Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) In a blistering attack on the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused it of indulging in massive corruption in many states, and claimed the central agencies were…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The CAG has discovered several shortcomings in the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) including financial mismanagement, shortage of doctors and paramedical staff and non-availability of essential drugs…
Bhubaneswar, July 21 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday requested at least one Anganwadi Centre or Mini-Anganwadi Centre for every hamlet in the tribal areas irrespective of population. Patnaik made the request to…
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), July 21 (IANS) Ahmednagar district was shocked by the alleged rape of a 13-year-old schoolgirl by an unidentified person who gave her a lift to school, an official said here on Friday. The…
Chennai, July 21 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Friday declined to provide any immediate relief to Karti Chidambaram on his petition to quash the fresh summons by the CBI in a case involving foreign…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 21 (IANS) Kerala Police have booked Congress legislator M. Vincent and charged him with sexual harassment and stalking in the case of attempted suicide by a 51-year-old woman. Top Congress leaders in Kerala…
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) Accusing the Centre of bringing to a halt the nations’s growth across sectors and crashing the country’s economy by implementing policies like demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax, West Bengal Chief…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday sought to know from the Central government the time it would require for bringing a bill amending the Representation of People Act to allowing NRIs…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Friday said India needs to take help from the US or China to settle the Kashmir problem….
Srinagar, July 21 (IANS) A young man was shot dead on Friday by the Army during a stone-pelting protest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district, leading to a police case against the Army unit, officials…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Thirty delegates from Australia and India will converge in Mumbai and New Delhi to discuss, debate, ideate and collaborate on how digital disruption is shaping our democracy and media and…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The government said on Friday it has no plans to introduce a law to control the population in the country, which currently houses nearly a fifth of the world’s population….
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) A man who tried to steal a one-month-old baby to be sold for drug money has been arrested here, police said. The 22-year-old man, who was a relative, early on…
Kohima, July 21 (IANS) Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang on Friday won the floor test in the state Assembly. He won the vote by a margin of 47. Zeliang got the support of 36 Naga…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Friday witnessed uproar by the opposition and brief adjournment during the Zero Hour over a section of media circulating remarks by Samajwadi Party member Naresh Agrawal…
Chandigarh, July 21 (IANS) After gaining notoriety for people not paying power bills and indulging in power theft, Haryana recently ran a campaign that led to the detection of over 30,000 power theft cases, an…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Two brothers, aged 10 and eight, who were kidnapped from east Delhi on Tuesday evening, have been rescued from Uttar Pradesh and one person arrested in this connection, police said…
Srinagar, July 21 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday registered a case against a counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles unit in connection with the killing of a youth in Budgam district. Tanveer Ahmad Pala was…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Inadequately qualified teachers, working after enactment of the Right to Education Act, were being given a “last chance” to acquire minimum qualifications by March 2019, said the government on Friday….
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) A court here on Friday allowed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to quiz the director of a Dubai-based company till July 26 in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam….