Shimla, March 12 (IANS) Two days after eight trackers went missing on their way to Chanderkhani peak in Himachal Pradesh, a helicopter was deployed on Saturday to locate them, an official said. The rescue team…
Shimla, March 12 (IANS) Two days after eight trackers went missing on their way to Chanderkhani peak in Himachal Pradesh, a helicopter was deployed on Saturday to locate them, an official said. The rescue team…
Kozhikode, March 12 (IANS) The ongoing world’s largest travel trade show ITB-Berlin has chosen ‘Compassionate Kozhikode’ as one of the 50 inspirational projects from around the world and the only one from India. This unique…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Over 13 percent of the school going children in India have turned myopic, an AIIMS study has revealed, adding that the number has doubled in the last decade due to…
Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge) Prakash Javadekar (Photo: IANS/PIB) Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Although India is responsible for only three percent of the global carbon emissions, it is…
By Aadil Mir Srinagar/New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) In a marketing initiative, Rahim Greens Srinagar on Saturday roped in budding cricketer, Amir Hussain Lone, who defied the odds after mastering the sport despite losing both…
By V.Jagannathan Chennai, March 12 (IANS) A team of inspectors are expected to inspect the first 220MW reactor at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) that shut down on March 11 morning due to a leak…
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), March 12 (IANS) Two BSF personnel were killed and four wounded in a gunfight with Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region. The incident occurred around 2.30 a.m. Friday night when a BSF patrol…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Two ex-servicemen working as private security guards were killed during indiscriminate firing after a heated argument among some people at a liquor party at a councillor’s office here, police said…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) We need to create more weapons for peace and not new weapons for war, former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin said on Saturday. Speaking at a session on “Creating…
President Pranab Mukherjee. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Uttar Pradesh on Sunday to inaugurate the 150th-anniversary celebrations of the High Court of judicature at Allahabad, a government…
Agartala, March 12 (IANS) Around 600 troopers of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) would be deployed in West Bengal and Assam to facilitate peaceful assembly elections in the two states, an official said here on Saturday….
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The benefits of the unconventional monetary policy are diminishing while the costs are increasing, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said here on Saturday. “While the jury is still out on the…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Deepening inequalities across societies globally is turning up as a major challenge for the world, Pakistani leader Sherry Rehman said here on Saturday. Rehman, a member of the Pakistan senate…
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address at least 10 public meetings across West Bengal campaigning for the BJP in the assembly polls, the party’s state unit chief Dilip Ghosh…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: IANS/PIB) Patna, March 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed concern over the large number of cases pending in courts for years, saying there is a…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) In a bid to boost the grassroot-level innovations across the country, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday inaugurated the second edition of the week-long “Festival Innovation” at Rashtrapati Bhavan here. The…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Election Commission on Saturday directed the authorities in five election-bound states to identify localities predominantly inhabited by the “weaker sections” to help ensure their participation in the polling process….
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday held a meeting with Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu Salinas during which they did…
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Communications Advisor to the Andhra Pradesh government and Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s husband Parakala Prabhakar underwent a successful heart surgery here and is recovering, official sources said on Saturday. The surgery…