New Delhi: The stage for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s World Culture Festival being decorated in New Delhi on March 10, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Heavy rain played spoilsport at Sri Sri…
Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) As many as 320 voters of a leprosy colony in West Bengal’s Bankura district will have access to upgraded facilities like battery-operated cars in the upcoming assembly polls, courtesy a model…
Nainital, March 11 (IANS) Several organisations were up in arms on Friday against the Harish Rawat led-Congress government’s decision to allot land to the Jindal Group for a residential varsity in Uttarakhand. Angry at what…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Centre on Friday announced that 31 institutes have been given financial assistance to preserve rare and precious AYUSH (Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) books…
Guwahati, March 11 (IANS) The Congress party in Assam on Friday said the candidates’ lists announced by the BJP and AGP for upcoming polls have ensured that the ruling party gets more than 70 seats,…
Bhopal, March 11 (IANS) A child died and five others fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal at an anganwadi centre in Madhya Pradesh’s Katni district, officials said on Friday. The children fell ill on…
Patna, March 11 (IANS) A day after ruling RJD legislator Raj Ballabh Yadav, accused of raping a schoolgirl, surrendered in a court and was sent to judicial custody in Bihar, the rape victim on Friday…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The national capital, which is hosting two major cultural events and at least 20,000 weddings between March 11-13, is likely to face huge traffic snarls. The Art of Living (AoL)…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Expressing sympathy for the affected people of Japan on the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan earthquake, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Japanese people’s resilience was…
Lucknow, March 11 (IANS) Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ramesh Yadav is set to be the next chairman of the legislative council of Uttar Pradesh. With his being the lone nomination for the post, only…
Panaji, March 11 (IANS) The central government is in the process of launching an insurance scheme for the plantation sector, including rubber, which would cover price fluctuations among other hazards, a senior official of the…
By Saeed Naqvi An Urdu aristocracy on its knees, was beginning to make adjustments with the new British rulers when Ram Advani arrived in Lucknow. He set up Ram Advani Booksellers in a prominent corner…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Friday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of the sixth regional navigational satellite. ISRO on Thursday successfully put into orbit its…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha on Friday raised the issue of spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-led Art of Living’s World Culture Festival being allowed on the Yamuna floodplains…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha on Friday raised the issue of spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar-led Art of Living’s World Culture Festival being allowed on the Yamuna floodplains…
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) Two army officers sustained minor injuries when an Indian Army helicopter made an emergency landing in agricultural fields on Friday at Mailli village in Punjab’s Hoshiarpur district, police said. Police officials…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Congress on Friday appointed B.K. Hariprasad as chairman of the screening committee for the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal. The screening committee was constituted by Congress president Sonia…
Sukna: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a press conference at Sukna of Darjeeling District, West Bengal on Nov. 5, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) The Anti-Terrorist Front of India (ATFI) that…
Bhopal, March 11 (IANS) A 24-year-old labourer was killed in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district when a dumper dumped soil over him while he was sleeping. According to police, Jairam, who worked at the Pench dam…
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) A green court here on Friday cleared the decks for Sri Sri Ravi Shankars controversial cultural festival and gave his foundation three more weeks to pay Rs.5 crore in damages…