newsSwine flu toll in Kashmir rises to nine
Jammu, Feb 27 (IANS) The swine flu toll in Jammu and Kashmir rose to nine Friday with two more H1N1 infected patients succumbing, officials said.The army Friday said a soldier identified as Havildar
PM responds to 'Visa' jibe
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday asked the opposition if it did not have any other issue to criticise him on in response to their jibe that he should be given a visa to
Australia's Clarke Ready to Play
Auckland, Feb 27 (IANS) Australia skipper Michael Clarke is set to make a comeback in the high-voltage cricket World Cup Pool A game against New Zealand here Saturday, following his recovering
De Villiers powers Proteas to win over Windies
Sydney, Feb 27 (IANS) An unbelievable, unbeaten 162 from just 66 deliveries by captain AB de Villiers powered South Africa to a 257-run win, now the joint biggest victory in World Cups, against
Coal, Power, Cement lead Infrastructural Growth: Economic Survey
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Compared to the sluggish industrial sectors' growth of 2.1 percent from April-December 2014, coal, power and cement in the infrastructure sector have registered double
Land acquisition bill amended for farmers: Modi
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said his government "corrected" the land acquisition act for the sake of farmers, and if there is anything anti-farmer in the law they
Kerala to be first state with green ABS policy
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 27 (IANS) Kerala will soon become the first state in the country to have a policy document on biodiversity conservation related 'access and benefit sharing (ABS)', an
Russia appreciates India's stand against sanctions
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Amid Western threats to impose tougher sanctions on Russia over Ukraine, Moscow Friday appreciated India’s stand and said both countries stood for
We have forced Nation to talk about Black Money: Modi
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said the government had "compelled" the nation to talk about black money."We have compelled the nation to talk about black money. This is
MGNREGA proof of UPA's mistakes, will continue: PM
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday assured the continuation of the national rural employment guarantee scheme saying it made political sense as it was a "living reminder"
Marked improvement in female literacy: Economic Survey
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India has witnessed a marked improvement in female literacy, the Economic Survey said Friday.Though male literacy is still higher at 80.9 percent than female literacy at
Nippon Life acquires nine percent stake in RCAM
Chennai, Feb 27 (IANS) Japanese life insurance major Nippon Life Insurance has acquired an additional nine percent stake in Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM) for Rs.657 crore ($108
Scotland fined for slow over-rate
Perth, Feb 27 (IANS) Scotland Friday were fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during their cricket World Cup Pool A match against Afghanistan at Dunedin Thursday.Match referee David Boon
Hyper-growth in tech startups in India: Economic Survey
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services (ITeS) sector, including Business Process Management (BPM), continued to be one of the largest employers in the
Robbers kill three, escape with cash
Lucknow, Feb 27 (IANS) Three people were shot dead when two men on a motorbike opened fire and escaped with a cash trunk being transferred to an ATM here Friday, police said.The audacious robbery
Odisha CM wants more coal mines for non-regulated sectors
Bhubaneswar, Feb 27 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cut the number of coal blocks reserved for the power sector and allot more mines for
Shami to miss UAE encounter
Perth, Feb 27 (IANS) India's pace spearhead Mohammed Shami was Friday ruled out of the cricket World Cup Pool B encounter against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the WACA here Saturday."Mohammed
E-visa gives fillip to Tourism Sector: Economic Survey
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Easing of the Indian tourism visa regime through the expansion of Visa on Arrival enabled by Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) will give a fillip to foreign tourist
India-Bangladesh rail project to suffer due to lack of funds
Agartala, Feb 27 (IANS) Criticising the railway budget, Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey said Friday that the India-Bangladesh railway project will suffer due to lack of funds."Due to lack of
Issues important, Not names: Modi
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said that names for social sector schemes like Clean India campaign are not important, only the issues are.Taking on the opposition in
