Delhi’s Tis Hazari gets court room for kids
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Designed like a playhouse in an open area with a pantry, small tables, chairs and a toys corner, one of the biggest court complexes of Asia, Tis Hazari, got a…
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Lok Sabha passes railways’ demand for grants
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed, by voice vote, the demand for grants by railways for 2016-17 fiscal, after a spirited discussion during which the opposition Congress demanding more rationalisation…
Museum fire: Few rare specimens could be safe, say officials
New Delhi: A view of that broke out at National Museum of Natural History in New Delhi, on April 26, 2016. (Photo: TV Grab/IANS) New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) If officials of the National Museum…
Female ascetic vows to end life over sacred bath at Simhastha Kumbh
Ujjain, April 26 (IANS) Trikal Bhavanta, a female ascetic, on Tuesday said she is ending her life by taking ‘samadhi’ after the government failed to allocate her all women ‘Akhara’ space and time for a…
Oncologists warn against virus causing oral cancer
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The transmission of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), very much possible during oral sex, causes cancer, two oncologists have warned. They said that HPV, once transmitted, may not become active for…
Congress launches ‘pani yatra’ on water crisis in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, April 26 (IANS) The Gujarat Congress on Tuesday launched a three-day ‘Pani Yatra’ (march for water) across the state to give what it called a “wake-up call” to the BJP government for the severe…
Tarun Vijay heads India-Africa parliamentary friendship group
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Tarun Vijay has been elected president of the India-Africa Parliamentary Friendship Group. Vijay, who is member of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee on External Affairs, called for…
Now ‘Shravan Kumar’ sets forth for Mathura
By Brij Khandelwal Agra, April 26 (IANS) When ‘Shravan Kumar’ left the Taj city on foot for Mathura, his blind mother perched in a basket fastened to a sturdy rod, there were few onlookers who…
UPA blacklisted AgustaWestland, NDA removed it from list: Congress
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday accused the Modi government of “promoting” the AgustaWestland comany, saying the then UPA government immediately cancelled the copper deal in the wake of reports on “wrongdoing”…
Teenager’s heart flown from Surat to save man in Mumbai
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) The heart of a 17-year-old road accident victim was flown in a chartered flight from Surat to Mumbai in 75 minutes to save the life of a 43-year-old man from Rajasthan’s…
Centre gave Rs.1.34 lakh crore as food subsidy: Minister
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that the government had provided Rs.1.34 lakh crore in food subsidy to the Food Corporation of India and…
43 crorepatis, 67 with criminal cases in Bengal fifth phase polls
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) As many as 349 candidates are in the fray in the fifth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections, of whom 67 have criminal cases pending against them while 43 are…
68 percent TN rural voters want loans, jobs, power: Survey
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Agricultural loans, employment and electricity for farming are the top priorities for 68 percent of the rural voters in Tamil Nadu, a survey has shown. The survey of over 16,000…
263 pharma firms given notices last year for overcharging
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has issued notices, during 2015-16, to 263 pharma firms, which were found overcharging for their products, parliament was told on Tuesday. The NPPA issued…
SC allows marine to stay in Italy till September 30
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Italian marine Massimiliano Latorre, one of the accused in the 2012 killings of two Indian fishermen, to remain away from India till…
81.25 percent polling in phase four of Bengal assembly elections
Kolkata: People queue up to cast their votes at a polling booth during the fourth phase of West Bengal Legislative Assembly polls in Kolkata, on April 25, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Bengal Kolkata, April 26…
BJP geared up to raise chopper scam in parliament
(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 is…
Global tobacco growers ask India for balanced regulation
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The International Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA) on Tuesday urged the Indian government to exercise a balanced regulation on tobacco, which affects the livelihood of small tobacco farmers and families dependent…
Beheading remark in response to Owaisi’s words: Ramdev
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Yoga guru Ramdev on Tuesday said he believes in non-violence and sought to play down his beheading remark, saying it was in response to remarks by AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi….
Uttarakhand stalls Rajya Sabha, but Lok Sabha functions
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The dismissal of the Congress government and imposition of President’s Rule in Uttarakhand continued to stall the Rajya Sabha for a second…