Guwahati, April 3 (IANS) Assam will hold the first phase of assembly polls on Monday for 65 constituencies that will decide the fate of 539 candidates. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is seeking a mandate for…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis during the press conference to announce Satyamev Jayate Water Cup in Mumbai on Feb 17, 2016 (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Two leaders of different opposition parties…
New Delhi: Social activist Medha Patkar during protest against the Land Acquisition Bill at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on May 5, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, April 3 (IANS) Activist Medha Patkar, who was on…
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) At the new fiscal’s first bi-monthly monetary policy review due on Tuesday, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan is widely expected to cut interest rates by at least a quarter of a percentage…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Art of Living (AOL) Foundation is seeking the National Green Tribunal’s permission to submit a bank guarantee rather than paying in cash Rs.4.75 crore as “environmental compensation” for causing…
Panaji, April 3 (IANS) An Air Arabia Sharjah-Chennai flight made an emergency landing at Goa’s Dabolim international airport on Sunday morning after a 70-year-old woman passenger complained of chest pain. The woman later died of…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 (IANS) A TV channel on Sunday released a letter written by solar scam accused Saritha Nair in which she says she was sexually exploited by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at his official…
Ranchi, April 3 (IANS) The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P), led by former chief minister Babulal Marandi, on Sunday passed a resolution authorising him to take a decision on the formation of a new party in…
Jamnagar, April 3 (IANS) The Indian Air Force is all set to participate in an advanced aerial combat training exercise ‘Red Flag-Alaska’ with eight of its frontline fighter jets taking off from the Jamnagar airbase…
Shimla, April 3 (IANS) The hills of Himachal Pradesh saw the mercury rising on Sunday owing to prevailing dry weather but the Met office forecast rains and thundershowers by Monday. “A western disturbance is active…
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, April 3 (IANS) The Congress high command on Sunday agreed to the demands of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and gave its nod to five…
Patna, April 3 (IANS) After thousands of ‘desi’ liquor shops were closed in rural Bihar following a partial liquor ban effective last Friday, the Nitish Kumar government has banned sale of ‘toddy’ also. For millions…
Kolkata: CPI-M West Bengal Secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra during a press conference at Press Club in Kolkata, on March 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) The CPI-M’s West Bengal unit secretary Surjya Kanta…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) The Raising Day of the Army Medical Corps (AMC) — the ‘Healers of the Armed Forces’ — was celebrated on Sunday at the Command Hospital here. Eastern Army Commander Lt. Gen….
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) Under the shadow of the purported Narada sting operation and the city flyover tragedy, the month-long West Bengal assembly polls kick-start on Monday with the Mamata Banerjee-led ruling Trinamool Congress facing…
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh police are working “on all angles” to find out the motive behind the killing of NIA officer Tanzil Ahmad, who was shot 21 times in an attack by…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) A city court here on Sunday sent top Maoist leaders Bikas Hembram and his wife Tara to 14 days police custody. Claimed to be once close to now slain rebel chieftain…
Imphal, April 3 (IANS) Maoist insurgents on Sunday said they lobbed a grenade at the residence of a medical college professor here to express their disgust with “rampant corruption” in the institute. The attack on…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) More and more women are taking up an active entrepreneurial role in solar power projects at the grass roots in India, says The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) director general Ajay…
Guwahati, April 3 (IANS) Assam will hold the first phase of assembly polls on Monday for 65 constituencies to decide the fate of 539 candidates. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is seeking a mandate for…