Bhopal, April 16 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday cautioned against “judicial activism”, saying it should not lead to the dilution of separation of powers. He also stressed on a balance between the judiciary, executive…
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) Controversial Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal on Saturday appeared unfazed by the “urgent legal action” that the Election Commission took against him, saying the move will not affect the party’s…
Agra, April 16 (IANS) British royals, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, on Saturday spent around 45 minutes admiring the Taj Mahal and also sat on the ‘Diana seat’ for a photo session. The hyped…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 16 (IANS) The Kerala BJP on Saturday sought a probe by the CBI and the NIA into the temple disaster that left 114 people dead and over 350 injured late last Saturday night…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) After four decades of entertaining in a Tamil Nadu circus, Rhea, a 53-year-old Asian elephant, is finally set to join her two pachyderm ‘colleagues’ at a Mathura rescue centre -…
Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday charged the Election Commission with “showing-off”, saying its decision to issue a show-cause notice to her based on her announcement of upgrading Asansol…
Agartala, April 16 (IANS) India’s tourism ministry has sanctioned a Rs.18 crore project for the Tripura government to create a variety of infrastructure along the India-Bangladesh border similar to that at the Attari-Wagah border with…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Delhi government has formed a task force to deal with any technical problem of the kind that hit the Metro train services on Friday, said a minister. “A five-member Metro…
By Shahnaz Husain Cleansing is of great importance for the working woman who leaves home to get to work, battling traffic and exposing herself to the grime and pollutants in the air. Always cleanse the…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) A total of 437 violators were fined in the first five hours of Saturday, the second day of the odd-even traffic scheme’s second phase, with police saying the numbers are…
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday embarked on a four-day visit to Iran and Russia that will see her attend a…
Lucknow, April 16 (IANS) In view of the fast rising summer temperatures, all schools in Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh must start earlier at 7 a.m. and close latest by 12 noon, the authorities said…
Patna, April 16 (IANS) Bihar’s ruling JD-U on Saturday issued a show cause notice to its Rajya Sabha MP Anil Sahani for alleged fraud in leave travel concessions, asking him to submit his reply within…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) A fire broke out in a scrap dump at a slum cluster here on Saturday, a fire official said. It took one-and-a-half hours to douse it and there was no…
Srinagar, April 16 (IANS) The mother of the young girl who was allegedly molested by an army man in Handwara approached the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Saturday alleging that her daughter was being…
Hyderabad, April 16 (IANS) Police in Hyderabad have booked union Minister of State for Science and Technology Y.S. Chowdary’s son Sai Karthik for rash driving and seized his Porsche car. Karthik and four others were…
Panaji, April 16 (IANS) Goa is planning to develop a mangrove park near the state capital with an eye on conservation as well as eco-tourism, a senior official said on Saturday. A project report about…
Patna, April 16 (IANS) The fear of devastating fires during the scorching summer in Bihar has led people in some villages to ban the use of stoves durimg daytime to cook food. Violators would be…
Kolhapur (Maharashtra), April 16 (IANS) The police charged seven people, including five priests of Shri Mahalaxmi Temple here for assaulting Bhumata Ranragini Brigade President Trupti Desai at the temple complex on April 13, an official…
Lucknow, April 16 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh BJP president Keshav Maurya on Saturday said the party will not announce a chief ministerial candidate in the run-up to the assembly polls scheduled for early next year, rather…