Gurgaon, Aug 13 (IANS) The Haryana Police on Saturday setup a women’s help desk in Gurgaon’s Manesar police station to ensure better safety and security for women, Commissioner of Police Navdeep Singh Virk announced. The…
Lucknow, Aug 13 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah paid tributes to the revolutionaries — Chandrashekhar Azad, Ashfaqullah Khan, Ram Prasad Bismil — at Kakori on the outskirts of the state capital on…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) British Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday and discussed cooperation in various areas, including skill development. Modi congratulated Ms….
Raigad (Maharashtra), Aug 13 (IANS) Indian Navy divers on Saturday found the wreckage of the second MSRTC bus that had been washed away when a bridge across the Savitri river here collapsed on August 3,…
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, Aug 13 (IANS) Come August 14, on the eve of the Independence Day, the high and mighty of the land of Avadh are coming together to make a difference. More than…
Hyderabad, Aug 13 (IANS) A Congress leader was injured when an unidentified assailant opened fire at him in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on Saturday, police said. Yadgiri, a local Congress leader, was taken…
Patna, Aug 13 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday warned police officials that action would be initiated against them for failing to enforce the liquor ban in the state. “I have committed to…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 13 (IANS) The Kerala Police on Saturday announced that it will soon issue a “purple notice” to Interpol to begin procedures seeking repatriation of four Romanian nationals who are believed to have left…
Hyderabad, Aug 13 (IANS) A Congress leader was injured when unidentified assailants opened fire at him in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on Saturday, police said. Yadgiri, a local leader of the party, was…
Lucknow, Aug 13 (IANS) Two teenage sisters who wrote a letter in their own blood to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav seeking justice for their dead mother, met him here on Saturday. The girls,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) By Devanik Saha Speeding up financial inclusion, toilets in every school, reducing LPG subsidy and electrification of villages were some of the key promises made by Modi during…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Only 0.08 per cent of Indians donate their organs to the needy as compared to 70-80 per cent of Spaniards and Belgians, health experts said on Saturday. Every year 200,000…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi here on Saturday and discussed “issues of mutual importance”. The two sides then held delegation-level talks, External Affairs Ministry…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a fresh case against business tycoon Vijay Mallya after a complaint by the State Bank Of India in connection with loan default, an…
Chennai, Aug 13 (IANS) Pharmaceutical major Wockhardt Ltd on Saturday announced that it closed the first quarter of the current fiscal with a net profit of Rs.16.33 crore. In a regulatory filing in BSE, the…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) British Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday. “A morning for diplomacy. After Chinese FM, UK Secy of State for…
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, Aug 13 (IANS) Changing their hues comes naturally to politicians. They switch parties — and ideologies — with bewildering ease. And as the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections draw close, they are…
Hyderabad, Aug 13 (IANS) An elderly couple was found murdered in their house in Telangana’s Medak district, police said. Ambaiah (75) and his wife Sushilamma (70) were allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified persons who…
By Amulya Ganguli The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has given its guarded approval to Narendra Modi’s criticism of the cow vigilantes. Notwithstanding the caveat that Modi should not have said that 80 per cent of…
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here. “A morning for neighbourly engagement. Chinese FM Wang Yi calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” External…