By Anjana Das New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Prime Ministers’ Office on Friday took stock of the telecom sector’s financial position, including two ailing PSUS, and is learnt to have asked Department of Telecom…
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) The Shiv Sena on Friday announced its first list of 21 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections from its quota of 23 seats, retaining most of the outgoing members. In Mumbai,…
Srinagar, March 22 (IANS) Six militants and a 12-year-old boy were killed while seven security personnel and 18 civilians were injured in gun battles in the Kashmir Valley which started on Thursday, police said on…
Ranchi, March 22 (IANS) Among ticket seekers from the Congress for Jharkhand’s Lohardagga parliamentary seat which is reserved for the tribal community, a high profile couple is ready to try their luck. “Former IPS officer…
New Delhi/Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) A proposed infusion of Rs 1,000 crore into Jet Airways may prove to be “too little too late” to save the airline as it might require at least Rs 10,000…
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) A fire broke out in the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express near Siliguri in West Bengal on Friday killing two passengers, who jumped out of the moving train in panic, a fire official said….
Panaji, March 22 (IANS) Bringing an eco-friendly twist to poll campaigning, state Congress president Girish Chodankar on Friday said that party leaders will cycle to different parts of Goa to canvass for votes for the…
Dehradun, March 22 (IANS) The BJP has fielded two new faces — Ajay Bhatt and Tirath Singh Rawat — for the Nainital and Pauri seats of Uttarakhand, respectively. For the other three seats — Almora,…
Noida (Uttar Pradesh), March 22 (IANS) A 28-year-old woman on Friday committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving Delhi Metro train at the Noida Sector 16 station, officials said. Sheetal Shrivastava jumped on…
Panaji, March 22 (IANS) Outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan met late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s family during a condolence visit on Friday. Speaking to reporters after visiting the Parrikar residence near Panaji, Mahajan said…
Kolkata, March 22 (IANS) A group of BJP activists on Friday protested against the nomination of Nisith Pramanik, who recently switched to the saffron party from the Trinamool Congress, as a candidate from Coochbehar constituency…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitly on Friday attacked Congress President Rahul Gandhi over his chief advisor Sam Pitroda’s remarks on the Pulwama attack and said if the ‘guru’ (teacher) has such…
Lucknow, March 22 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday hit out at the Congress for doubting the bravery of security forces, saying those who advocate “monarchy in our democratic set-up” have been…
Lucknow, March 22 (IANS) With less than a month to go for the Lok Sabha elections, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Friday announced its candidates for 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. The…
Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested jeweller Abdul Kadir Najmudin Sathak here for assisting fugitive controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik by transferring funds of dubious origins from the UAE to…
Bengaluru, March 22 (IANS) South Indian multi-lingual actor Prakash Raj on Friday filed his nomination to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Bangalore Central constituency as an Independent. Raj, 53, who hails from this tech…
Agartala/Aizawl, March 22 (IANS) The Election Commission will set up 15 special polling stations at Kanhmun village along the Mizoram-Tripura border to help tribal refugees living in relief camps in Tripura exercise their franchise for…
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Friday hit out at the Congress over Sam Pitroda’s remarks on the Pulwama terror attack and urged the voters to do a surgical strike in…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 22 (IANS) Kerala Excise officials on Friday seized Rs 13 crore worth of hashish oil and have taken into custody here five men in this regard, a top official said. Excise officials acted…
Hassan (Karnataka), March 22 (IANS) Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) President H.D. Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna on Friday filed his nomination to contest the Lok Sabha election from Hassan in Karnataka. Accompanied by his father H.D….