Kanpur, Feb 1 (IANS) At least four persons were killed and over a dozen critically injured after the roof of an under-construction building caved in here leaving as many as 50 persons trapped under the…
Islamabad, Feb 1 (IANS) Pakistan on Wednesday snubbed India’s demand for a “credible crackdown” against militant groups following the detention of Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, saying it does not need New Delhi’s endorsement for its…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 1 (IANS) At least seven police personnel were killed and five injured in a landmine blast triggered by suspected Maoists in Odisha’s Koraput district on Wednesday, police said. Police said the incident took…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday proposed to allocate Rs 5,167.60 crore to the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the 2017-18 fiscal. The government had allocated Rs 4,230.40 crore to…
By Sanjeev Pal New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police have nabbed three alleged ISI agents who operated six hi-tech illegal telephone exchanges at a ‘FIIT JEE’ coaching centre here which they used…
Kolkata, Feb 1 (IANS) Kolkata police quizzed the wife of scam-accused Rose Valley Chit Fund owner Gautam Kundu on Wednesday, in connection with her alleged closeness to an Enforcement Department official in charge of investigating…
Panaji, Feb 1 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar following a complaint of violation of the Model Code of Conduct, filed by Delhi Chief Minister…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Opposition parties on Wednesday slammed the Union Budget as a “damp squib”, “pro-corporate” and “hopeless” while the ruling party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hailed it as “historic” and…
Bengaluru, Feb 1 (IANS) Seasoned campaigners Suresh Raina and Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck brilliant half centuries to help India post a mammoth 202/6 against England in the third and final Twenty20 International at the M….
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday proposed to infuse an additional equity of Rs 1,800 crore in the cash-strapped national passenger carrier Air India for 2017-18 fiscal. The budgetary support…
Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) Neil Gorsuch, a federal appellate judge from Colorado, nominated by US President Donald Trump as the new Supreme Court Justice, has a solidly conservative pedigree that has earned him comparison to…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that the government will give special importance to implementation of schemes for the welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and minorities. Presenting the…
Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) Subba Rao Kolla, an Indian American Republican from Washington DC, announced he will run against incumbent Democrat John Bell for the Virginia House of Delegates 87th District seat, the media reported….
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday announced that the government will develop five special tourism zones in the next financial year. “Tourism is a big employment generator and has a…
Islamabad, Feb 1 (IANS) Two days after Pakistan placed UN sanctioned militant leader, Hafiz Saeed, under house arrest in Lahore, the Interior Ministry on Wednesday banned the JuD chief from travelling out of the country….
Ankara, Feb 1 (IANS/AKI) Fourteen Islamic State fighters were “neutralised” in Syria as part of Turkish-backed operations against the jihadist group, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Wednesday. Turkish armed forces also hit 163…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday kept the tradition of using verses of Urdu poetry with hard nosed business and techinical jargons to present the Budget 2017-18 — the fourth…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Even as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley allocated Rs 48,853 crore to the health sector, and assured of adding 5,000 post graduate medical seats every year, health experts and hospital owners…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Announcing the abolition of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) during his budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the alternative mechanism will be far simpler. “If…
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here on Wednesday said its doctors had revived former union minister E. Ahamed when he was brought after collapsing in Parliament. The Lok Sabha member…