Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 17 (IANS) Determined to bring about total prohibition by 2023, the Kerala government on Wednesday launched a promotional campaign for 101 varieties of health drinks made out of tender coconut water and other…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday distributed subsidy cheques of Rs.15,000 to 4,600 registered e-rickshaw drivers here. This subsidy is being provided from the Air Ambient Fund of the…
Islamabad, Feb 17 (IANS) No lessons appear to have been learnt from the investigations into the 2008 Mumbai attacks, an influential Pakistani daily said Thursday, nonetheless pinning hopes on Pakistan-India talks. An editorial “India-Pakistan talks”…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Ten student organisations on Wednesday came out in support of JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar who has been arrested on sedition charges for allegedly raising anti-India slogans. We want a…
Patna: Union Minister for Communications & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad addresses a press conference in Patna on Feb 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and union minister Ravi…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) In a major boost to Indian science research, the Union cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to establish a state-of-the-art gravitational wave observatory in India in collaboration with the Laser…
Agartala, Feb 17 (IANS) Congress’ worst-ever performance in a by-election in Tripura forced top leaders of the main opposition party in the Left-ruled state to blame central leaders for the initiative to forge an electoral…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha on Wednesday backed JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, who has been arrested on sedition charges for allegedly raising anti-India slogans at university campus, arguing that he had…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) As the controversy over JNU protests escalates, the government on Wednesday said it was “ready” to hear an “eloquent, powerful and constructive alternative voice” from the university. “Jawaharlal Nehru University…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 17 (IANS) Hindu Ezhava leader Vellapalli Natesan, who has been holding talks with the BJP before and after the formation of his Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS), on Wednesday said no party was…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar was assaulted by lawyers when he was entering a Patiala House courtroom here on Wednesday, witnesses said. Kanhaiya Kumar was brought to the court…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will on Thursday join “The Walk of Hope”, an ongoing Kanyakumari-to-Kashmir ‘padayatra’ by social reformer Sri M. The cross-country walk with 70 volunteers reached the…
Shimla, Feb 17 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh has decided to make it mandatory for all shops to have a licence for sale of tobacco products, including cigarettes, an official said on Wednesday. “The cabinet at its…
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) Chennai, Feb 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday urged the central government to announce the location of All India…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (PTI) A section of the Twitterati today attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for posting a cartoon which shows a Hanuman-esque figure assuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi that public attention has…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to pass any order on former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Nabam Tuki’s plea seeking to restrain Governor J.P.Rajkhowa from swearing in dissident leader Kalikho…
New Delhi: Jats stage a demonstration press for reservation in New Delhi, on Aug 4, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, Feb 16 (IANS) The agitation by Jats in Haryana to demand reservation in jobs and educational…
New Delhi: JNU students stage a demonstration at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Feb 16, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students on Tuesday got support from over…
New Delhi: Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari addresses a press conference in New Delhi, on Sep 22, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) All the 360 toll plazas in India…
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday hailed the victory of NDA candidates in seven of the 12 assembly by-elections across eight states as “victory of politics of development”. “Congratulations to…