New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Election Commission on Thursday banned exit polls between April 4 and May 16 during which polling will be held for assemblies of Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) on Thursday urged the Manipur government to immediately drop all charges against rights activist Irom Sharmila. “Following the order of a Delhi court acquitting…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched the ‘Greening Delhi’ programme by planting trees, and promising that PWD roads will be vacuum cleaned in two months. “Apart from restoring…
Ankara, March 31 (IANS) At least seven police officers were killed in car bomb attack on an armored police vehicle in southeastern Turkey on Thursday, media reports said. Moreover, 27 others including 13 policemen were…
Washington, March 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a visit to the US, spoke to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday and assured “all possible support” in the wake of a flyover…
Gurgaon, March 31 (IANS) Several industrial workers’ unions in Haryana on Thursday protested against amendment bills passed in the state assembly, saying they will empower industrialists and badly harm the rights of the labour class….
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti during a meeting in Srinagar on March 24, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Jammu, March 31 (IANS) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti will take oath as the chief minister of Jammu…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has recommended to the Delhi government to take effective measures to recover outstanding loans. “The total expenditure during 2014-15 at Rs.29,593.37 crore…
Bhopal, March 31 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership was god’s gift. This is a matter of pride and self-respect that the country has…
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) Eighteen people were killed when a flyover under construction crashed in a crowded market area here on Thursday, crushing scores of unsuspecting people and some vehicles, top officials and witnesses said….
New Delhi : The Pakistani Joint Investigation Team that is in India to probe the January 2 Pathankot terror attack; in New Delhi on March 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Suspended…
Guwahati, March 31 (IANS) Out of the 539 candidates contesting the first phase of assembly polls in Assam, 112 are crorepatis and at least 20 of them have assets worth over Rs.5 crore each, an…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the where a part of a portion of Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in Kolkata on March 31, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) The collapse of a…
Panaji, March 31 (IANS) Going back on a major poll promise to relocate offshore casinos out of the Mandovi river off Panaji, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Thursday said the casinos will continue there…
Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) The Maharashtra government and Tata Trusts have signed multiple MoUs to improve community developmental indicators spanning various sectors in the state, an official said here on Thursday. The memorandums of understanding…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Nearly half the candidates contesting the first phase of the Assam assembly elections have not declared their income tax details, an NGO, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), said here on…
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) BJP legislator O.P. Sharma was on Thursday suspended for the next two sessions of the Delhi assembly after he refused to apologise to AAP member Alka Lamba but expressed “regret”…
Panaji, March 31 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Thursday said a BJP leader’s alleged comments about beating up JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar were “not proper”. “I do not know what (BJP’s state…
Hyderabad, March 31 (IANS) Civil rights activist Teesta Setalvad and two Communist Party of India-Marxist MPs were Thursday not allowed to enter University of Hyderabad while continued curbs on the campus evoked strong protest from…
Moscow, March 31 (IANS) Russia on Thursday denied media reports that Moscow and Washington had reached an agreement on ousting Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. “The difference between the Russian side and other countries lies in…