newsAsked about Mukul, Mamata loses cool
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) Amid reports of Trinamool Congress national general secretary Mukul Roy planning to split the party, a visibly irritated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday
NGO working on AIDS gets $350,000 aid
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Global NGO, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), has received a grant of $350,000 from leading pharmaceutical and healthcare firm Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) to
Modi, Bloomberg meet on Smart Cities
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and New York City's former mayor Michael Bloomberg Monday announced a partnership between Bloomberg Philanthropies and India's urban
On Sirisena visit, India, Sri Lanka ink civil nuclear agreement
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) India and close neighbour Sri Lanka Monday sought to begin a new chapter in their ties as the island nation's newly-elected President Maithripala Sirisena, on his maiden
Delhi children exposed to very unhealthy air in schools: Greenpeace India
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The air inside Delhi schools is "very unhealthy" and could affect lung functioning resulting in respiratory illness among children, Greenpeace India said Monday.The
Manjhi skips, BJP boycotts all-party meeting in Bihar
Patna, Feb 16 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Monday failed to attend the all- party meeting called by Assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary while the opposition BJP boycotted
'Archives of Asia Africa conference' nominated for Unesco project
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The National Archives of India has signed a "letter of intent" with National Archives of Indonesia (ANRI) to jointly nominate the Archives of the 1955 Asia Africa
Kejriwal tasks departments with halving power rates
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday tasked the finance and power departments with preparing proposals to halve power rates and provide free supply of water, up to
Colombo keen on India's support at Geneva UNHRC vote
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Visiting Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Monday indicated Colombo's keenness that India extend support to it during next month's UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)
Unseated law maker Masood gets bail
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday granted bail to Congress leader Rashid Masood, who became the first elected representative to be unseated after being convicted and sentenced in a
British MPs delegation to visit Bengal, Assam
Kolkata, Feb 16 (IANS) A 10-member delegation of British parliamentarians will be meeting lawmakers in West Bengal and Assam beginning Tuesday to strengthen bilateral co-operation and ties, a
Delhi Government calls Assembly Session Feb 23
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The Delhi government Monday decided to recommend the first session of the newly-elected assembly be called Feb 23-24 for swearing in of the new legislators and election of
On Sirisena visit, India, Sri Lanka ink civil nuclear agreement
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) India and close neighbour Sri Lanka Monday sought to begin a new chapter in their ties as the island nation's newly-elected President Maithripala Sirisena, on his maiden
Delhi World Book Fair to get bigger in 2016
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) The aggressive and smart marketing and communication strategies of the organisers of the Delhi World Book Fair 2015 have managed to hit the bull's eye when it comes to
Shutdown in Meghalaya against injustice with Delhi's Christians
Shillong, Feb 16 (IANS) Normal life came to a standstill in Meghalaya Monday following a dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by an outlawed insurgent outfit against alleged "injustice" meted to the
Haryana Minister's twitter handle creates buzz
Chandigarh, Feb 16 (IANS) "Thank You Chief Minister For Taking Keen Interest into My Departments. I am Relaxed." This tweet by Haryana's outspoken Health and Sports Minister Anil Vij Monday
Maharashtra's ex-deputy CM R.R. Patil dead (Second Lead)
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) Former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, who was home minister during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, passed away Monday evening after a
Media denied entry in Delhi secretariat after scuffle
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Media persons were barred from entering the Delhi secretariat on the first working day of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government Monday following a scuffle among them.The
Uber rape case: Accused wants to re-examine witnesses
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Rape-accused Uber cab driver Shiv Kumar Yadav Monday moved an application in a court here seeking to recall some prosecution witnesses in the case for further cross
Aligarh University shut till Feb 25 over Swine Flu
Aligarh, Feb 16 (IANS) The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Monday suspended classes till Feb 25, following the death of a girl student recently and seven suspected cases of swine flu coming to
