A potpourri of chicken recipes enters DU’s North Campus
By Mudita Girotra New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Over the past few years, Delhi University’s North Campus has seen the advent and disappearance of many eateries but few of them have been able to make…
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‘Rahul Gandhi missing’ posters come up in Amethi
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) Dozens of posters describing local MP and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi as “missing” have come up in his Amethi parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. The posters carry the Gandhi scion’s…
Irony of history: From Angrez-mukt in 1942 to Congress-mukt in 2017
By Amulya Ganguli On August 31, 1942, Lord Linlithgow wrote to Winston Churchill: “I am engaged here in meeting by far the most serious rebellion since that of 1857, the gravity and extent of which…
Vaghela, 5 supporters vote against Ahmed in Gujarat RS polls
Gandhinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) Rebel Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela on Tuesday asserted that he had not voted for the official party nominee Ahmed Patel in the crucial Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls being held here. Five…
Cloudy Tuesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) It was a cloudy Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the season. The weather will remain…
Polling begins for three RS seats in Gujarat
Gandhinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) Polling for the crucial Rajya Sabha elections here in Gujarat began on Tuesday that will decide the fate of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary Ahmed Patel and that of BJP…
Nine new swine flu cases detected in UP
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) Nine students have tested positive for swine flu in the Uttar Pradesh capital, taking the total number of cases in the state to 150, health department officials said on Tuesday. The…
Soldier injured in Pakistan shelling on LoC
Srinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) An Indian soldier was injured in a ceasefire violation by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, a Defence Ministry official said on…
Karnataka Minister appears before tax officials over seizures
Bengaluru, Aug 8 (IANS) Karnataka Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar and his brother D.K Suresh on Monday appeared before the Income Tax (IT) Department officials here over the seizures made at their residences during the three-day…
Inspired by ‘Special 26’, three criminals pretending to be CBI officers held
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Three criminals of dreaded gangster Neeraj Bawania’s gang have been arrested after they, inspired by Bollywood movie “Special 26”, robbed a jeweller’s residence while impersonating CBI and Delhi Police officials,…
Northeast can be fulcrum of India-Asean ties: Arunachal minister
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The cultural similarities between northeastern India and southeast Asia will serve as the fulcrum of India’s ties with the Asean nations, Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein said on…
Three die, over 300 suffering from acute gastroenteritis in Nagaland
Kohima, Aug 7 (IANS) Three people have died and over 300 people are under medical treatment from an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) in Nagaland, an official said on Monday. The outbreak occurred August 3…
German police might quiz city fraudsters for duping over a 1,000 Germans
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) The five fraudsters arrested by West Bengal Police’s CID for allegedly duping several foreign nationals in the name of providing online technical support, might be interrogated by the German police officials…
Congress demands Maharashtra Housing Minister be axed
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Congress on Monday demanded that Maharashtra Housing Minister Prakash Mehta be remover for allegedly approving transfer of slum dwellers’ building rights to a major builder in a slum redevelopment…
Bengal assembly begins discussing GST
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly on Monday took up discussions on the West Bengal Goods and Services Tax (WBGST) bill, which would replace the ordinance passed earlier on the new tax system….
BJP, Trinamool turn Raksha Bandhan into political slugfest in Bengal
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress and opposition BJP on Monday competed with each other in celebrating Raksha Bandhan, virtually converting the festival of love and duty into a colourful political slugfest…
Kejriwal demands harsh punishment for Chandigarh stalkers
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday demanded strict action against the people accused of stalking an IAS officer’s daughter in Chandigarh, saying that if the government failed to do…
Nagaland CM files another petition for disqualifying 10 rebel MLAs
Kohima, Aug 7 (IANS) Nagaland Chief Minister T. Zeliang on Monday filed another petition seeking the disqualification of 10 rebel Naga Peoples Front (NPF) legislators, who owe allegiance to party chief and his ousted predecessor…
Eveready to have exclusive stores for lighting, home appliances
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) Eveready Industries India Ltd, which is expecting lighting and home appliances be the growth drivers in future, is looking to have exclusive branded stores across the country for these products, a…
Syndicate Bank posts Rs 263 cr net loss for Q1
Bengaluru, Aug 7 (IANS) State-run Syndicate Bank on Monday reported a Rs 263 crore net loss for the first quarter of 2017-18 as against Rs 79 crore net profit in the like period year ago…