Ottawa, Feb 4 (IANS) A Canadian opposition lawmaker’s comment in the House of Commons that he needed an “English to English translation” to understand Indian-origin Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has been taken as a racist…
New Delhi/Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) The Indian Army on Thursday thanked the Pakistan Army for an offer of help in rescue and recovery of their personnel buried in an avalanche on Siachen. “We thanked Pakistan…
Agartala, Feb 4 (IANS) Peeved over the exclusion of state capital Agartala from the Smart Cities list, Tripura’s Left Front government has lodged a protest with the Centre on the “shocking” omission. “The Tripura government…
Hyderabad, Feb 4 (IANS) Repolling in one division of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will be held on Friday, officials said. The polling in 50 polling centres in Puranapul division of the old city will…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley addresses at the India Investment Summit 2016, in New Delhi on Feb 4, 2016. Also seen the Secretary, Department of Economic…
MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. (File Photo: IANS) Lucknow, Feb 4 (IANS) MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday appealed to the people of Uttar Pradesh to help him uproot the Samajwadi party (SP) from the state….
Kochi, Feb 4 (IANS) BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday held meetings with top leaders of the state BJP units from Tamil Nadu and Kerala on preparations for the upcoming assembly elections. Four central ministers…
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Describing intolerance as a huge crisis faced by the country, eminent poet Ashok Vajpeyi on Thursday hit out at the “corporatisation” of politics, saying its sole aim now was to remain…
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia addresses a press conference in New Delhi, on Dec 15, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The AAP government will appeal the Delhi High Court’s…
New Delhi: (L to R) Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayors Harshdeep Malhotra, Ravinder Gupta and Subhash Arya meets Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia regarding the non-payment of dues in New Delhi on Feb 4, 2016….
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday sought a report from the Karnataka government on the assault by a mob on a…
Kohima, Feb 4 (IANS) The Nagaland government is ready to play any role in bringing Myanmar-based Naga insurgent group NSCN-K to re-enter a ceasefire agreement with the Indian government, Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang has said….
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The budget session of Parliament will begin on February 23 with President Pranab Mukherjee’s address to a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The General Budget…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government will push a constitutional amendment in the coming budget session of parliament for increasing reservation for women in panchayat bodies from 33 percent to 50 percent,…
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Asserting that everybody has the right to express his dissent, veteran actor-director Amol Palekar on Thursday wondered why there was so much fuss over people returning their awards as a mark…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) In the next three years, the government aims to take digital literacy to at least 50 percent from the current level of 15 percent, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar…
Jammu: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti meets Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra at Raj Bhavan in Jammu on Feb 2, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Sheikh Qayoom Jammu/Srinagar, Feb 4 (IANS) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president…
New Delhi: Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari addresses a press conference in New Delhi, on Sep 22, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Greater Noida, Feb 4 (IANS) The central government will soon consider…
(160203) — PYONGYANG, Feb. 3, 2016 (Xinhua) — A model of Unha-3 rocket is displayed at the Sci-Tech Complex in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Feb. 3, 2016. (Xinhua/Lu…
New Delhi: Chief Executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, CY Leung calls on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on Feb 4, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Prime Minister…