Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) Five crore Indians would be provided gas connections under the ‘Ujjwala’ scheme over the next three years, including 1.5 crore poor women who will get it free, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan…
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien on Saturday caused embarrassment to his party after it was revealed that he had showed a photoshopped picture in his bid to prove close…
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) As many as 46 people have been arrested by police in post-poll violence following the third phase of West Bengal assembly polls, the Election Commission said on Saturday. “Commission is following…
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and demanded that the government stop “jumlas” (false promises) and start “working” as public patience…
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Amid reports of poll-related violence from various parts of West Bengal, the Election Commission on Saturday warned that the officials concerned in the violence-torn areas would be held accountable and face…
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien at the Parliament in New Delhi, on Dec 22, 2015. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien on Saturday caused embarrassment…
Chandigarh, April 23 (IANS) Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, convicted in the 1993 Delhi bomb blast, was on Saturday ordered to be released on a 21-day parole by the Punjab government. Bhullar, who is suffering from acute…
Chandigarh, April 23 (IANS) Shiv Sena leader Durga Prasad Gupta was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Khanna town of Punjab’s Ludhiana district on Saturday, police said. Gupta, who was provided security by the Punjab…
Lucknow, April 23 (IANS) Targeting Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party, MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said it invoked the “fear of BJP” in the minorities to rule the state. Reiterating his party’s stand to uproot the…
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The Election Commission has initiated night as well as riverine patrolling in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas and Howrah districts where polling will take place on April 25 in the fourth…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Ruckus Wireless president and CEO Selina Lo called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, an official statement said. During the interaction, Lo appreciated the Digital India and Smart Cities…
New Delhi: A view of traffic at ITO on the fifth day of implementation of odd-even traffic scheme aimed at battling pollution in New Delhi on April 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 23…
Indian Parliament. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Important legislation, including the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, Enemy Property Bill, Railways Appropriation Bill and Afforestation Fund Bill, besides the ratification of President’s…
Mumbai: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar addresses a students rally in Tilak Nagar in Mumbai on April 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, JNUSU president…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) On a day when Rahul Gandhi castigated West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee government over corruption, the ruling Trinamool Congress hit back at the Congress vice…
AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. (File Photo: IANS) Nagercoil (Tamil Nadu), April 23 (IANS) Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan on Saturday wondered why human rights organisations, the Election Commission and others are…
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat during his first cabinet meeting after Uttarakhand High Court set aside President’s Rule in the state, restoring him as the chief minister, nearly a month after he was ousted,…
Kolkata: CPI-M leader V S Achuthanandan during a party rally in Kolkata, on Dec 27, 2015. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Thiruvananthapuram, April 23 (IANS) With the Kerala assembly election around the corner, campaigning has taken a…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Tribal leaders from Manipur’s hills insisted on Saturday that they would not bury the bodies of nine protesters killed in clashes with the police after the state assembly passed three…
By Nirendra Dev New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) With the Congress set to corner the government over the dismissal of the Uttarakhand government and the ruling BJP intending to strongly counter it over “faulty” investigation…