Bhubaneswar, Feb 24 (IANS) The BJP’s Odisha unit on Friday sought Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s intervention over the alleged involvement of government officials in violence during panchayat polls in the state. In a letter…
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), Feb 24 (IANS) Describing yoga as the “most potent peace weapon” in the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it is also the passport for health assurance. Unveiling the 112-foot-tall…
Hyderabad, Feb 24 (IANS) The families of an Indian engineer who was killed and another who was injured in the firing by an American in Kansas have blamed the policies of President Donald Trump for…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The National Students Union of India (NSUI) on Friday urged President Pranab Mukherjee to intervene on the issue of the JNU Vice-Chancellor’s “arbitrary” move to slash admission seats. “The Jawaharlal…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The AAP on Friday announced the names of 109 candidates in its first list for Delhi civic body polls to be conducted in April. “This is the first list of…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) As children in Delhi continue to be affected by high pollution levels, doctors have urged parents to conduct Lung Health Screening Test (LHST) for their children as their vital organs…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) A three-year-old girl was allegedly raped, murdered and her face mutilated beyond recognition by a teenager who was caught after he dumped her body at an isolated place in a…
Bahraich (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 24 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying “when he gets sacred, he tries to create tension between two religions”. “When Modi ji gets…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) China supports India on combating terrorism and a discussion to declare Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar a “global terrorist” is in progress, Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui said on Friday….
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) A 15-member delegation of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army visited the headquarters here of the Eastern Command of the Indian Army, an official said. The visit is intended to enhance the…
Guwahati, Feb 24 (IANS) The Centre will set up several new Passport Seva Kendras in Assam. Union Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh said this during a discussion with Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda…
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) A day after a hung house was thrown up in the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation elections, the two biggest parties – Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party – struggled to cobble up…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) A youth died and his two friends were critically injured in a shootout among two groups near a wedding function site here, police said on Friday. Police said the incident…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands thronged Shiva temples, big and small, all over the country on Maha Shivratri on Friday to pray and offer flowers, bel (wood apple) leaves, milk, honey and…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Two Delhi firefighters dousing a small fire in a shop here were killed on Friday when a cooking gas cylinder inside the snack store exploded, catching dozens of firemen by…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Mobile messaging service WhatsApp on Friday announced that it has 200 million monthly active users in India. Brian Acton, the co-founder of WhatsApp, along with Neeraj Arora, Head of Business,…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Dismissing allegations of having refused to release a patient over money, a city hospital on Friday said it never asked for fixed deposits or deed for securitisation of bill dues, and…
Jammu, Feb 24 (IANS) BSF personnel shot dead a woman who sneaked across the international border into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan, police said on Friday. Border Security Force personnel shot dead the woman near…
Chandigarh, Feb 24 (IANS) Construction labourers in Haryana will be able to get food at subsidised rates near their place of work, the government announced on Friday. The food, breakfast for Rs five and full-course…
Chandigarh, Feb 24 (IANS) With potato prices going down, the Punjab government on Friday directed agriculture marketing agencies under it to intervene immediately and bail out potato growers in the state who were suffering heavy…