Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS/PIB) Gangtok, Jan 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appreciated Sikkim’s progress in organic farming, saying it was a state “where the environment is protected and at…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Taapsee Pannu is immersing herself in research for her role in “Ghazi”, which will trace the journey and the mysterious sinking of PNS Ghazi, a Pakistan submarine, during the Indo-Pak…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Delhi government on Monday alleged in the Supreme Court that the consumers in the capital were paying higher electricity tariff, as the balance sheets of the distribution companies (Discoms)…
Kolkata: Sambia Sohrab, prime accused in the Red Road hit-and-run case being taken to produced at a Kolkata court on Jan 17, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata/New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Stepping up the probe, a…
Patna, Jan 18 (IANS) A case was lodged on Monday against a legislator belonging to Bihar’s ruling party JD-U for allegedly misbehaving with a couple in a running train, a railway police official said here….
Chandigarh, Jan 18 (IANS) Amid reports that 20-25 youths from Punjab drowned after a boat in which they were headed to the US capsized near Panama, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Monday…
Chennai, Jan 18 (IANS) The 48-hour countdown for the lift of an Indian rocket — the first one for 2016 — with the country’s fifth navigation satellite as the sole passenger began at 9.31 a.m….
Los Angeles, Jan 18 (IANS) New action comedy movie “Ride Along 2” rose to the peak of the US box office over the weekend as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has finally begun to lose…
Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar during the 22nd Annual Star Screen Awards 2016 in Mumbai, on Jan 8, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Actor Akshay Kumar, who has been a part of the…
(Photo: IANS) Chennai, Jan 18 (IANS) DMK president M. Karunanidhi on Monday appeared before a local court here in connection with the defamation case filed by the Tamil Nadu government. The case was adjourned for…
Agra, Jan 18 (IANS) Scores of young roller skaters zipped down the Yamuna bank here in an effort to increase public awareness about the conservation of the river. The young skaters also carried placards with…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The ecosystem for filmmaking in India is prohibitive and only supports big budget films, says director Bikas Ranjan Mishra, whose debut project “Chauranga” released earlier this month. “Independent cinema in…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) A protest by ex-servicemen outside Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s residence on the OROP issue was called off after a late-night meeting with Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha, the…
Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, who stars in “Airlift” — a film on Kuwait-based Indians’ evacuation in 1990 invasion of Kuwait by Iraq — says he was honoured to meet former army…
Agra, Jan 18 (IANS) A group of gynaecologists and obstetricians from across India and a dozen foreign countries has called for a major thrust to women-oriented health policies. The demand, that came after a five-day…
(Xinhua/KCNA) (dzl) Seoul, Jan 18 (IANS) North Korea has sent around one million propaganda leaflets across the border into South Korea amid mounting tensions after Pyongyang’s claim of its first hydrogen bomb test. North Korean…
V S Achuthanandan (left); Pinarayi Vijayan. Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 18 (IANS) Which of the two stalwarts will lead the CPI-M-led bloc in the upcoming Kerala assembly elections? Former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan or party strongman Pinarayi…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on a petition before it Monday issued a notice to the city government questioning its decision to scrap the management quota in nursery admissions in private…
Mathura, Jan 18 (IANS) The Braj area in Uttar Pradesh, the land of Lord Krishna and his consort Radha, is all set to change its profile with a number of development projects at various stages…
Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Sunny Deol has joined hands with Anil Ambani-led Reliance Entertainment for the release of his forthcoming film “Ghayal Once Again”. The film, which will hit the screens on February 5,…