Jaipur, April 9 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday offered prayers at the shrine of Khwaja Mouinuddin Chisti in Ajmer. “She along with a few members of her delegation arrived at the dargah…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The CBI on Sunday registered a case against a Chandigarh-based company and three of its directors for allegedly cheating the Punjab National Bank (PNB) of over Rs 1,300 crore, an…
Srinagar, April 9 (IANS) Three people were killed when security forces opened fire on mobs attacking polling stations and poll personnel in Budgam district where by-election for the Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary seat is being held on…
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, April 9 (IANS) If Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most publicised statement over the years has been “na khaaonga, na khaane doonga (neither will I take bribes, nor will I allow anyone…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 (IANS) People in Kerala on Sunday turned up at churches in large numbers to take part in the mass on the occasion of Palm Sunday. Starting this Sunday till Easter Sunday, it…
Bengaluru, April 9 (IANS) Polling was underway in the Nanjungud (Reserved) and Gundlupet Assembly segments in southern Karnataka on Sunday for the by-elections being held to fill the twin seats. “Polling, which began at 7…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) With India having 5.4 million heart failure patients, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Sunday said that a community level approach is required to tackle the problem…
By Azera Parveen Rahman Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) The “once-upon-a-time” and “happily-ever-after” fairytales that children and young adults are heavily fed on while growing up have often reinstated patriarchal notions and gender stereotypes: the princess…
By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, April 9 (IANS) With a “bone to pick with Ratan Tata”, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is headed to Mumbai to seek investments from industry and corporates for his state. Having…
By Imran Khan Patna, April 9 (IANS) All does not seem well in the Bihar unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with some of the old-timers raising a banner of revolt against the newly-appointed…
Srinagar, April 9 (IANS) One protester was killed and another critically injured when police opened fire at an anti-poll mob that attacked a polling station where by-election for the Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary seat was being held…
New York, April 9 (IANS) If you are a smoker, chances are that your children may be exposed to significant levels of nicotine on their hands just by coming into contact with items or surfaces…
Agartala, April 9 (IANS) Three boys, aged between 10 and 17 years, died when they fell into a deserted well in a remote village in Tripura, the police said here on Sunday. “Three young boys…
Ranchi, April 9 (IANS) Two policemen were killed in a gunfight with Maoists in Jharkhand’s Simdega district on Sunday morning, the state police said. According to the police, Bano police station in-charge Vidyapati Singh and…
Patna, April 9 (IANS) In a daring heist, a gang on Sunday morning at a gunpoint looted passengers of cash and valuables and assaulted some of them aboard the prestigious New Delhi-Patna Rajdhani Express in…
Srinagar, April 9 (IANS) Some protesters were injured when security forces on Sunday fired at demonstrating mobs at three places in central Budgam district of the Kashmir Valley. The protesters damaged EVMs and prevented voters…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday greeted the nation on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti. “Greetings to all my fellow countrymen in India and abroad on…
By Vikas Datta The egg or the chicken paradox doesn’t seem difficult to answer in its literary version — the printed word undoubtedly predates the moving image. Many much-loved books, across genres, have become acclaimed…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) It was a sunny Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 19 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the season. “The sky will remain clear throughout the…
Shimla, April 9 (IANS) The lone assembly seat of Bhoranj in Himachal Pradesh went to bypoll amid tight security on Sunday. Electors across the constituency in Hamirpur district could be seen reaching polling stations even…