Clear morning in Delhi
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) It was a clear Tuesday morning here with the temperature of dry air in the morning being 19.8 degrees Celsius, the weather office said. The sky would remain clear in…
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Change of guard 100 days into Paris climate pact
By Rajendra Shende US President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met in Washington some days ago and signed a joint statement reiterating their resolve to fight climate change, adding that both the…
Himalayan Gothic: Haunted lives and loves in the hills
By Vikas Datta Title: The Face at the Window; Author: Kiran Manral; Publisher: Amaryllis; Pages: 245; Price: Rs.250 Could there be anything common between the elderly Anglo-Indians, usually women, who taught many of us of…
Direct queries on quota to RSS chief, Congress tells Modi
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Congress on Monday advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct questions on “revisiting reservation” to his ideological mentor, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. “The prime minister today, while speaking with…
Work to plug heavy water leak at Kakrapar reactor on
Chennai, March 22 (IANS) The process of plugging the heavy water leak at the first 220MW unit at Gujarat’s Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) is progressing with the leak being isolated and the fuel bundles…
Congress complains to president of BJP ‘horse-trading’
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) A delegation of senior Congress leaders on Monday met President Pranab Mukherjee and accused the BJP and the central government of dismantling opposition governments in states, especially those ruled by…
Mehbooba trying to save PDP from split: Omar
Jammu, March 21 (IANS) National Conference’s working president Omar Abdullah said on Monday that Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti was making last ditch efforts to save her party from breaking apart. Speaking to reporters…
BJP leader arrested for provocative speech, gets bail
Agra, March 21 (IANS) BJP leader Kundanika Sharma, who was booked last week for allegedly making a provocative speech to incite communal hatred, was on Monday arrested from her house and later released on bail…
Rajan for new global pact to curb ‘beggar my neighbour’ policies
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Monday that the world needs a new international agreement on the lines of Bretton Woods that created the current multilateral…
Roja case: Andhra house panel for year-long suspension, house to give hearing
Hyderabad: YSRCP MLA RK Roja who was suspended from Andhra Legislative Assembly for one year talks to press after High Court quashed the ban in Hyderabad, on March 17, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad: YSRCP MLA…
Coal unions defer March 29 strike
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Coal India’s employee unions have deferred the proposed strike on March 29 after a meeting with the company management, a union leader said on Monday. “We had a fruitful discussion with…
Karnataka BJP-Congress lawmakers spar over anti-graft bureau
Bengaluru, March 21 (IANS) The Karnataka legislative assembly on Monday saw uproarious scenes and heated exchanges between lawmakers of the ruling Congress and opposition BJP on the government setting up the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in…
Trinamool stung again, new videos of sting operation out
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) In what could cause further embarrassment for the Trinamool Congress, Narada News on Monday published a new set of videos of its sting operation in which two prominent leaders of West…
JNUSU condemns Jharkhand Muslims’ killing
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union on Monday protested the killing of two Muslim cattle traders by a mob in Jharkhand and burnt the effigy of the state government. JNUSU general…
New defence procurement procedure to come into effect next month
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The new Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) is set to come into effect from April 2, and it will provide for fast-tracking procurements which…
Toddler dies in road accident, one held
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) A 10-month-old toddler was killed while his father suffered injuries after a collision between his auto-rickshaw and a motorbike here, police said on Monday. The motorbike rider has been arrested….
Uttarakhand crisis: BJP, Congress knock on president’s door
New Delhi/Dehradun, March 21 (IANS) The political crisis in Uttarakhand on Monday reached the president’s house, with the BJP seeking dismissal of the Harish Rawat government and the Congress accusing the Centre of dismantling opposition…
Tejas-fired bomb misses target, IAF examining issue
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) A laser-guided bomb fired by the indigenous Tejas light combat aircraft missed its target during an exercise in Pokhran in Rajasthan and the Indian Air Force is looking into the…
Mamata always compromises with corruption: Congress leader Adhir
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of compromising with corruption, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday said her government lacked the determination to take action against Trinamool Congress…
Electrocution victims get Rs.33 lakh after NHRC intervention
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Following the intervention of the NHRC, the Uttar Pradesh government has paid Rs.33.40 lakh to people who were electrocuted when their bus came in contact with an unguarded low-lying high-tension…