Patna, Sep 17 (IANS) A section of Bihar’s ruling Grand Alliance, comprising JD-U, RJD and Congress, has disapproved of the projection of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi as the likely prime ministerial candidate in the…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) A court here on Saturday dismissed the plea of former Communication Minister Dayanidhi Maran and other accused challenging its jurisdiction to hear the Aircel-Maxis deal case. Central Bureau of Investigation…
Hyderabad, Sep 17 (IANS) BJP national president Amit Shah on Saturday participated in the ‘Swachh Bharat’ programme here on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 66th birthday. Soon after his arrival at Rajiv Gandhi…
Navsari (Gujarat), Sep 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, marking his 66th birthday in the presence of over 11,000 disabled people here, asked if any of his predecessors had ever marked an occasion like this….
Kolkata, Sep 17 (IANS) Three tourists drowned while bathing in the sea in East Midnapore district’s coastal region in West Bengal on Saturday, police said. The incident took place in Mandarmani. The body of Sumantra…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The BJP on Saturday slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ministers for doing “photo-ops” in the name of “One Delhi” which is just a cover up for lost public face….
Kolkata, Sep 17 (IANS) The West Bengal government will frame an auto policy to rein in errant three-wheeler drivers, following a spate of rash driving cases, with the latest incident leading to the death of…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday demanded that an FIR be lodged by the CBI against persons in the Aam Aadmi Party government responsible for siphoning off public funds for private purposes….
Kolkata, Sep 17 (IANS) Kites in a variety of shapes, sizes and vibrant hues floated in the sky while workers prayed for safe working conditions on Vishwakarma Puja in West Bengal on Saturday. Artisans, craftsmen,…
Mumbai, Sep 17 (IANS) Prostate cancer — the second most common cancer among the residents of Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata and Pune — is increasing at the rate of 2.5 per cent per year, health experts…
Kochi, Sep 17 (IANS) The Kerala Police on Saturday filed a charge sheet in a local court in the brutal rape-murder of a 27-year-old Dalit law student. The name of an Assam native, Ameerul Islam,…
Gurgaon, Sep 17 (IANS) The traffic police in Gurgaon have fined 53,545 traffic violators in a month here and collected over Rs 1.31 crore in fines from them, police said on Saturday. The fines were…
Ujjain (MP), Sep 17 (IANS) Eight persons were killed and 20 injured on Saturday when a truck collided with a dumper in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, police said. The victims were travelling to Nalkheda from Alirajpur…
Bhopal, Sep 17 (IANS) A female student of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here threw ink at Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda, who was on a visit to the institution on Saturday….
Panaji, Sep 17 (IANS) Ideas, however small, must get an interested audience, and Indian corporates should broaden their horizon and back game-changing ideas, says Lakshmi Pratury, host and curator of the INK Talks. INK Talks,…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) A fresh squabble broke out between the Delhi government and the LG office on Saturday as Water Minister Kapil Mishra alleged that Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung had “refused” to meet…
Hyderabad, Sep 17 (IANS) Four persons were killed when a tractor fell into an open well in Telangana’s Karimnagar district on Saturday, police said. The incident occurred in the early hours of the day near…
Gurgaon, Sep 17 (IANS) Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday launched a logo, having a replica of ‘Gita Sandesh’ on it, for the year-long Haryana Swarna Jayanti (golden jubilee) celebrations starting November 1. The…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 17 (IANS) The Odisha government has set up 13,500 MSME units generating employment for 42,190 persons by August this year, said an official on Saturday. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises secretary L.N. Gupta…
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 17 (IANS) Amid the backdrop of thriving kidney rackets being busted in the country, an officer of the state-run Kerala Network for Organ Sharing (KNOS) has said the Kerala government should come out…