimla, Aug 27 (IANS) Three low-intensity earthquake quakes hit Himachal Pradesh on Saturday but there were no reports of damage to life or property, an official told IANS. In Rampur subdivision, all educational institutes were…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka; Author: John Gimlette; Publisher: Quercus (London); Pages: 518; Price: Rs 650 Sri Lanka has to be the most beautiful country I have ever seen,…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) It was a cloudy Saturday morning in the national capital with minimum temperature settled down one notch below the season’s average at 25.5 degrees Celsius. “The sky would remain generally…
Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) Water has started receding in flood-hit Allahabad city, an official said on Saturday. However, the district administration were highly concerned with the possibilities of an outbreak of diseases. More than 400…
Shimla, Aug 27 (IANS) Two mild quakes hit Himachal Pradesh on Saturday morning, authorities said. The first quake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale hit the state at 6.44 a.m. and the second 4.3 magnitude…
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IANS) Separatists guerillas on Saturday killed a local policeman in Pulwama district in South Kashmir. A senior police officer told IANS in summer capital Srinagar, “Selection grade constable Khurshid Ahmad Ganai was…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) The leaked data on Indian Scorpene submarines was given by a “whistleblower” to The Australian, the newspaper said in a report, adding that the “whistleblower” would hand over the disk…
Mumbai: Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Kirti Kulhari, filmmakers Shoojit Sircar, Ronnie Lahiri, Andrea Tariang and Angad Bedi during the song promotion of film Pink at Mithibai College Umang Festival 2016 in Mumbai on Aug 17, 2016…
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) Days before she is declared a saint by the Vatican, special masses and prayers marked Mother Teresa’s 106th birth anniversary celebrations here on Friday. Candles were lit and the nun’s grave…