Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 22 (IANS) CPI-M leader M.M. Moni, a first time legislator, was sworn in as a minister in the cabinet of Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday by Governor P. Sathasivam. Popularly called ‘Moni Asan’, the…
Kolkata, Nov 22 (IANS) Eight people, including a doctor, two quacks and the owner of a nursing home, have been arrested from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district for allegedly running a child smuggling racket,…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tuesday said it has approached the Delhi High Court after two minor girls were raped here in the last two days. It told…
Gaza, Nov 22 (IANS) The Hamas movement on Tuesday hailed an Egypt court’s order to overturn former Islamic President Mohamed Morsi’s life sentence and a retrial in the case relating to communicating with the movement….
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) India has signed defence contracts worth Rs 71,000 crore with foreign vendors, parliament was told on Tuesday. “During the current financial year (up to October), 15 contracts with value of…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Congress leader Ajay Maken on Tuesday visited the family of the 49-year-old man, who died on Monday while standing in the queue at a bank, and demanded compensation from the…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said that India needs to put greater focus on its submarine building plans and increase its fleet. Speaking on the need to increase the…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) India’s official auditor said on Tuesday that the Income Tax department has given irregular tax benefits to infrastructure companies without verification, leading to a revenue loss of over Rs 4,500…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The 13th World Robot Olympiad will be held in India for the first time, with over 2,000 students from 54 countries participating to find innovative ways, using robotic technology, to…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The central government on Tuesday denied reports suggesting that the Ministry of Culture has allowed the cultural unit of the RSS to institute ‘Naimishya Samman’ Awards. “A section of the…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday congratulated the probationers of the Indian Ordnance Factories Service and Indian Telecom Service for their selection, with a message to keep thoughts and actions of…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Amid the intensifying politics over demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked the people of the country to give their first-hand views about the Centre’s move to spike the…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) In a setback to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed his petition to put on hold the criminal proceedings against him initiated by Union Finance…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Serpentine queues in front of banks and ATMs continued to be seen on Tuesday too, two weeks after the Centre announced demonetisation of high-value currencies, with many ATM machines still…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel reunited a four-year-old girl with her parents at a Delhi Metro station, an official said on Tuesday. Arti was standing near the security point…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday questioned senior Congress leader Jagadish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, officials said. “Tytler was called for questioning by the agency in a case related…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that Rs 5 lakh crore has been deposited in banks since the demonetisation, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday that…
Mumbai, Nov 22 (IANS) Engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Tuesday reported a 84 percent growth in its consolidated net profit to Rs 1,435 crore in the quarter ended September 30 as compared to…
Chennai, Nov 22 (IANS) Tamil Nadus ruling AIADMK on Tuesday won all the three assembly by-elections, with Chief Minister and party leader J. Jayalalithaa profusely thanking the voters. Polling was held in Thirupparankundram, Aravakkurichi and…
Kolkata, Nov 22 (IANS) Describing the Trinamool Congress’ landslide victory in the West Bengal by-polls as “people’s revolt” against demonetisation, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday urged all political parties to start a wave of…