By Vijay Kranti The four-day conference of a host of anti-Beijing international Chinese action groups in Dharamsala from April 28 is bound to mark a watershed in the history of India-China relations. Contrary to India’s…
By Somrita Ghosh Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) What comes to your mind when in Kolkata? Sweets and fish? Well, the City of Joy is also home to many dishes which have gained their own identity…
Agartala, April 27 (IANS) Tripura is offering sops, including increase of capital investment subsidy from 30 percent to 35 percent, to promote industries based on raw material available in the state. “We are unable to…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) A group of Indian researchers is leading a global team of experts to unravel crowd dynamics during the Simhastha Kumbh in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh using Big Data and Internet of…
Srinagar, April 27 (IANS) Authorities imposed restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir’s city centre Lal Chowk and adjacent areas here on Wednesday to prevent the JKLF called funeral prayers in absentia of Amanullah Khan who died…
By Rajendra Shende Rewinding fast backward reveals that when the Kyoto Protocol was opened for signature 18 years ago, on March 16, 1998, only six countries signed it on the opening day. Four of them…
Ranchi, April 27 (IANS) A man committed suicide in Jharkhand’s Giridih district as a result of severe water crisis in the state, sources said on Wednesday. According to the sources, Dilip Yadav a resident of…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A fire broke out on Wednesday morning at a tyre godown in West Delhi’s Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar, officials said adding that no one was injured in the blaze. Fire…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) It was a sunny Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 22.2 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain…
Chennai, April 27 (IANS) The 51 hour, 30 minute countdown for the launch of an Indian rocket with the country’s seventh navigation satellite scheduled for Thursday is proceeding normally, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday asked former defence minister A.K. Antony to clarify if any Congress leader was involved in accepting bribe in the $750 million AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal, but…
Hyderabad, April 26 (IANS) Acting swiftly on the complaints by opposition Congress ahead of a Telanagana assembly seat bypoll, the Election Commission on Tuesday transferred Khammam District Collector Lokesh Kumar and Superintendent of Police Shahnawaz…
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Ujjivan Financial Services, which will be transformed into a small finance bank by March next year with around 190 bank branches, will not go for corporate lending, a top company official…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The central government on Tuesday opposed plea for the setting-up of a National Court of Appeal with regional centres, saying it was barred under the constitution and in no way…
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Monday night with fever and chest congestion, was better by Tuesday…
(A File Photo) India has terminated the Rs. 3,600 crore deal for VIP choppers with AgustaWestland after bribery allegations tainted the deal, on Jan.1, 2014. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The BJP on…
Kolkata: West Bengal Minister Madan Mitra comes out of SSKM hospital after he was granted bail in Kolkata, on Nov 1, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) Saradha chit fund scam accused and Trinamool…
Visakhapatnam, April 26 (IANS) A huge fire broke out at Duvvada Special Economic Zone (SEZ) near this Andhra Pradesh port city on Tuesday night, police said. The fire erupted in Biomax company around 7.30 p.m…
Bengaluru, April 26 (IANS) Greenery and aesthetics inspired Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) to incorporate a third rail system, sending the power lines propelling the metro trains under the wheels than overhead fixtures, said…
Noida, April 26 (IANS) Santosh Yadav, an IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, was on Tuesday appointed the managing director of the Noida Metro Rail Corporation. Yadav, who is presently posted as the additional resident…