Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Five people were killed when a speeding truck ploughed into several shops in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Sunday. Three others were critically injured in the accident…
Title: Standing Guard – A Year in Opposition; Author: P. Chidambaram; Publisher: Rupa Publications; Pages: 206; Price: Rs.500 P. Chidambaram is perhaps unique in Indian politics in having held both the home and finance portfolios…
Kulgam: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed during a meeting with party workers in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on May 20, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar, Feb 28 (IANS) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presiden, Mehbooba…
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Spin doctors from across the world will converge here for the Global PR Summit in April, being held perhaps for the first time in India. The Global PR Summit, in association…
Thane (Maharashtra), Feb 28 (IANS) In yet another tragedy, a cameraman of a television news channel suffered a heart attack while covering the grisly killings of a 14-member family and died soon after, police said…
Ranchi, Feb 28 (IANS) Two Maoist guerrillas surrendered along with firearms in Jharkhand’s Chatra district on Sunday, police said. Communist Party of India (Maoist) guerrillas Mutur Yadav alias Munu Yadav, a sub-zonal commander, and area…
Shimla, Feb 28 (IANS) More than one lakh unemployed youths in Himachal Pradesh have availed the state-run Skill Development Allowance since May 2013, a statement said on Sunday. A total of 110,601 youths have benefited…
Patna, Feb 28 (IANS) The house of Rajballabh Yadav, a Rashtriya Janta Dal legislator absconding after he was booked for allegedly raping a minor, was attached on Sunday, police said. The police move to attach…
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Former comptroller and auditor general Vinod Rai has been named the first chairman of the Banks Board Bureau that will give advice on how to recover the bad loans of…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani addresses at the presentation ceremony of the National Awards for Innovation in Educational Administration, in New Delhi on Dec 10, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi,…
Agartala, Feb 28 (IANS) Tripura’s ruling Left Front led by the Communist Party of India-Marxist on Sunday swept the Village Committee (VC) polls, winning 520 of the 587 committees under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous…
Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi addresses during annual press conference in New Delhi on Jan.3, 2014. (Photo: IANS) By Ashish Mishra and Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Known as “App commissioner” in…
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Ahead of the crucial West Bengal assembly polls, Indian footballer Syed Rahim Nabi on Sunday joined the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress. Nabi was handed over the party flag by Trinamool secretary…
Belagavi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a farmers` rally in Belagavi on Feb 27, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Alluding to the presentation of the 2016-17 general budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Agra, Feb 28 (IANS) Minorities, especially, the Muslim community feel insecure under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, says Shahid Rafi, son of the legendary singer Mohammed Rafi here. He also reiterated his demand for the Bharat…
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Aditya Birla-led UltraTech Cement on Sunday announced acquisition of Jaiprakash Associates Ltd’s cement plants, with total capacity of 22.4 million tons per annum (mtpa), for Rs.16,500 crore (about $2.5 billion). “UltraTech…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the Akhil Bharatiya Prachaarya Sammelan, in New Delhi on Feb 12, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India has decided to establish a Laser Interferometer…
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. (File Photo: IANS) V S Achuthanandan (left); Pinarayi Vijayan. Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 28 (IANS) Who will lead the Congress and the CPI-M in the coming assembly elections in Kerala? Both parties…
Bareilly, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he dreams of seeing farmers’ income getting doubled by 2022 when the country completes 75 years of its independence. Addressing a big gathering of…
Srinagar, Feb 28 (IANS) The Indian army on Sunday rescued a Russian skier from the Gulmarg ski resort in Jammu and Kashmir after he lost control and fell into a gorge at the Apharwat skiing…