Ghaziabad, March 26 (IANS) Jewellery traders numbering over a thousand on Saturday stopped a train at Ghaziabad Junction protesting against the excise duty imposed on gold and diamond jewellery in union budget 2016. The Jewellery…
Golaghat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with AGP leaders PK Mahanta and Atul Bora during a BJP rally at Bokakhat in Golaghat district of Assam on March 26, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Bihpuria (Assam), March 26 (IANS)…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas on Saturday asked Mehbooba Mufti, set to head the new PDP-BJP government in Jammu and Kashmir, to clear her stand on Afzal Guru whose…
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), March 26 (IANS) A local CBI court on Saturday extended by three days the judicial custody of former Noida Chief Engineer Yadav Singh who was arrested last month by the agency on…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari on Saturday greeted the nation on the occasion of Easter which falls on Sunday. “I convey my warm greetings and good wishes to the people of…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The BJP on Saturday sought dismissal of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat after rebel Congress legislators of the state released a sting video and alleged that he (Rawat) was indulging…
By Ruwa Shah New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Out on bail after spending more than three weeks in Delhi’s Tihar Jail for sedition over alleged anti-national slogans, JNU student-activist Umar Khalid has said he and…
Bhubaneshwar, March 26 (IANS) A total of 3,700 chemist outlets will open in Odisha this year, minister of state Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Saturday. “Keeping in mind the health situation of…
Hyderabad, March 26 (IANS) The Progressive Democratic Students Union (PDSU) on Saturday staged a protest outside Hyderabad Central University demanding arrest of Vice Chancellor P. Appa Rao. Tension prevailed as the activists staged a sit-in…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) The Congress has a poser for the new government that is set to assume office in Jammu and Kashmir: What will be its stance on parliament attack convict Afzal Guru…
Agra, March 26 (IANS) A rare dusky eagle owl fledgling at Taj Mahal here has been rescued by the wildlife officials. The owl, rescued on Friday, was sent to the Wildlife Hospital of Wildlife SOS…
Hyderabad, March 26 (IANS) The incidents at Hyderabad Central University and Osmania University rocked the Telangana assembly on Saturday with the opposition stalling the proceedings to demand full-fledged debate. The house was adjourned thrice since…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Rebel Congress MLAs of Uttarakhand on Saturday released a sting video of Chief Minister Harish Rawat here and alleged that he was indulging in horse-trading to save his government. Releasing…
Patna, March 26 (IANS) A temple for the late Rajiv Gandhi, who was the Indian prime minister from 1984 to 1989, is being built in Bihar’s Buxar district, a Congress leader said on Saturday. The…
Bhubaneshwar, March 26 (IANS) Aiming to slash the prevalence of violence-borne diarrhoea, the health ministry on Saturday launched the Rota Virus vaccine here, which will be available free of cost at public healthcare facilities, initially…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Dalbir Kaur, sister of alleged spy Sarabjit Singh who died while in custody in Pakistan, on Saturday urged the government to take concrete and urgent steps to ensure the release…
By Chinmaya Dehury Bhubaneswar, March 26 (IANS) A Son et Lumiere, or a sound and light show, will soon begin at Odisha’s famous 13th century Sun Temple at Konark in a bid to ramp up…
Borguri (Tinsukia, Assam), March 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday his fight is not with Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, but against poverty, corruption and the devastation of Assam. “Gogoji says that…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government’s actions suggest it is anti-democratic and there is a great opportunity for the Bharatiya Janata Party…
Guwahati, March 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narender Modi on Saturday said development of Assam was high on his agenda as he kicked off the BJP campaign in the border state that goes to polls early…