Pathankot: Soilders inside the Pathankot Air Force base that was attacked by militants; on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The NIA’s visit to Pakistan for investigating the Pathankot air base…
South 24 Parganas: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee during an election rally in South 24 Parganas of West Bengal on April 26, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Terming…
New Delhi: A view of traffic at ITO on the fifth day of implementation of odd-even traffic scheme aimed at battling pollution in New Delhi on April 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 27…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday approved utilising 400 hectares of uncultivable farm land at Jetsar in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district for setting up a solar power plant of capacity exceeding…
Ujjain: Ascetics during Simhastha Kumbh Mela, the largest congregation of Hindus in Ujjain on April 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh), April 27 (IANS) A woman seer demanding equality with her male counterparts for…
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, two days…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party’s national executive on Wednesday re-elected Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as the party convenor. Apart from electing the…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Against the backdrop of chants of “Lal Salaam” and “Congress Zindabad”, CPI-M veteran and former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday shared the…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) President’s Rule will continue in Uttarakhand till further orders, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, implying that there will be no April 29 floor test for the ousted Congress government…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) On a day when the VVIP chopper scam sparked tensions in parliament, BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday questioned the silence of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Rapping government agencies for trying to block benefits intended for manual scavengers, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to accept submissions that there were no manual scavengers in Delhi…
Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Wednesday said the state was now focussing on water resources, the unfinished agenda of the Telangana movement. He vowed to irrigate one crore acres…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The environment ministry will soon change rules to explore opportunities in timber farming, which as of now is largely prohibited, union minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday. “We are importing…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) India has extended the visa-on-arrival facility for tourists from Comoros, Consul General of Comoros to India K.L Ganju said on Wednesday. A lot of Comoros students have started seeing India…
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) The CBI on Wednesday arrested Mahesh Kishan Motewar, chairman and managing director of Pune-based Samruddh Jeevan Foods India Ltd., from Odisha capital Bhubaneshwar in connection with a probe into the Rs.1,500…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) terror outfit could influence very few youths from India, Minister of State for Home Affairs Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Citing the…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the possibility of Sahara chief Subrata Roy’s release from jail would depend on the outcome of the first round of auction of Sahara’s assets…
Aligarh, April 27 (IANS) Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has sought a CBI or SIT probe into the violence on the campus that left two students dead. Vice Chancellor Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah made the…
Tura (Meghalaya), April 27 (IANS) The political scene in Meghalaya has warmed up once again with the two rivals – the ruling Congress and opposition National People’s Party – set for the electoral battle for…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a parole plea of INLD leader Ajay Chautala, serving a 10-year jail term over a teachers recruitment scam. Justice Pratibha Rani declined to…