New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday decided to propagate about its government schemes among the masses so that the general public understands what the Narendra Modi government is doing…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 15 (IANS) Myanmar’s parliament on Tuesday elected U Htin Kyaw of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party as the new president, the first civilian to lead the country after…
Kuala Lumpur, March 15 (IANS) Malaysia will deport two Australian journalists on Tuesday who were detained in Sarawak state for asking Prime Minister Najib Razak about corruption allegations. The two reporters, Liston Besser and Louie…
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) As the Akhilesh Yadav government completed four years on Tuesday, the state officials claimed due to the pro-industry policies, an investment of Rs.25,081.10 crore has been made in last four years….
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh (UP) twice in April, to participate in programmes organised by the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an official confirmed on…
Taipei, March 15 (IANS) Taiwan’s President-elect Tsai Ing-wen, of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), on Tuesday appointed Lin Chuan, a former finance minister, as the nation’s future prime minister. In a press conference, Tsai…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 15 (IANS) Myanmar on Tuesday started its presidential election in the Union Parliament comprising two Houses. The country’s new president will be elected among three vice presidents, Xinhua news agency reported….
Moscow, March 15 (IANS) The Russian air force deployed in Syria would start withdrawal from Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The Russian president said this on Monday at a meeting with Defence Minister…
Bengaluru, March 14 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Monday set up an Anti-Corruption Bureau to provide a transparent and efficient administration. Though Karnataka was the first state to set up an anti-corruption watchdog – the…
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) The BJP, CPI-M and Congress on Monday urged the Election Commission to cancel the candidature of Trinamool Congress leaders in the upcoming assembly polls in West Bengal in the wake of…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Appropriation Bill, completing the first phase of the budgetary exercise for 2016-17, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying that his government will find a…
Bhubaneswar, March 14 (IANS) The Odisha cabinet on Monday approved Odisha State Food Commission Rules, 2016 for setting up a State Food Commission to monitor and evaluate the National Food Security Act in the state….
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers Association (JNUTA) on Monday awarded the annual Irom Sharmila scholarship to the JNU students’ union and posthumously to University of Hyderabad research scholar Rohith Vemula….
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) In a jolt to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, its senior leader and former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal was on Monday night arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection…
Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) In a jolt to the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, its senior leader and former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal was on Monday night arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection…
Mumbai: File photo of Ishrat Jahan who was named as a suicide bomber for the terror outfit Laskhar-e-Taiba by David Coleman Headley during his video-link deposition at TADA court in Mumbai on Feb. 11, 2016….
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Despite ongoing protests by a section of students, the Calcutta University on Monday announced it would stick to its stand of not deferring its final year exams of its three-year undergraduate…
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Blind voters will be provided poll-related information via voice SMS service in the forthcoming Bengal assembly elections, an Election Commission official said. “Through voice SMS, blind voters would be able to…
New Delhi/Mumbai, March 14 (IANS) Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Monday admitted to having made “editorial” changes to the affidavits filed in the Ishrat Jahan case. Chidambaram was replying to a question at the…
Kolkata: BJP leaders Siddharth Nath Singh and Dilip Ghosh show videos from a sting operation conducted on Trinamool leaders during a press conference in Kolkata, on March 14, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, March 14 (IANS)…