Vijayawada, Dec 11 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh on Friday sought Rs.5,760 crore assistance from the central government to tackle drought and also for relief and rehabilitation in districts affected by heavy rains. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (PTI) Sharad Pawar, who had opposed Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origins in 1997 but patched up with her later, has now come out with details of how she had preferred P V…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said fringe elements were the core of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. “Fringe elements are the core of…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Member of Pakistan’s parliament and former cricketer Imran Khan called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday. “At his request, Pakistan MP & Chairman of Tehreek-e-Insaf Party Imran Khan…
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari addresses during the special session on ‘Enhancing Connectivity Across Eastern India – Key to Economic Growth’, organised by MCC Chamber of Commerce and Industry,…
Guwahati: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi addresses during a party programme in Guwahati on Dec 11, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, Dec 11 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Prime Minister’s Office…
Bhubaneswar, Dec 11 (IANS) The Odisha assembly on Friday witnessed pandemonium as ruling BJD legislators stalled proceedings over the Polavaram dam project and later submitted a memorandum to Governor S.C. Jamir addressed to President Pranab…
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The government on Friday told parliament that 207 districts in nine states have been affected by drought and that all farmers in the country would be given soil health cards by…
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will make a statement in parliament on Monday about her recent visit to Pakistan, the Lok Sabha…
Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) Deftly deflecting a “potential nuclear bomb” of a question about Donald Trump’s call to bar entry of all Muslims to the US, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said Muslims in India “gel…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh speaks at the concluding ceremony of Jagran Forum 2015, in New Delhi on Dec 10, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh…
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan addresses a press conference in Lucknow on Oct 5, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Lucknow, Dec 11 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh minister Mohd. Azam Khan has accused the US of pushing the…
Patna, Dec 11 (IANS) Former MP Mohammad Shahabuddin and three others were sentenced to a life imprisonment by a Bihar court on Friday for giving an acid bath to two brothers and murdering them 11…
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) India and the US have agreed to further expand their growing defence partnership to make it what a top US official called an anchor of global security as he welcomed India’s…
Chennai: An aerial view of flood affected Chennai on Dec 7, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 10 (IANS) The floods that hit four districts in Tamil Nadu, claiming 347 lives and causing widespread damage, have…
Patna: Bihar Minister Ashok Choudhary addresses a press conference in Patna on Dec 10, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Patna, Dec 10 (IANS) Bihar will use social network Facebook to help students appearing for the Class 10…
Kolkata, Dec 10 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday said central police forces would man all polling booths during next year’s West Bengal assembly elections. The requisition and deployment of the central forces would be…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) With an eye to the 2016 assembly elections in West Bengal and Kerala, the BJP is all set to effect a change of guard — RSS men Dilip Ghosh and…
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Asking the opposition Congress to fight the National Herald case legally and not to disrupt parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that Congress leaders have to…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Thursday announced that 6,000 extra public transport buses will be run in the city from January 1 to 15, when the government plans to…