Bhubaneswar, July 18 (IANS) A special CBI court here on Tuesday sentenced Micro Finance Ltd CMD Durga Prasad Mishra to three years in jail in a chit fund scam in Odisha. The Central Bureau of…
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) The 22-year-old son of a senior IAS couple from Maharashtra allegedly committed suicide by jumping from a high-rise here on Tuesday morning, police said. According to Malabar Hill Police, at around…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has proposed issuance of an Initial Public Offer (IPO) to finance its two major infrastructure expansion projects, Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Lal Mandaviya…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The government has approved a draft bill to empower 12 major ports in India by providing them full autonomy in decision-making for greater efficiency, Union Minister of State for Shipping…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Ruling NDA’s candidate M. Venkaiah Naidu and Opposition-backed Gopalkrishna Gandhi filed their nominations for election to the Vice President’s post on Tuesday, the last day for filing of papers for…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday accused the BJP of practising “caste- and religion-based politics for political gains” and alleged that its members had prevented her from raising in the Rajya…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) A gangster was arrested here after he opened fire at a rival, police said on Tuesday. Arman was arrested on Monday night from Sangam Vihar in south Delhi. He is…
Kohima, July 18 (IANS) The Gauhati High Court’s Kohima bench on Tuesday upheld Nagaland Governor P.B. Acharya’s directive to Chief Minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu to prove his majority in the assembly, following which Acharya sought an…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) A reshuffle of the Union Cabinet is likely to take place after the monsoon session of Parliament with four union ministers now holding additional charge besides the work originally allocated…
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…