New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Alok Kumar Verma, a 1979-batch Indian Police Service officer, on Monday took charge as the Delhi Police Commissioner, an official said. Verma, who will be the Delhi Police chief till…
Belagavi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a farmers` rally in Belagavi on Feb 27, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the general budget was “focused on…
Agartala, Feb 29 (IANS) Tripura ministers Badal Chaudhury and Manik Dey sustained minor injuries when a man attacked them in the CPI-M office here with a chair, police said on Monday. Police arrested Samir Debnath,…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Parliament House during the presentation of national budget 2016-17 in New Delhii on Feb, 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS/ Lok Sabha TV) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Home…
New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani at the Parliament in New Delhi, on Feb 26, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Congress on Monday gave notice for a privilege motion against HRD…
Agra, Feb 29 (IANS) A group of business leaders and social activists here on Monday demanded an international airport at Agra. The group unanimously demanded upgradation of the existing Kheria airport as an international airport…
Imphal, Feb 29 (IANS) The suspension of five police commandos, accused by the Naga Students’ Federation of manhandling their activists, was revoked by the Manipur government on Monday. Following the announcement, the 20 Congress legislators…
Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton will arrive here on April 10 for their first ever visit to India, an official statement said on Monday. They would experience a…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Search engine giant Google on Monday paid tribute to legendary Bharatnatyam dancer Rukmini Devi Arundale on her 112th birthday. The doodle portrays Rukmini Devi in the traditional dance attire, with…
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah. (File Photo: IANS) Srinagar, Feb 29 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has made the oppositions job a bit tougher…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday condemned the registration of a sedition case against its general secretary Sitaram Yechury and others in Hyderabad. “The FIR has been lodged by the police ostensibly…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The government on Monday described as unfortunate a letter written by 34 US lawmakers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing concern over violence against religious minorities in India. It is…
Srinagar, Feb 29 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police used batons and tear smoke shells to disperse protesting teachers here on Monday. Some 500 teachers along with members of the Employees’ Joint Action Committee gathered in…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) BJP president Amit Shah on Monday hailed the general budget as “pro-poor” and “pro-farmers”. “I thank and congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for keeping farmers,…
New Delhi: Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari addresses a press conference in New Delhi, on Sep 22, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Minister of Road Transport and…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced a new amnesty scheme for those having unaccounted money to come clean by paying 45 percent of their undisclosed asset. Presenting his…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on Monday said the middle class in the country should have got more relief in the union budget proposals for 2016-17. “I think the middle…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Going the green way, the central government decided not to hand out hard copies of General Budget 2016-17 on Monday, making a departure from tradition. The general budget, an exhaustive…
Ludhiana, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Monday when some men armed with iron rods attacked his car here, coming “within an inch of grievously injuring” him, the…
Agra, Feb 29 (IANS) Four days after a VHP leader was murdered in Agra, the city was on Monday gripped by communal tension. The situation is tense and ahead of the 13th day death ritual…