Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) A woman has been apprehended from near the international border in West Bengal for allegedly smuggling in over eight lakh Bangladeshi taka, the Bangladeshi currency, the Border Security Force said on…
Bhubaneswar, March 2 (IANS) The Odisha government has reduced the timeline for giving various approvals through its e-biz portal for investors in order to promote ease of doing business in the state. The e-biz portal…
Jammu/New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The army on Wednesday recovered the body of a porter who died after slipping into a 200-foot deep crevasse in Jammu and Kashmir’s Siachen Glacier. Three crevasses opened up in…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) An American company is holding discussions with Antrix Corporation to put into orbit its communication satellite, using India’s heavy rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), the government said on Wednesday….
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The National Humnan Rights Commission on Wednesday issued a notice to the Central Bank of India for not recommending monetary relief of Rs.1 lakh to a beneficiary of education loan,…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) A sessions court here on Wednesday set aside a magistrate court order asking TERI executive vice chairman R.K Pachauri to fortfeit his surety bond and said one-day extension of Pachauri’s…
Patna: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad (Photo: IANS) JP Nadda New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The government and opposition locked horns in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday with the ruling BJP accusing the Congress of…
Pune, March 2 (IANS) Multinational Field Training Exercise Force 18, involving ASEAN-Plus countries, kicked off here on Wednesday, an official statement said. This is the largest ground forces exercise ever conducted on Indian soil, set…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who took on the Modi government and attacked the RSS in the Lok Sabha, also shared some light moments with the treasury benches. Shortly after…
Hyderabad, March 2 (IANS) Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) on Wednesday celebrated 58th anniversary of its revival with party lader Akbaruddin Owaisi hoisting the party flag at Darussalam, the party headquarters here. With MIM chief and Hyderabad…
Chennai, March 2 (IANS) Deciding to release all seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday asked the central government’s view on the issue. In a letter to union…
Chandigarh, March 2 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal said on Wednesday that Punjab did not have a single drop of water to spare from its rivers and the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) would…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The issue of a privilege motion moved by the Congress against HRD Minister Smriti Irani and corruption charges against former home minister P. Chidambaram and his son Karti rocked parliament…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Amid demands by some non-Congress opposition parties for detailed probe into the Aircel-Maxis issue and accusations of disproportionate assets against Karti Chidambaram, the government said on Wednesday it has “no…
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. Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) demanded…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave its approval to wind up the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) with immediate effect. An…
Patna, March 2 (IANS) Soon after Jawaharlal Nehru UNiversity Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar was granted interim bail on Wednesday, a sense of relief, happiness and joy swept his home in Bihar’s Begusarai district. “My…
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…