New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) There were 418,536 prisoners in Indian jails at the end of 2014, against the capacity of 356,561, the government said on Tuesday. Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary…
Vatican city, March 15 (IANS) The Pope during consistory of cardinals on Tuesday announced September 4 as the date for Mother Teresa’s canonization, the media reported. After months of anticipation, the date for Mother Teresa’s…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for UK and Turkey from New Delhi on Nov 12, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Brussels, March 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Belgium on March…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Attacks by Maoists on economic targets rose to 127 in 2015, up from 100 the previous year, parliament was told on Tuesday. Minister of State for Home Haribhai Parathibhai…
Moscow, March 15 (IANS) The Russian defence ministry on Tuesday announced that its airbase in Syria was preparing aircraft to return home following a surprise withdrawal order by President Vladimir Putin, media reports said. Defence…
Nay Pyi Taw, March 15 (IANS) Myanmar on Tuesday elected U Htin Kyaw of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party as its new president, the first civilian to lead the country after over…
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) New Delhi, March 15…
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents national budget 2016-17 at the Parliament House in New Delhii on Feb, 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS/ Lok Sabha TV) New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The government has…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The government will soon provide a single-window clearance for urban development projects and setting up of monuments by citizens and others, Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said in the…
Kathmandu, March 15 (IANS) Visiting Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Tuesday met the agitating Madhesi leaders here in connection with their dialogue with the Nepal government. Jaishankar arrived in the capital on Monday night…
Imphal, March 15 (IANS) The dissidence in the Congress in Manipur assumed a serious aspect on Tuesday when both Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and his deputy Gaikhangam Gangmei left for New Delhi following party…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday assured the Rajya Sabha that the government will honour the commitments made to Andhra Pradesh post-bifurcation of the state, as the upper house witnessed…
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh twice in April to participate in programmes organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an official said on Tuesday. Modi will take part…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Hong Kong, March 15 (IANS) Virgin mountains, lush green rice fields, accessible jungle, green rolling hills, waterscapes, the world famed Angkor Wat temple, low-cost skilled movie workforce and fast permissions are on…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday discussed the bill that seeks to protect the interests of property buyers against unscrupulous promoters and set up a sectoral watchdog, with the opposition Congress…
Imphal, March 15 (IANS) Deputy Superintendent of Police Thounaojam Brinda has resigned, alleging her loyalty was often suspected because she was the daughter-in-law of a former insurgent leader. Brinda said she submitted her resignation to…
Lucknow, March 15 (IANS) Congress workers in Allahabad have announced a Rs.10 lakh bounty on liquor baron and Rajya Sabha member Vijay Mallya after allegations surfaced about his leaving the country despite huge debts last…
Dhaka, March 15 (IANS) The chief of Bangladeshs central bank resigned on Tuesday over a cyber heist involving over $80 million from its account with New York’s Federal Reserve Bank. Governor Atiur Rahman tendered his…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court on Tuesday seeking action against JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on a sedition charge for saying that the Indian Army…
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Lok Sabha members including from the ruling BJP, the CPI-M and the Congress on Tuesday raised matters concerning a “sting operation” against Trinammol Congress members and demanded a house probe…