Petrapole (West Bengal), April 8 (IANS) Nine years after the inauguration of the Maitree (friendship) Express passenger train service between Kolkata and Dhaka, the first Khulna-Kolkata train chugged into the Petrapole Railway station on the…
Hyderabad, April 8 (IANS) A man died here under suspicious circumstances, hours after he was called to a police station on a complaint that he was teasing and harassing his sister-in-law. P. Ramu’s family members…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) South Korean actress and model Baek Jin-Hee is all set to pay her first visit to India to support gender equality and youth empowerment in the marginal sections of the…
Bhubaneswar, April 8 (IANS) The CBI has booked two postal department officials and a central excise official for violating RBI guidelines by depositing over Rs 36 lakh in some postal saving accounts, an official said…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed the firm belief that there will be an early solution to the issue of sharing waters of the Teesta river with Bangladesh while…
Jammu, April 8 (IANS) Pakistan Army on Saturday again broke the LoC ceasefire, with unprovoked firing and mortar shelling at Indian positions in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, triggering of a gun duel, a defence…
Mumbai, April 8 (IANS) A day after Air India lifted its ban, Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad reached Mumbai by train and called on party President Uddhav Thackeray. Thackeray welcomed Gaikwad warmly at Shiv Sena…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The CBI on Saturday said it has registered two separate cases against the manager of public sector enterprise Engineering Projects India Limited (EPIL) for obtaining illegal gratification of Rs 50…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed 22 pacts to boost bilateral ties, including in defence and civil nuclear energy, with New Delhi offering a $4.5 billion line of credit to…
Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) With the melody of Rabindrasangeet providing the perfect backdrop, two buses on Saturday drove out from the premises of West Bengal secretariat Nabanna, as India and Bangladesh added a fresh chapter…
Mumbai, April 8 (IANS) After failing to get the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena government to announce a full waiver of farm loans, all major opposition parties in Maharashtra will take out a second ‘Sangharsh Yatra’ to…
Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), April 8 (IANS) Tibetan Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday said it was up to his people to decide whether the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue or not. A…
Srinagar, April 8 (IANS) Tight security arrangements are in place to ensure smooth voting in the Srinagar-Budgam Parliamentary constituency by-poll on Sunday as separatists have called for a poll boycott, officials said. Heavy deployment of…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday alleged the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) was trying to tarnish the image of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government ahead of the Delhi…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) India and Bangladesh on Saturday signed 22 agreements in the fields of defence cooperation, civil nuclear energy, space and cyber security among others, following bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra…
Sirsa (Haryana), April 8 (IANS) The Haryana government will install one lakh CCTV cameras along national highways in the state, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said here on Saturday. The closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras will…
Mumbai, April 8 (IANS) A luxurious beach front villa in Goa owned by absconding liquor baron Vijay Mallya has been sold to Bollywood and South Indian film actor Sachiin Joshi, by a group of banks…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) There is immense need for value education in contemporary times, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday, acknowledging that while subjects like science and mathematics form the backbone of…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee complimented senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily for re-telling the Mahabharata epic from the perspective of Draupadi. He was speaking at the launch of “The Flaming Tresses of…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) It is a celebration of the outstanding works by leading poets from across the country as their recitals set the tone for an exciting weekend here at the opening of…