Chennai, June 16 (IANS) The share prices of three listed associate banks of State Bank of India (SBI) flared up for second consecutive day on Thursday whereas the latter’s scrip only went up by five…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Even as the central government announced increase in buffer stock for pulses to eight lakh tonnes, escalating prices of Urad, Tur, gram and Kabli gram remained a cause for its…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for 10 crore people to be brought into the tax net, up from the current 5.3 crore, in a bid to expand the…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Home Ministry official B.K. Prasad on Thursday dismissed the charge that he tutored a witness in the probe relating to missing documents in the Ishrat Jahan case. Prasad in a…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Hours after the Delhi Police gave a clean chit to BJP leader and NDMC Vice-Chairman Karan Singh Tanwar in a murder case, the ruling AAP on Thursday questioned the police…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 16 (IANS) A Kerala government project to provide cheap air connectivity between the state and the Middle East can now take off with the scrapping of the “5/20 rule,” said aviation entrepreneur K.J….
Chandigarh, June 16 (IANS) Clearing desks for the release of “Udta Punjab”, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday dismissed a bunch of petitions seeking a stay on it. Justice M. Jeyapaul dismissed the…
Srinagar, June 16 (IANS) Four militants and a soldier were killed in a gun battle near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. The troops engaged a group of…
Hyderabad, June 16 (IANS) Taxi aggregator Uber will have presence in 50 cities in India by the end of the current year and is looking to partner with local companies to expand its business, a…
Panaji, June 16 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal sought the support of the states on Thursday to stop the menace of power thefts in the country. “Urban areas and our cities and towns also…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday demanded a probe against Congress leader Kamal Nath over his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Addressing the media, AAP leader H.S….
Chennai, June 16 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government will add new thermal power generation capacity of 13,000 MW and 3,000 MW of solar power over the next five years while continuing with many of its…
By Sandeep Pauranik Jhansi, June 16 (IANS) If you take to the roads of Bundelkhand, you will be captivated by the lush growth of trees — and the messages on them: “Don’t cut me”, “We…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Thursday that the “missing documents” of the Ishrat Jahan encounter case amounted to “anti-national activity” and those involved will be punished. Naqvi’s reaction…
By Tanay Sukumar When the then Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury launched the Dhanalakshmi scheme in 2008, she hoped it would encourage families to educate girls. The scheme encouraged families to delay marriage,…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Two persons, one of them a policeman, were crushed to death and two others injured on Thursday after a speeding truck hit several vehicles at a check-point here, police said….
By Mahendra Ved Windhoek (Namibia), June 16 (IANS) Promising to forge “a new relationship” with Africa, President Pranab Mukherjee has assured people in the continent “we are with you in all your struggles”. The message…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The CPI-M on Thursday accused the BJP of whipping up Hindutva ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and said it was promoting “the cult of an authoritarian leader”. Commenting…
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi-led NDA government of creating a “fake controversy” around the affidavits in the Ishrat Jahan case. Chidambaram, in a…
The Supreme Court of India (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with a Bombay High Court order allowing the release of Bollywood film “Udta Punjab”, set…