Panaji, Feb 20 (IANS) The main opposition party in the Goa legislative assembly, the Congress, on Saturday promised to table a private member’s bill in the forthcoming budget session to restore state tree status to…
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) The BJP on Saturday accused Jadavpur University vice chancellor Suranjan Das of being a “Trinamool Congress appointee” and failing to identify the students who raised pro-Afzal Guru slogans. Das countered the…
Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress legislator, who had sparked a controversy by making disparaging comments about judges a day back, publicly apologised on Saturday after being censured by his party. Monirul Islam, the…
Kolkata: Left Front chairman Biman Bose during a press conference in Kolkata on Feb 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Amid reports of discontent among some Left Front partners apprehensive of getting a…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The BJP on Saturday said it will issue a show-cause notice to its Kurukshetra Lok Sabha member Raj Kumar Saini for speaking against reservation for the Jat community, defying the…
Gandhinagar, Feb 20 (IANS) The Gujarat government is expecting investments of Rs.3,000 crore in tourism sector in the next five years, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel said on Saturday. “The state tourism sector has got the…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The total number of approved solar parks has risen to 33 in 21 states with an aggregate capacity of 19,900 MW, an official statement said on Saturday. “As against 25…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Congress, condemning the violence that erupted in Haryana against the backdrop of Jat agitation for reservations, on Saturday, blamed the Manohar Lal Khattar government for failing to handle the…
Chennai, Feb 20 (IANS) DMDK leader A. Vijaykant on Saturday said his supporters want him to be the “king” and not the “kingmaker” in the Tamil Nadu politics. Addressing a massive rally at Kanchipuram district,…
Chandigarh, Feb 20 (IANS) Sufi singer Hans Raj Hans on Saturday joined the Congress party in the presence of Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh at the latterÂ’s house here. Hans, who remained politically inactive for…
Panaji, Feb 20 (IANS) Goa Governor Mridula Sinha, who is a Swachh Bharat ambassador appointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday said students should shoulder the responsibility of cleaning 2-3 households in their neighbourhood….
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi addresses a press conference in Guwahati on Jan 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, Feb 20 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday flagged off the ‘Mukti Caravan’, a…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Opposition has demanded a discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the situation in universities across the country, including JNU, and the government has agreed to it. “All parties agreed…
Gurgaon: People from Jat community block railway track near Pataudi to press for Special Backward Class (SBC) status in Gurgaon on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Train services went haywire for…
Patna, Feb 20 (IANS) A Bihar court on Saturday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Rajballabh Yadav, a legislator of the ruling RJD who is accused of raping a minor girl, a government lawyer said….
Kolkata: Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi during a press conference in Kolkata on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Nobel Peace Prize recipient Kailash Satyarthi on Saturday urged the Indian government to invest…
Chennai, Feb 20 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa on Saturday dismissed Milk and Dairy Development Minister B.V.Ramanaa from her cabinet and also dismissed him from his party post. Ramanaa was the Tiruvallur west district…
Visakhapatnam: Naval ships of participating countries during the inauguration of the International Fleet Review at Visakhapatnam on Feb. 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Nepal is set to benefit from the Visakhapatnam…
Patidar Anamat Sanghursh Samiti (PASS) leader Hardik Patel. (File Photo: IANS) Ahmedabad, Feb 20 (IANS) Hardik Patel, the leader of the Patel quota agitation who is on protest hunger strike while in judicial custody, has…
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Parliamentary proceedings, coupled with announcements on the upcoming union budget and global cues, are expected to guide the Indian rupee’s trajectory during the coming week, experts said on Saturday. They pointed…