Shimla, March 1 (IANS) The judiciary and legislature in Himachal Pradesh seem to be on a collision course over the high court’s order to ban the movement of vehicles of the legislators and their parking…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s controversial comments on Durga and Mahishasur appear to ignore the varied folk traditions in which the latter is adulated as a king and an ancestor, experts…
Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Non-state actors were involved in the Pathankot terror attack but they cannot function smoothly without support from the state, Defence Minister Manohar…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) AIADMK members on Tuesday created a ruckus in the Rajya Sabha demanding action against former finance minister P. Chidambaram’s son Karthi Chidambaram. AIADMK members trooped near the chairman’s podium soon…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed two brief adjournments during Question Hour after the AIADMK members created a ruckus demanding action against former finance minister P. Chidambaram’s son over corruption…
Bengaluru, March 1 (IANS) element14, the leading manufacturer of the low cost, credit-card sized computer Raspberry Pi, on Tuesday launched the new faster, more powerful “Raspberry Pi 3 Model B” that comes with built-in wireless…
By Biswajit Choudhury New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Indian Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh’s call earlier this month asking Indian companies to produce pulses and oilseeds in Africa to meet the country’s production shortfall may…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned for 15 and 10 minutes respectively on Tuesday. The Lok Sabha was adjourned when the opposition demanded action against Minister of state…
Guwahati, March 1 (IANS) Ten years ago she had to run from pillar to post for getting her autistic child admitted to a school in Guwahati. While most turned her down, only a few responded…
By Vikas Datta Title: Chilled – How Refrigeration Changed the World and Might Do So Again; Author: Tom Jackson; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Pages: 272; Price: Rs. 499 What one measure can bring down the modern civilisation?…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Twenty-two prominent artists and photographers, among them Anjolie Ela Menon and Raghu Rai, have come together for Art Reflect 2016, an annual charity show fundraiser for Udaan, a non-profit foundation…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday wished Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his birthday. “Birthday wishes to Bihar CM @NitishKumar ji. May he be blessed with a long and…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) It was a hazy morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 15.1 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain partly…
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) A day after Union Budget 2016-17 was announced, a benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Tuesday was trading 190.98 points or 0.83 percent up during…
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) The Food Security Act is set to be implemented across Uttar Pradesh from Tuesday, an official said. Once the act comes into effect, poor families will get wheat at Rs. 2…
Guwahati, Feb 29 (IANS) Industry bodies of Assam and northeast termed the union budget 2016-17 presented on Monday as a good one based on realistic projection and said it was prepared while keeping in mind…
Gurgaon, Feb 29 (IANS) The residents of Gurgaon have been facing a water crisis for last few days, first due to the Jat stir for quotas and now due to the cleaning of the supply…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The union budget for 2016-17 has earmarked Rs.900 crore for the development of judicial infrastructure in the states, merely Rs.93.35 crore higher from Rs. 806.65 crores allocated in 2015-16. The…
Bengaluru, Feb 29 (IANS) Software majors TCS and Wipro on Monday lauded Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for extending tax benefit to export units under the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) scheme till 2020 and the government’s…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said the Budget 2016-17 will largely benefit agrarian rural economies of Odisha. He said the thrust of the budget is to give boost to…