Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sain Bassi addresses during annual press conference in New Delhi on Jan.3, 2014. (Photo: IANS) By Ashish Mishra and Rajnish Singh New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Known as “App commissioner” in…
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Ahead of the crucial West Bengal assembly polls, Indian footballer Syed Rahim Nabi on Sunday joined the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress. Nabi was handed over the party flag by Trinamool secretary…
Belagavi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a farmers` rally in Belagavi on Feb 27, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Alluding to the presentation of the 2016-17 general budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Agra, Feb 28 (IANS) Minorities, especially, the Muslim community feel insecure under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, says Shahid Rafi, son of the legendary singer Mohammed Rafi here. He also reiterated his demand for the Bharat…
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) Aditya Birla-led UltraTech Cement on Sunday announced acquisition of Jaiprakash Associates Ltd’s cement plants, with total capacity of 22.4 million tons per annum (mtpa), for Rs.16,500 crore (about $2.5 billion). “UltraTech…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses during the Akhil Bharatiya Prachaarya Sammelan, in New Delhi on Feb 12, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India has decided to establish a Laser Interferometer…
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. (File Photo: IANS) V S Achuthanandan (left); Pinarayi Vijayan. Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 28 (IANS) Who will lead the Congress and the CPI-M in the coming assembly elections in Kerala? Both parties…
Bareilly, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he dreams of seeing farmers’ income getting doubled by 2022 when the country completes 75 years of its independence. Addressing a big gathering of…
Srinagar, Feb 28 (IANS) The Indian army on Sunday rescued a Russian skier from the Gulmarg ski resort in Jammu and Kashmir after he lost control and fell into a gorge at the Apharwat skiing…
By Anjali Ojha New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) A low defence budget may have adverse implications on the country’s security, a parliamentary panel has warned the government ahead of the budget for fiscal 2016-17 set…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Extensive groundwater extraction in the Indo-Gangetic Plain over the last five decades has “significantly” contributed to the killer April 25, 2015, Nepal temblor and “probably all earthquakes” in…
By Rupesh Dutta New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) A doctor’s initiative in harnessing technology has produced an application which can help locate a person trapped in debris in an earthquake or other disasters when communications…
Thane, Feb 28 (IANS) A 32-year old man killed 14 members of his family, including seven children, and later hanged himself in a house here on Sunday, police said. The gory incident took place in…
Ranchi, Feb 28 (IANS) Mahishasur, whom the popular belief views as the ‘demon’ slain by Goddess Durga, is not an object of inspiration or veneration for any tribal community in India, said Prakash Oraon, a…
Belagavi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a farmers` rally in Belagavi on Feb 27, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told students appearing in the board exams…
Odisha Chief Minister and BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik. (File Photo: IANS) Bhubaneswar, Feb 28 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was lected on Sunday unopposed as president of ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for the…
By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The possibility of recognising the 20-million strong Roma community spread across 30 countries as a part of Indian diaspora is gaining ground with the government in the…
Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Five people were killed when a speeding truck rammed into several shops in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, police said on Sunday. Three others were critically injured in the accident…
Mumbai, Feb 28 (IANS) The Bombay High Court has been petitioned against a Maharashtra government order leaving out Muslims from its new list of national leaders and heroes for celebrating their anniversaries and special days….
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India has decided to establish a Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), where gravitational waves can be studied, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday. In his radio programme Mann ki…