Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting and BJP leader Arun Jaitley. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley leaves for the US on Tuesday on a…
Kerala (Kollam): The Paravur Puttingal temple where 96 people lost their lives following an accident caused by a firework display on April 10, 2016 in Kollam district of Kerala, about 60 km from state capital…
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh), April 11 (IANS) A 121 feet long agarbatti (joss stick) has been lit at the site of the Simhasth Kumbh pilgrimage which is to be held here from April 22 to May…
Rohtak: People from Jat community stage a demonstration to press for Special Backward Class (SBC) status in Rohtak on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, April 11 (IANS) After denying outright any incidents of rapes…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, April 11 (IANS) The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has started investigating the reasons for leak of heavy water at its 220 MW reactor at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) Notwithstanding the sweltering heat, 60 percent of the nearly 70 lakh voters turned out till 1 p.m. on Monday to cast their ballot in 31 constituencies in the second part of…
Lucknow, April 11 (IANS) Newly appointed president of Uttar Pradesh BJP Keshav Maurya, who arrived here on Monday to a grand welcome by supporters and party workers, said the party would win 265 seats in…
Kolkata: CPI-M West Bengal Secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) The Election Commission failed to play its expected role in ensuring peaceful and fair assembly polls in some areas of West…
Chennai, April 11 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) guidelines on priority sector lending certificate is credit positive for even nationalised banks without expertise in lending to that sector, said credit rating agency Moody’s…
Kochi, April 11 (IANS) The devaswom bench of Kerala High Court will on Tuesday take up a letter seeking the court’s intervention to take suo moto action in the temple fireworks tragedy saying that none…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday urged the people here to save water and send it to drought-hit Latur city in…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday constituted a three-member committee to collect videotape footage of a sting operation in which several leaders of West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress were allegedly shown…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, on April 11, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) India and the Maldives on…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, laid a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti at India Gate here on Monday. On Sunday, the royal couple…
Panaji, April 11 (IANS) Goa Congress president Luizinho Faleiro on Monday said casinos have made Goa the sin city of India and slammed the Laxmikant Parsekar-led government in this regard. Faleiro said the BJP-led coalition…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) About 700 experts, scientists and bureaucrats will participate in the third Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation which starts here on Tuesday, said officials. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Referring to India’s Neighbourhood First policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the security and stability of the Maldives are in the interest of India. The Maldives is…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) West Bengal Congress leaders on Monday moved the Election Commission alleging malpractices in some constituencies where the second part of the first phase of the assembly polls is being held,…
Kolkata, April 11 (IANS) St. Olav’s Church, dating back to the Danish settlement in West Bengal, will be thrown open for regular service as well as visitors from April 16 following restoration of the building…
Guwahati, April 11 (IANS) Amid reports of stray violence from different parts of the state, the second phase of polling recorded over 55 percent voting till 2 p.m. on Monday. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh…