Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Joyita Mondal Mahi has been active as a social worker in West Bengal for over a decade. The 29-year-old is now serving as the state’s first transgender judge of a National…
Bhubaneswar, July 18 (IANS) The Odisha cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday approved a proposal to recommend to the Centre to declare Paika Rebellion of 1817 as the First War of Independence…
Bengaluru, July 18 (IANS) Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer cases are on the rise in India, three times more than in western countries, said a study by leading bioinformatics firm Strand Life Sciences Ltd on…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The government has constituted a Board of Enquiry to look into the explosion at Ordnance Factory at Khamaria in Jabalpur in March, Union Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The central government on Tuesday approved Rs 131.90-crore assistance to the flood-hit Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland. The government approved Rs 103.30 crore central assistance for Arunachal Pradesh and Rs 28.60…
Chennai, July 18 (IANS) Apollo Hospitals said on Tuesday there was “no interference” in the treatment given to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa and it is ready to face any probe. Speaking to…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The government has finalised the policy on strategic partnerships in the defence sector, Union Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The policy is…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Maharashtra’s Raj Paresh Sheth has topped the chart with 78.75 per cent and 10,276 have cleared the CA Final exams conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday quit the Rajya Sabha, accusing the BJP of preventing her from speaking in the House on issues close to her heart like the cause of…
Srinagar, July 18 (IANS) A 60-year-old civilian, injured in alleged army firing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital here on Tuesday, police said. Abdul Ahmad Ganai…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the names of five “outstanding” doctors who will now constitute the oversight committee to oversee functioning of the Medical Council of India (MCI). Describing…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday staged a protest here against the “continued attack on women of a particular religious community” in West Bengal, saying Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is playing with…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Finance Ministry and the GST Council on a plea against 12 per cent tax on sanitary napkins under the GST…
Chandigarh/New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The CBI has arrested the Member-Secretary of the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee on charges of accepting bribe, an official said on Tuesday. Birendra Choudhary was arrested on Monday for demanding…
Jaipur, July 18 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has accepted the demand for a CBI inquiry into the shootout-death of gangster Anandpal Singh leading to the Rajput community calling off its proposed July 22 agitation. Anandpal…
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) The Indian passport of televangelist Zakir Naik, who is wanted in connection with his role in a terror case, was on Tuesday revoked on the NIA’s request, an official statement said…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Delhi government on Tuesday launched ‘merit cum means’ scholarship scheme in the national capital, with an aim to benefit the students from poor and moderate means of income group. Deputy…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday staged a protest against the faulty implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in its current form, saying it has adversely affected the business of…
Noida, July 18 (IANS) The life of a four-month-old infant from Pakistan, suffering from hole in the heart and other heart-related problems, was saved following advanced medical treatment at a city hospital here, doctors said…
Panaji, July 18 (IANS) The beach-bound tourists in Goa, especially who love to wade into the sea, have been advised to steer clear of ‘Portuguese-man-of-war’, the toxic, jelly-like organisms known to sting humans on contact….