SC to hear plea to restrain Mallya from leaving country
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Wednesday a plea by the consortium of 13 banks led by the State Bank of India seeking to restrain beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya…
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Acid attack survivors open cafe in Lucknow on Women’s Day
Lucknow, March 8 (IANS) ‘Sheroes Hangout’, a cafe managed by acid attack survivors, was inaugurated here on Tuesday on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the second such venture after a successful one in Agra…
160 glass partitions weak points in Metro: CISF
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which is responsible for the security of Delhi Metro on Tuesday said that it had zeroed in at least 160 “weak points” in respect…
ED summons to Chhagan Bhujbal, says BJP MP
Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) Senior NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal has been summoned for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate next Monday, BJP MP Kirit Somaiya said here. The former Maharashtra deputy chief minister has been called…
Kanhaiya’s grandfather moves court against two in Bihar
New Delhi: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar addresses media at JNU in New Delhi on March 4, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Patna, March 8 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s grandfather on Tuesday moved a court in…
Need to ensure equal opportunity to women: Lok Sabha speaker
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan  (Photo: Mohammed Jaffer/IANS) New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Tuesday said empowerment and equality of women was an important sustainable development goal and called for…
No new taxes in populist budget in Himachal
Shimla, March 8 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday presented a populist but deficit budget of Rs.32,593 crore for the 2016-17 fiscal with no new taxes. The focus is on agriculture and…
Sharapova admits failing dope test, loses plum sponsors
New York, March 8 (IANS) Maria Sharapova on Tuesday sent the tennis fraternity into a spin by announcing that she failed a dope test at the Australian Open and was provisionally suspended — she thereafter…
Don’t wait for others to give you rights, President tells women
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee addresses at the presentation ceremony of Stree Shakti Puraskar 2015, on International Women’€™s Day, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on March 8, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, March 8…
Salmaan Taseer’s abducted son freed after 5 years
Islamabad, March 8 (IANS) Shahbaz Taseer, son of erstwhile Pakistani Punjab governor Salman Taseer, was freed from his captors on Tuesday, five years after he was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from Lahore. Shahbaz Taseer was…
Green concerns dog Sri Sri’s Yamuna event as tribunal hearing is deferred
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) A green court in Delhi on Tuesday deferred its decision on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s cultural mega-extravaganza on the ecologically fragile Yamuna flood plains, amid fresh controversy over Indian Army…
India in agrarian crisis, NDA has curbed inflation: Jaitley
 Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that the country is currently experiencing an agrarian crisis…
Maldives prefers Chinese proposals as they are more attractive: Gayoom
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Denying any strategic tilt towards China, former president of Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, on Tuesday said his country is welcoming Chinese proposals because it finds them “more attractive”. Delivering a…
Telangana, Maharashtra sign historic pact on irrigation projects
Mumbai/Hyderabad, March 8 (IANS) Making a new beginning, Telangana and Maharashtra governments on Tuesday signed a historic agreement on construction of inter-state irrigation projects. The agreement will facilitate construction of five barrages on Godavari river…
‘Nepali constitution has enough laws on gender equality’
Kathmandu, March 8 (IANS) Speaker of the Nepali Parliament Onsari Gharti Magar on Tuesday said the country’s new constitution has enough provisions to ensure gender equality, the media reported. On the occasion of International Women’s…
Pathankot attack probe being completed, Pakistan tells Britain
Pathankot: Soilders inside the Pathankot Air Force base that was attacked by militants; on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Islamabad, March 8 (IANS) Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Advisor Sartaj Aziz here on Tuesday assured British Foreign…
Three women fighter pilots to be inducted in June: IAF chief
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha  (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The first batch of women fighter pilots will be inducted in the Indian Air Force (IAF) on…
Relations with Iran difficult because of its policies: Saudi minister
Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Saudi Arabia finds it difficult to maintain good relations with Iran because of Tehran’s policies, the…
In Rajya Sabha, women members harp on women’s quota
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) Cutting across party lines, women members in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday stressed the need to get passed the bill providing for 33 percent reservation to women in legislature. “I…
In a first, bionic finger makes amputee feel texture on his hand
London, March 8 (IANS) In a world’s first, a team of Swiss scientists has enabled an amputee feel smoothness and roughness in real-time with an artificial fingertip that was surgically connected to nerves in his…