New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Indian scientists who are among the recipients of the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, an official statement said on Wednesday. “Congratulations to the…
Lucknow, May 4 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Wednesday served a contempt notice to Principal Secretary (Home) Debashish Panda for not complying with its order to reinstate suspended IPS…
Aizawl, May 4 (IANS) Deaths of more than 250 pigs have been reported due to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) in Mizoram’s Champhai district, bordering Myanmar. “Officials from the animal husbandry and veterinary department…
Khargone (Madhya Pradesh), May 4 (IANS) A woman committed suicide by jumping into a well along with her three children in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district, a police official said on Wednesday. Kiran, 27, wife of…
Hyderabad, May 4 (IANS) The completion of Hyderabad Metro Rail will be delayed by nearly one-and-a-half years, with the developer now saying that the project is likely to be fully operational by December 2018. Construction…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Cutting across party lines, Lok Sabha members on Wednesday denounced the rape and murder of a poor Dalit law student in Kerala. Nominated member Richard Hay said it looked as…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The enrolment of 306 Indian students in a US university — created as part of the US Homeland Security Investigation’s (HSI) enforcement action — has been terminated on charges of…
By Sidhartha Dutta New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The UB Group of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is on the verge of being expelled from the Rajya Sabha after defaulting on debts of Rs.9,000 crore…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 4 (IANS) Even as the Kerala Police scrambles to solve the brutal rape and murder of 27-year-old Jisha, a poor law student, near Ernakulam town, four new cases of sexual assault were registered…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday sacked the vice principal of a government-run school here on charges of marking present three teachers who were not on duty. Sisodia…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met his senior cabinet colleagues in the Parliament House premises ahead of the Rajya Sabha debate on the AgustaWestland helicopter deal. Senior ministers Manohar…
By Sumit Chaturvedi Why it is difficult to reverse more than half-a-century of land-reform failures? Five facts, gleaned from the 2011-12 agricultural census and 2011 socio-economic caste census and this correspondents data, summarise the failure…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien on Wednesday said that he never asked the government to ban a history text book that referred to freedom fighter Bhagat Singh as a…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) China has been told that a “selective approach” cannot be adopted with regard to terrorism, the government told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, adding that efforts are on at the…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Celebrating West Bengal’s rich sartorial heritage, a new e-commerce craft house is providing direct interface between weavers and connoisseurs to popularise the ‘tant’ (cotton) and silk weaves from the region. “Bengal’s…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said the monsoon is expected to hit Kerala by May-end or early June and that a formal forecast may be issued by May 15. “Climatologically, monsoon…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha ethics panel has recommended the expulsion of Vijay Mallya “with immediate effect” from the house after his resignation was rejected by Chairman Hamid Ansari. “Having considered the…
Ranchi, May 4 (IANS) The domicile policy in Jharkhand seems to have caused a rift in the ranks of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state. According to the notified policy, which was…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Ahead of the sixth and final phase of the West Bengal assembly polls on Thursday, the Election Commission has asked the West Bengal government to ensure that IPS officer Bharati Ghosh…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday began what is expected to be a fiery debate on alleged graft in the purchase of AgustaWestland VVIP helicopters, with both the ruling Bharatiya Janata…