Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) A small Mumbai firm has been granting fully-paid ‘period leave’ to all its women employees since 2010 for both medical and religious reasons. Currently, there is only one woman employee working…
Pathankot: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being given a presentation on counter-terrorism and combing operation by the Defence Forces, at Pathankot Airbase on Jan 9, 2016. Also seen the National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, the Chief…
Patna, March 4 (IANS) JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar is more of a ‘deshbhakt’ (patriot) than BJP leaders who have dubbed him anti-national, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Friday. Nitish Kumar made…
Pune, March 4 (IANS) India’s pioneering film archivist and film scholar P.K. Nair, who won the epithet ‘celluloid man’ for his impeccable body of work as the founder and former director of the National Film…
Washington, March 4 (IANS) Ami Bera, the only Indian origin member of the US House of Representatives announced his support for two progressive Indian-American women running for office in Vermont and Washington states. Bera is…
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf talking to the media during a press conference in New Delhi on November 17, 2012. (Photo: PP Sarkar/IANS) Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf is expected to…
From Lalit K Jha Washington, Mar 4 (PTI) Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump has announced to appoint a top American Senator as head of his national security team. In a statement, Trump said Jeff…
Madrid, March 4 (IANS) Spanish Princess Cristina, the youngest sister of King Felipe VI of Spain and sixth in line to the Spanish throne, on Thursday, testified in a tax fraud case in which she…
CN01 . (North Korea ) , 05/ 01 / 2016.- Photo courtesy today , Tuesday January 5, 2016 , North Korean leader Kim Jong -un ( c ) observing a competition of military ordnance in…
Damascus, March 4 (IANS) Syria suffered a power blackout on Thursday throughout the country and internet services were also partially down, Xinhua cited state news agency SANA as saying. Citing a source with the Electricity…
Mirpur: Indian batsmen Yuvraj Singh and Shikhar Dhawan after winning the ninth Asia Cup 2016 match against UAE at Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh on March 3, 2016. (Photo: Surjeet Yadav/IANS) Mirpur (Bangladesh),…
JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar. (File Photo: IANS) By Archana Rao and Rajnish Singh New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested for sedition 20 days ago, was released from the Tihar…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 3 (IANS) The Kerala Congress-Mani, the third largest member in the ruling Congress-led UDF, split on Thursday when four senior leaders decided to quit. The party has eight legislators but none of them…
Hyderabad, March 3 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has turned to the Indian School of Business (ISB) to hire executives to achieve its goal to be among the top three states in India by 2022…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the Centre has to decide on the release of those convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday denied in the Rajya Sabha that his ministerial colleague Ram Shankar Katheria made an inflammatory speech in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, and stressed…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar was released from the Tihar Jail here on Wednesday evening, a day after the Delhi High Court gave him a six-month interim bail, jail authorities…
Rohtak: Security beefup in Rohtak in the wake off Jats demonstration on Feb 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Gurgaon, March 3 (IANS) Over 1,000 people across Gurgaon have been booked for various offences in connection with…
New Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly S. Madhusudhana Chary called on Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan at Rajbhavan in Hyderabad on June 10, 2014. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, March 3 (IANS) Telangana assembly Speaker Madhusudhana Chary…
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The marquee World Twenty20 match between India and Pakistan at Dharamsala will be played as scheduled on March 19, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur…