Pune, March 31 (IANS) Senior police officer and State Intelligence Department Commissioner Rashmi Shukla was appointed the new police commissioner of Pune on Thursday, official sources said. An Indian Police Service officer of 1988 batch,…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Fourteen people were killed when a portion of a flyover under construction here collapsed on Thursday, burying several…
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) At least two people were killed and over 100 injured when a part of a flyover under construction collapsed over taxis and other vehicles in a congested area here on Thursday,…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) India will seek that the threat of nuclear terrorism is addressed at the Fourth Nuclear Security Summit being held in Washington even as New Delhi hopes that the participants will…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday said it will move court if the Centre issued an ordinance to nullify the budget already passed by the Uttarakhand assembly. “We have got to know…
Ratabari (Barak Valley, Assam), March 31 (IANS) When Congress-led UPA government was in power, India was being run from Italy, BJP president Amit Shah said here on Thursday in a retort to Congress Vice President…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha has been prorogued by President Pranab Mukherjee, officially ending parliament’s budget session since the Lok Sabha too was prorogued earlier. The move will enable the government to…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Uttarakhand on Friday to attend the first convocation of Swami Rama Himalayan University at Dehradun. While Mukherjee will be the chief guest, Uttarakhand Governor K.K….
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Japan on Thursday committed an official development assistance (ODA) loan of 242.2 billion Japanese yen (around Rs.14,251 crore) to India, the finance ministry said. “Japan has committed loan of an…
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) At least two people were killed when a portion of a flyover under construction collapsed over taxis and other vehicles in the congested Posta area here on Thursday, police and witnesses…
Ranchi, March 31 (IANS) Rajbala Verma, a 1983 batch Indian Administrative Service officer, has been appointed the new Chief secretary of Jharkhand, said an official statement. Verma succeds Rajiv Gauba, who moves to urban development…
Kollam (Kerala), March 31 (IANS) Popular Malayalam actor Mukesh, who has been in films since 1982, is all set to make his debut political campaign after the CPI-M named him a candidate for the Kollam…
Bengaluru, March 31 (IANS) The chemistry examination of the second year pre-university course (PUC) on Thursday was cancelled in Karnataka after the question paper leaked, a senior official said. “We have cancelled the exam after…
Imphal, March 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is betting on Manipuris settled in Assam to win Lakhipur assembly constituency in Barak Valley which will vote on April 4. The party has not only…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday asked the Delhi High Court to direct the Uttar Pradesh police to probe the role of Congress leader P. Chidambaram, who…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) All designated branches of ‘agency banks’ will remain open till eight p.m. on Thursday to help people pay their taxes on the last day of the financial year 2015-16, the…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Suspended Gurdaspur Superintendent of Police Salwinder Singh on Thursday arrived at the NIA headquarters here to be questioned by the Joint Investigation Team from Pakistan on the Pathankot terror attack….
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) A part of a flyover under construction here collapsed on Thursday, reportedly trapping several people in the debris, police said. A portion of the Vivekananda Flyover crashed in the congested Barabazar…
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, April 1(IANS) Why wait for a million-dollar ticket to Mars when you can have an inter-planetary experience a la Oscar nominated blockbuster “The Martian” right here in India? One simply needs…
Hyderabad, March 31 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday made history by making a power-point presentation on irrigation projects in the newly created state. Amid boycott by the Congress and Telugu Desam…