Chennai, March 3 (IANS) India Power Corporation Ltd (IPCL) along with an arm of Qatar Sovereign Wealth Fund bought out stakes held by French energy major Engie in two power projects in Andhra Pradesh and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Parliament House during the presentation of national budget 2016-17 in New Delhi on Feb, 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS/ Lok Sabha TV) New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) In…
Chennai, March 3 (IANS) With several thousands of crore rupee-worth corporate loans given by government-owned banks turning bad, it is high time the top executives are also brought under service/conduct/ disciplinary rules, said a top…
Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) All India Forward Bloc leader Ashok Ghosh, who had been on ventilator support since last month, died on Thursday at a city hospital, doctors said. “Ghosh’s condition had been very critical…
By Vinayak Dutt New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The funds crunch at the Centre seems to have adversely impacted the schemes meant for the rural poor which are managed by the union rural development ministry….
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the nation suffers if the parliament does not function properly. “The House is a place where debates are to take place. When Parliament…
Imphal, March 3 (IANS) An indefinite blockade of National Highway 102 linking Manipur capital Imphal with Myanmar crippled movement of vehicular traffic on Thursday. A Joint Action Committee (JAC), formed for justice to Thongkhogin Haokip,…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) “No direct link” had been found with JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar with anti-India sloganeering in the JNU campus, said a Delhi government report. “I have submitted the report…
Lucknow, March 3 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court (HC) has stayed for a period of three months the installation of television set top boxes (STB) in the state, an official said on Thursday. The government…
Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) A team of young Indian researchers and naturalists have recently discovered a new snake genus and species in Gujarat, it was announced here on Thursday. The snake genus has been named…
Hyderabad, March 3 (IANS) A software engineer was hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad, on Thursday, police said. Four people, who came in a car, attacked Sanjay Junge,…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, during a meeting with her Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, has sought swift action over crimes against minorities in the South Asian neighbour. Referring…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) It was a warm Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.7 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) It was a warm Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.7 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The…
Lucknow, March 3 (IANS) A police inspector in Uttar Pradesh has been suspended for torturing two men suspected of carrying out a series of thefts in Bahraich district, an official said on Thursday. According to…
Lucknow, March 3 (IANS) The iconic new building of the Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court (HC) will be inaugurated by Vice-President Hamid Ansari on March 19, an official said on Thursday. Chief Justice of…
Srinagar, March 3 (IANS) Security forces on Thursday killed three separatist guerrillas in a gunfight in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. “Following a specific information that a group of militants was hiding in Mir Mohalla (Dadsara)…
Mumbai: Singer Himesh Reshammiya performs during the Umang Mumbai Police Show 2016 in Mumbai, on Jan 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) Himesh Reshmmaiya, who has tried several facets of showbiz like acting,…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The union cabinet was apprised of three important technological cooperation agreements Indian Railways inked with Japan and Russia in December 2015 on Wednesday. On December 11, 2015, Ministry of Railways…
Lucknow, March 2 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday claimed to have cracked murder case of the Ritz restaurant’s owner Bobby Khanna, with the arrest of two sharpshooters from Azamgarh. Senior Superintendent of the Special…