AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed repeated adjournments as AIADMK members created a ruckus to demand action against…
Gurgaon, March 1 (IANS) A bank guard who single-handedly saved Rs.137 crore in a bank from being looted during Haryana’s Jat protests deserves the highest gallantry award for civilians, a minister said on Tuesday. Former…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday witnessed several adjournments as AIADMK members created a ruckus to demand action against former finance minister P. Chidambaram and his son Karti over corruption charges….
Chandigarh, March 1 (IANS) The name of Mustafabad tehsil in Yamunanagar district in north-east Haryana has been changed to ‘Saraswati Nagar’, an official spokesman said on Tuesday. The renaming of Mustafabad – having a population…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Tuesday said that Sadhvi Prachi, who is described as a leader of the outfit, is neither a leader, nor a spokesperson or any office bearer….
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) The Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) on Tuesday threatened to walk out of the Left Front in West Bengal in protest against the coalition’s proposed electoral arrangement with the Congress. A RSP…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A court here has framed charges against the then 2010 Commonwealth Games organising committee officials, including T.S. Darbari, in graft cases related to a baton relay in London ahead of…
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) Piramal Enterprises on Tuesday said it has acquired US-based healthcare software firm Adaptive Software for $24.5 million. “Piramal Enterprises’ step-down wholly owned subsidiary in the USA, Decision Resources Group today announced…
By Sheikh Qayoom Jammu/Srinagar, March 1 (IANS) With the annual budget from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley ignoring any special package for Jammu and Kashmir, it seems the PDP may divorce the BJP after all. Given…
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation is planning to set up a cyber-crime investigation branch here, its director Anil Sinha said here on Tuesday. For this, the Maharashtra government has been requested…
Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) In a major gun battle, police shot dead eight Maoists, including five women, on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border on Tuesday, police said. A gun battle erupted around 7.30 a.m. near Guttepadu in…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A charge sheet was filed by police in a sexual harassment case against TERI executive vice chairman R.K Pachauri, court sources said. According to sources, the charge sheet was filed…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker LeEco has brought back its two devices — Le 1s and Le Max — on a two-day open sale on e-tail major Flipkart — this time with…
Kochi, March 1 (IANS) The Coconut Development Board (CDB) has developed a new product — tender coconut beverage or Coconut lassi, in association with Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore. The Kochi-headquartered CDB on…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday sent, to 14 days judicial custody, JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, facing sedition charges for allegedly raising “anti-India” slogans, sources said. Both the…
Ghaziabad, March 1 (IANS) A CBI court here on Tuesday extended the judicial remand of Noida’s former chief engineer Yadav Singh till March 15 in a corruption case. On February 17, Special Judge G. Sridevi…
Patna, March 1 (IANS) Another property of Rashtriya Janata Dal legislator Raj Ballabh Prasad Yadav, who has been accused of rape, was attached here on Tuesday, police said. Two days after the legislator’s house at…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the country must continue to harness its e-governance capability for improving the lives of the poor and to make society more equitable and financially…
Ranchi, March 1 (IANS) The Jharkhand assembly was disrupted for the third consecutive day on Tuesday over the opposition’s noisy protests against the alleged irregularities in the state civil services examinations. The opposition parties allege…
Bhubaneswar, March 1 (IANS) A woman on Tuesday filed a harassment complaint against an Odisha MLA who she claimed was her father-in-law but the Independent legislator dismissed the accusation as “baseless”. In her complaint at…