Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 18 (IANS) The Congress’ Kerala unit on Friday decided to ask its government to conduct a comprehensive probe into a letter which has appeared in the media in the name of state Home…
Kolkata, Dec 18 (IANS) Months before the West Bengal Assembly elections, the state’s Mamata Banerjee government on Friday decided to start a new food security scheme under which three crore beneficiaries will be entitled to…
Nagpur (Maharashtra), Dec 18 (IANS) Muslim legislators from Maharashtra on Friday submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis seeking a ‘dry day’ (no liquor sales) on December 24, which will be celebrated as Prophet…
Hyderabad, Dec 18 (IANS) YSR Congress legislator Roja was on Friday suspended from the Andhra Pradesh assembly for one year for her unparliamentary behaviour in the house. Speaker K. Sivaprasad Rao announced her suspension after…
Hyderabad, Dec 18 (IANS) The Telangana government said on Friday that it plans to expand Hyderabad metro rail project by another 83 km to provide connectivity to various destinations on the city’s outskirts. Information Technology…
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The central government on Friday partially succeeded in breaking the logjam in Rajya Sabha after an all-party meet convened by Chairman Hamid Ansari ended on a positive note – but…
Patna: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav addresses during a programme in Patna on Sep 22, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Lucknow, Dec 18 (IANS) In a major security breach, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and…
Patna, Dec 18 (IANS) Bihar will first ban country-made liquor followed by Indian-made foreign liquor next year, Excise and Prohibition Minister Abdul Jalil Mastan said on Friday. “The government will first ban ‘desi’ liquor from…
Lucknow, Dec 18 (IANS) Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Friday slammed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for levelling charges against union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Talking to reporters here after inaugurating a mega store of…
Ranchi, Dec 18 (IANS) The Jharkhand government on Friday said there is no plan to ban liquor sale in the state. The state assembly was informed this in reply to a question by Bharatiya Janata…
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) The new Defence Procurement Procedure will be ready soon, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday, and it will have clear categorisation…
Hyderabad, Dec 18 (IANS) All members of opposition YSR Congress Party were on Friday suspended from Andhra Pradesh assembly for stalling the proceedings to demand a immediate debate on the call money racket. The Leader…
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) A neighbour and friend of Pakistani origin Syed Rizwan Farook, who along with his wife killed 14 people in a terror attack in California, has been arrested for allegedly providing material…
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) Republican presidential frontrunner and Russian President Vladimir Putin seem set to form a mutual admiration society going by their high praise for each other. First, the Russian leader, during an annual…
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Supreme Court Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri on Friday called upon the political parties to shed their egos and come together for the nation’s development. “Shed your egos and come together…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 18 (IANS) Kummanam Rajasekharan, a full-time RSS pracharak, was appointed the new president of the BJP’s Kerala unit on Friday, a development that came as a surprise for BJP activists here. Rajasekharan’s name…
Islamabad, Dec 18 (IANS) India’s outgoing High Commissioner to Pakistan T.C.A. Raghavan said the bilateral relations between New Delhi and Islamabad are heading towards betterment. Speaking at a farewell dinner in Islamabad, Raghavan on Thursday…
Washington, Dec 17 (PTI) A leading American foreign policy journal today alleged that India is building a top-secret nuclear city to produce thermos nuclear weapons which would upgrade the country as a nuclear power and unsettle its two major…
Hyderabad, Dec 17 (PTI) Chicago State University (CSU) to confer a Doctorate of Honour degree to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in recognition of his “efforts to bring socio-economic development in the state”….
Hyderabad: The son of an additional district judge in Telangana was physically assaulted in Hyderabad after he accidentally drove past the convoy of prohibition & excise minister T Padma Rao. The incident reportedly took place at…