Dengue case reported in Delhi’s Okhla
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A case of dengue has been reported from Okhla area of the national capital, an official said on Tuesday. “A child aged between 5-6 years from Ekhan locality of Okhla…
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Car pool app launched for odd-even scheme
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday launched a app called “Poocho Carpool” to give people more options for car pooling during the second phase of the odd-even traffic scheme…
India committed to protecting tigers: Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the inauguration of the 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation, in New Delhi on April 12, 2016. Also seen the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and…
Mehbooba meets Rajnath, Gadkari
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday met union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for the first time after assuming office. She also met Road Transport, Highways and Shipping…
President, vice president, PM extend greetings on Baisakhi
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted the people on the occasion of Baisakhi and other festivals like Vishu, Puthandu, Masadi, Vaishkhadi,…
British royals meet victims of acid attack, domestic abuse
Mumbai: Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during a charity reception at Mumbai hotel on April 10, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Duke and Duchess of…
SC to examine if defaulters’ names can be made public
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court will examine if the Reserve Bank of India and the central government could take shelter behind the confidentiality clause in the RBI Act and other…
Sister of Indian prisoner who died in Pakistan protests at Attari
Attari (Punjab), April 12 (IANS) A sister of Kirpal Singh — who died in Pakistan where he was jailed after conviction for spying — on Tuesday protested at the Attari-Wagah integrated checkpost on the India-Pakistan…
Singapore turned new Asian century dream into reality: Sushma
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) It was under the able leadership of the city-state of Singapore in southeast Asia that the dream of a new Asian century…
Bombay HC’s posers to BCCI on IPL matches
Mumbai, April 12 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Tuesday posed some uncomfortable questions to the BCCI on whether Indan Premier League matches should be played in Maharashtra in view of the grim water situation…
83.73 percent turnout in Bengal polling Monday: EC
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) Altogether 83.73 percent voters exercised their franchise on Monday in 31 constituencies for the second part of first phase of the West Bengal assembly poll, officials said. Maximum polling (90.62 percent)…
Second ‘water train’ being filled up for Latur supply: CM
Mumbai/Latur, April 12 (IANS) Hours after a ‘water train’ reached the parched Latur district in Maharashtra, another train was being filled for more supply, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday. “The work to fill…
Triple dose of good news for India: On monsoon, inflation, industry
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Tuesday could well be a day to raise the toast for the Indian economy. Official data forecast rains during the upcoming monsoon season to be above normal, retail inflation has…
Odisha CM meets Modi, seeks coal blocks to state PSUs
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday raised several issues related to coal blocks, including their allocation to state PSUs, during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday….
Biker Veenu Paliwal dies in road accident
Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh), April 12 (IANS) Famed Indian woman biker Veenu Paliwal’s death was caused by internal injuries she suffered in the road accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Vidisha district. Her post-mortem examination report has revealed,…
India-US agree to conclude military logistic agreement
New Delhi: US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter calls on Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi on April 12, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) India and the US are “destined to…
Jayalalithaa announces financial aid to kin of rally dead
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) Jayalalithaa Chennai, April 12 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa condoled the death of two people who had attended her rally on Monday…
Delhi’s Nigerian cocaine ‘kingpin’ nabbed, drug peddling gang busted
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Fill, a 33-year-old Nigerian, is cooling his heels in Tihar Jail under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. With his arrest, Delhi Police have heaved…
Indian Jews approach government for minority status
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The Indian Jewish community has reiterated its demand for recognition as a minority community in the country. The community has moved an application with the union minority affairs ministry to…
Mehbooba Mufti meets Rajnath
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti calls on the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on April 12, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief…