Agra, March 14 (IANS) Illegal trade in owls was exposed in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh when a nature photographer tipped-off the Wildlife SOS NGO after spying a group of men with a bag containing…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) As the embattled Sahara chief Subrata Roy completes two years in prison, there is something he can cheer about. Roys book “Life Mantras”, which hit the stands last month, has…
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), gained 90.12 points, or 0.36 percent, during the afternoon session on Monday. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National…
Lucknow, March 14 (IANS) Rain lashed the eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh as well as the Allahabad district on Monday, damaging standing crops in many places. Heavy showers were reported from Varanasi, Bhadohi (Sant Ravidas…
Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The government on Monday reiterated in the Rajya Sabha that it does not intend to change…
Bhubaneswar, March 14 (IANS) India successfully test-fired an indigenously built nuclear-capable Agni-I missile from a test range off the Odisha coast on Monday. Capable of hitting a target at a distance of 700 km, the…
Patna: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad addresses a press conference in Patna, on Oct 5, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday…
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal responded to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons on graft cases and reached its office amidst high security here on Monday morning. The Nationalist Congress…
Hyderabad, March 14 (IANS) Telangana’s Finance Minister Etela Rajender on Monday presented the state budget in the assembly, proposing an expenditure of Rs.1,30,415 crore for the financial year 2016-17. This includes a plan expenditure of…
Jammu, March 14 (IANS) The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was on Monday reopened for light vehicular traffic after remaining closed for two days due to landslides triggered by incessant rain in Ramban district of the…
Lucknow, March 14 (IANS) A sub inspector was shot at when he challenged two men outside a jewellery shop here early Monday, police said. The bullet hit Rajendra Dwivedi, 50, in his waist. He was…
Shimla, March 14 (IANS) The nearby hills of the Himachal Pradesh capital saw moderate spells of snow on Monday morning after three days of intermittent rainfall. While Shimla received snowflakes, upper areas like Kufri, Narkanda,…
Agra, March 14 (IANS) A paper merchant’s six-year-old son was kidnapped here by two assailants whose pictures have been captured by CCTV camera. Prateek Varshneya, father of the kidnapped boy Divya, said his son was…
Lucknow, March 14 (IANS) Two people were injured when two groups clashed in Agra which prompted police reinforcements to control the situation, police said on Monday. The incident took place in Tajganj at Karimnagar during…
Shimla, March 14 (IANS) Two of the remaining trekkers who went missing along with eight others in the state’s Manali area were airlifted on Monday from the snowing peak, ending the 78 hours rescue operation….
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Delhi experienced light rains on Monday morning with the minimum temperature recorded at 17.1 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. An official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD)…
Dehradun, March 14 (IANS) Moderate to heavy rains continued in many hill tracts of the state, leading to drop of temperatures on Monday. The regional Met office said the rains would continue and in some…
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Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) The Congress and the Left Front on Sunday extended support to two independent candidates, including Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra put up by a rights organisation for the upcoming West Bengal…