New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday named former union ministers P. Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, Jairam Ramesh, Ambika Soni and Oscar Fernandes as its candidates for the biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha….
Mumbai, May 28 (IANS) A 49-year-old Mumbai woman’s heart saved the life of a 50-year-old-woman from Surat in the 19th heart transplant performed at the Fortis Hospital here on Saturday, a spokesperson said. The donor…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday advised the Narendra Modi government to muster courage to go for “bold reforms” and “engage the opposition in order to give push to…
Ahmedabad, May 28 (IANS) A 30-year-old man was Saturday afternoon attacked by a lioness in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region in the fifth case of attacks by big cats on humans in the Gir forests, the sole…
Ahmedabad, May 28 (IANS) A 30-year-old man was Saturday afternoon attacked by a lioness in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region in the fifth case of attacks by big cats on humans in the Gir forests, the sole…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) West Bengal State BJP president Dilip Ghosh, who seems to have made it a habit to hog the limelight for all the wrong reasons, has now threatened to beat up Trinamool…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Union ministers showcased their achievements and leading names from Bollywood, including Amitabh Bachchan, espoused social causes at the “Ek Nayi Subah” event at India Gate lawns here on Saturday to…
Mumbai, May 28 (IANS) Marking a comeback for senior Congress leader and former chief minister Narayan Rane, the party on Saturday fielded him for the June 10 biennial elections to the Maharashtra legislative council. The…
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti addresses at Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in Srinagar on May 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar, May 28 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on…
Imphal, May 28 (IANS) Newspaper editors in Manipur on Saturday decided not to yield to pressure from the NIA which has demanded they share source of underground press releases and other details which will lead…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Indian climber Sunita Hazara, who was rescued after going missing while attempting to scale Mount Everest and hospitalised in Kathmandu, arrived in the eastern metropolis on Saturday. Hazara was among the…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) India’s economy has picked up pace and achieved a growth rate of about 7.5 percent amid a global slowdown, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here on Saturday. “At a time…
Islamabad, May 28 (IANS) Pakistan had the ability and had planned to conduct a nuclear test in 1984, said scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan. However, Gen. Zia opposed the idea as it would have curtailed international…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Parliamentarians, including Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Saturday paid homage to Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on his 133 birth anniversary. They paid floral…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Former home minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday said there was a pattern in the Malegaon blast witnesses turning hostile, especially after the NDA government came to power. “Of course there…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The girl child should be nurtured, educated and treated as equal to the opposite gender, megastar Amitabh Bachchan said as the ambassador of the ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padao’ campaign, at…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Taking a dig at the Centre, former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Saturday wondered whether the Narendra Modi-led BJP government “deserves” RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and described him as “one…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The police has registered four separate cases of alleged assault on African nationals in the national capital, but added that none were part of a planned attack and were not…
Mumbai, May 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mumbai unit on Saturday spiked a party leader’s proposal seeking to set up a chain of tea and food stalls, named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in…
Puducherry, May 28 (IANS) Former union minister V. Narayanasamy on Saturday was elected as the Congress Legislature Party leader in Puducherry and will be the union territory’s next chief minister. Congress’s central observers – former…