Jammu, March 25 (IANS) The BJP on Friday elected Nirmal Singh as its leader in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly and nominated him for the deputy chief minister’s post in the new PDP-BJP alliance government…
By Prachi Salve Spending on programmes to control Indias three main communicable diseases malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy increased seven percent over five years while cases reported, taken together, increased 32 percent, according to…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) A 41-year-old dentist was beaten to death by a group of people here after a cricket ball he and his son were playing with hit a motorcyclist on the road,…
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Pakistani-American LeT terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley said on Friday that former Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani visited his house to pay condolences a few weeks after his father’s death on…
Jammu, March 25 (IANS) BJP legislators met here on Friday to discuss government formation in Jammu and Kashmir. Jitendra Singh, the minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office, and Ram Madhav, general secretary in…
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) As Apple lovers started pre-ordering their 4-inch iPhone SE or 9.7-inch iPad Pro devices from Thursday (the device will start shipping to them from March 31), experts…
Lucknow, March 25 (IANS) The Imam of the al-Haram Masjid of the holy Kaaba Shareef in Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Saleh bin Muhammed bin Ibrahim aal Talib, will be in India next week to attend a…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will on Sunday lay the keel for the sailing boat which India’s first all-women crew will use to sail across the seas. The boat will be…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) A 41-year-old dentist was beaten to death by a group of people here after a heated argument over a petty issue, police said on Friday. The incident took place around…
Kochi, March 25 (IANS) Malayalam actor Jishu Raghavan died here on Friday at a private hospital here after losing his battle with cancer. He was 35. “Around 8.30 a.m. this morning, he passed away in…
Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Pakistani-American LeT terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley said here on Friday that he nursed a hatred towards India and Indians since December 1971 when his school was bombed by Indian fighter planes…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) It was a sunny Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 18 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. “The sky would remain…
This time, it’s fiction ruled by male protagonists. There’s a gripping story of two men whose lives are interlinked and who are willing to break every rule to win; a man whose life changes after…
Lucknow, March 25 (IANS) Despite heavy security and precautions taken by the administration, more than two dozen people were killed in Uttar Pradesh on Holi, police said on Friday. While five people were killed in…
Panaji, March 25 (IANS) Even as pressure builds up on the BJP-led state government to resume mining and iron ore transportation after four years of inactivity, a brutal attack in judicial lock-up on a tribal…
Vrindavan, March 25 (IANS) In a petition filed by an environmentalist charging the local administration with neglecting solid waste management and failing to provide landfill site, the NGT has asked a commissioner to visit Vrindavan…
Bengaluru, March 25 (IANS) International Institute of Industrial Safety Management (IIISM) on Thursday emerged as the first college in Karnataka to be recognised by Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) for offering an industrial safety course. VTU…
Bengaluru, March 24 (IANS) The ability to embrace change and to be the first mover were some of the most important qualities for students joining any profession, former Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani said on Thursday….
Bengaluru, March 24 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court on Thursday adjourned the final hearing to April 11 on winding up petitions against United Breweries Holdings Ltd. (UBHL) of liquor baron Vijya Mallya for defaulting on…
Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) Officials of various West Bengal districts, including Maoist-affected areas, have been instructed to ensure “strict vigil over ferrying of illegal arms and ammunition” and seizure of illegal weapons ahead of the…