New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Even as the Narendra Modi government completes two years at the Centre, the opposition parties are mincing no words in criticising its performance. On Wednesday, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) targeted…
Kabul, May 25 (IANS) The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday named Haibatullah Akhundzada, an inflentual religious scholar rather than a combatant, as its head after the killing of Akhtar Mansour in a US drone strike in…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The BJP here on Wednesday released a handout on the achievements of the Narendra Modi government in the past two years. Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave a power point presentation…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave ex-post facto approval to a law on setting up six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the…
Kolkata: Actor Amitabh Bachchan during inauguration of a jewellery store in Kolkata, on May 8, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan will not host the celebration of the second…
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) Muslim representation in the new West Bengal assembly remained at 59, the same as last time, constituting 20 percent of the total house strength of 294. However, the Trinamool Congress and…
Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said his predecessor Bhupinder Singh Hooda was “getting nervous and fearful of landing behind bars” since the “misdeeds” committed during his rule were…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Union cabinet on Wednesday granted ex-post facto approval to the proposal for undertaking a cadre review of the Indian Postal Service. The cadre review will enable the Department of…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Union Minister Shripad Yasso Naik on Wednesday said that yoga should be kept out of politics as he launched the new website of the AYUSH ministry and web portal for…
Mumbai: Actor Amitabh Bachchan during the naming of a street junction after renowned Hindu author-journalist Dharamvir Bharati, at Bandra in Mumbai, on April 30, 2016. Late Dharamvir Bharati and Late Harivansh Rai Bachchan, father of…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday gave ex post facto approval to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and the Maldives for strengthening cooperation in tourism. The MoU with the…
Chandigarh, May 25 (IANS) With Gurgaon developing as a major service sector and industrial hub, the Haryana government is mulling setting up a separate development authority for the Millennium City adjoining the national capital, a…
Kannur: CPI-M leader Pinarayi Vijayan celebrates party’s performance in the recently concluded Kerala Assembly polls in Kannur on May 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) CPI-M politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan, 71, was on…
Guwahati, May 25 (IANS) The new government in Assam led by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday decided to abolish with immediate effect all the check gates in the state, which have become the hub…
Imphal, May 25 (IANS) The suspension of former Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio from the ruling Naga People’s Front by party president Shurhozelie Liezietsu has sharpened Rio’s feud with incumbent Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang. While…
Panaji, May 25 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani for approving Goa’s first IIT centre. “Goa takes one more step towards…
Srinagar, May 25 (IANS) Pro-Azadi Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested in summer capital Srinagar on Wednesday on the eve of a protest shutdown called by the separatists against…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday gave its ex post facto approval for the introduction of two constitutional amendment bills in parliament to grant Scheduled Tribes (ST) status to certain communities…
Islamabad, May 25 (IANS) Pakistan supports increase in the number of seats for Africa in the UN Security Council, Radio Pakistan reported on Wednesday. Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi, in a 15-member…
Agartala, May 25 (IANS) Income Tax authorities have served notices to several Tripura ministers and legislators belonging to Left parties for allegedly not providing returns to the IT authorities, officials and party leaders said here…