New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula’s mother on Wednesday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as being “anti-Dalit” and “anti-students”. Speaking during a protest here, organised by the Indian Youth Congress (IYC)…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Delhi government has suspended a Public Works Department chief engineer for alleged misuse of power, an official statement said here on Wednesday. An inquiry was ordered over the allegations…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The government has electrified some 6,000 villages across the country, against 18,000 targeted by 2018, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. At a post-budget 2016-17 meeting here…
Bengaluru, March 2 (IANS) High drama prevailed in the Karnataka assembly on Wednesday when Chief Minister Siddaramaiah handed over a controversial luxury watch to Speaker K. Thimmappa for preserving it as a gift to the…
Mumbai, March 2 (IANS) The Hinduja Group said on Wednesday that it had acquired the heritage Old War Office in London that was once inhabited by Winston Churchill. The Group said in a statement that…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the decks for the issuance of dance bar licences to hotels and restaurants in Mumbai as it modified the conditions for the permit and…
Ranchi, March 2 (IANS) As the Jharkhand assembly proceedings were disrupted for the fourth day on Wednesday over the state public service commission results, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said an all-party committee will be formed…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday took a serious view of mushrooming of private B.Ed. colleges in the country, saying they want “everybody on the street to become Bachelor in Education…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The budget session of the Delhi assembly is expected to begin on March 22 and the budget likely to be presented on March 28. The budget session of the Delhi…
Hyderabad, March 2 (IANS) Bodies of six out of eight Maoists killed in a gun battle with police on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border have been identified on Wednesday, police said here. Bodies of four Maoists have…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) The Election Commission is launching two animated advertisements that would take viewers through the entire electoral process right from the issue of voter slips to casting of ballots, ahead of the…
Chandigarh, March 2 (IANS) After fighting over the naming of the international airport at Chandigarh, Punjab and Haryana have finally agreed to name it after Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Bharatiya Janata Party’s Punjab unit president Kamal…
By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) With a fiery 31-minute animated taunt at the government, mixed with sarcasm and humour, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, long ridiculed for his drab speeches, on Wednesday…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday defended former union home minister P. Chidambaram, saying the party sticks by its stand on Ishrat Jahan, who was killed in an alleged fake…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held a meeting with Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmud Ali here on Wednesday during which the two leaders discussed a number of bilateral issues….
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday questioned the omission of the mention of the budgetary allocation for the defence ministry in Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s general budget speech. “For…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted six-month interim bail to JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition, but imposed restrictions on him. Justice Pratibha Rani ordered the bail…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “nepotism” in a deal of land right next to the Gir Lion Sanctuary. “Shocking facts reveal that Modi, as the…
Guwahati, March 2 (IANS) Ending speculations over its alliance with the BJP, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Wednesday said it will go together with it to the forthcoming state assembly polls to secure the…
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) To ensure the smooth conduct of the West Bengal assembly polls, the Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday said poll day complaints would be addressed immediately and action taken report made available…