Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 5 (IANS) Kerala’s former Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan is peeved ever since he was sidelined by the CPI-M for the chief minister’s position in the state and was succeeded by his arch rival…
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Social Media Week (SMW) — a global digital conference that connects leaders across industries to “reimagining human connectivity” — is scheduled to be organised in Mumbai from September 12. The platform…
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Urjit Patel has taken charge as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), an official statement said here on Monday. “Urjit R. Patel assumed charge as the twenty-fourth Governor of…
Agartala, Sep 5 (IANS) Veteran tribal leader and former Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee chief Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl, who along with six Congress lawmakers joined the Trinamool Congress in April, was chosen as leader of the…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Ground zero of the global battle against one of humankind’s deadliest diseases, India could have between two and three times more tuberculosis (TB) cases than currently assumed, said a recent…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Emphasising on social performance for economic growth of the country, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that unemployment growth is not the requirement for the country. Stating that two factors…
Srinagar, Sep 5 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said some members of parliament from the all-party delegation went to meet Kashmiri separatists in their individual capacity and the behaviour of the Hurriyat…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday quashed a criminal case against India’s limited overs cricket captain M.S. Dhoni for being depicted as Lord Vishnu on the cover of a business magazine….
Patna, Sep 5 (IANS) Suspected Maoists torched half a dozen vehicles and machines of a private construction company on Monday in Bihar’s Gaya district, police said. “A group of armed Maoists attacked the camp of…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday stressed on the need to imbibe technology in education and said teachers should instill in children civilisational values of sacrifice, tolerance, pluralism, understanding and compassion….
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Sharing his experience in politics of India post-Independence, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that India is currently a victim of cross-border terrorism and not a homegrown one. He said…
By Sidhartha Dutta Varanasi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Ganga was in spate and the neighbourhoods on its banks in this soulful but chaotic city deluged. And the doms, who cremate the dead to earn their…
Srinagar, Sep 5 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said some members of parliament went to meet Kashmiri separatist leaders in their individual capacity and not as part of an all-party delegation on a…
By C. Uday Bhaskar Global attention that is both transient and fickle is currently focused on the G20 summit at Hangzhou that is being seen as Chinese President Xi Jinpings Olympic equivalent. The 2008 Beijing…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday gave the Centre four weeks’ time to file its response on the right of Muslim women in matrimonial matters relating to divorce and maintenance, including…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to the nation’s second President, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, on the occasion of Teachers’ Day and saluted the dedication and commitment of all teachers….
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear the plea of the Delhi government challenging the Delhi High Court’s decision on the power and position of Lt. Governor…
Srinagar, Sep 5 (IANS) CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday urged the government to start an “unconditional dialogue” with all stakeholders, including separatists, for peace in Kashmir that is battling nearly two months of…
By K.S. Jayaraman Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) In a collaborative project, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US and the Masdar Institute of Science in Abu Dhabi claim to have found…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted the nation on the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, wishing for the blessings of Lord Ganesha on everyone. “Ganesh Chaturthi greetings to everyone….