newsGuide students to achieve academic brilliance: President to VCs
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday told vice chancellors of central universities that they must act as "gurus" and guide scholars and students to achieve the highest
Think-tank reports discrepancies in political funding
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) An analysis by think-tank ADR shows major discrepancies in funding for political parties, and says known income for four national parties was less than the donation
Modi to inaugurate Conclave with over 100 Heads of Mission
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government, which has stressed a lot on foreign policy since it came to power eight months ago, would be taking this to another level during a four-day
Senior BJP Leaders accompany Bedi for final Road Show
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) In a final push for their chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi, many senior BJP leaders Thursday took part in a massive road show in her constituency Krishna Nagar on the
Manjhi 'working under pressure' over removal reports
Patna, Feb 5 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Thursday said he was working under pressure amid reports that he would be removed by the ruling JD-U."I am working under pressure," Manjhi
L.C. Goyal assumes office as new Home Secretary (Lead)
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Senior IAS officer L.C. Goyal Thursday took over as the new union home secretary replacing Anil Goswami who was removed Wednesday.Goyal, a 1979 batch Indian Administrative
Doval to meet Chinese counterpart for border talks
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) India's National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will be holding talks with China's State Councillor Yang Jiechi on the festering India-China boundary issue in a month's time,
High-decibel campaigning for Delhi polls ends (Roundup)
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The high-decibel campaigning for the Feb 7 Delhi assembly polls came to an end Thursday with the three main contenders - the BJP, the Congress and the AAP - holding
When Kapil's Devils turned world beaters (World Cup Special)
Beginning as rank underdogs, "Kapil's devils" left the cricketing pundits shaking their heads in disbelief by lifting the trophy in the 1983 World Cup, that saw the end of the West Indies'
Akali Dal claims clean chit to Majithia in drugs case
Chandigarh, Feb 5 (IANS) Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Thursday claimed the Enforcement Directorate had given a clean chit to state's powerful Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia in the
Mohanlal returns money after public outcry
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 5 (IANS) Following a public outcry over the dismal performance of his band Lalisom at the National Games inaugural, Malayalam cinema's superstar Mohanlal Thursday returned
Poverty elimination best jihad, Owaisi advises youth
Hyderabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Terming terror group IS as "khawarij" (deviants), Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi Thursday advised India's educated Muslim youth to work for
Bengal CM inaugurates state's first free Wi-Fi zone
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday inaugurated the state's first free Wi-Fi zone in Kolkata, which is soon poised to become India's first Wi-Fi
Slain Bengal youth's brother says no to job till culprits held
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) The brother of a youth who was fatally beaten up for protesting the harassment of women in West Bengal Thursday refused to accept the state government's job offer until the
Caps, scarves and Delhi's keen electoral battle
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) In these keenly contested elections of the capital many are wearing their political affinities in the form of caps and scarves. As campaigning for the Delhi assembly polls
11 Indian nurses evacuated from Iraq's Kirkuk
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Eleven Indian nurses, hailing from Kerala, have been evacuated from conflict-hit Kirkuk in Iraq and are waiting to fly back home, the government said Thursday.External
Delhi polls not a referendum on Modi: Amit Shah
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) BJP president Amit Shah Thursday said the Feb 7polls to the Delhi assembly are a state election and not a referendum on the performance of the central government led by
Despondent Congress fears debacle in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Squeezed between an aggressive BJP and a resurgent AAP, the Congress is dreading the prospect of finishing a distant third yet again in Delhi.While no one in the Congress
Commercialization of oceans threat to mankind: Kerala Governor
Kochi, Feb 5 (IANS) Rapid commercialization of the ocean sector with little regard to ecology is a major threat to the marine ecosystem and the very existence of mankind, said Kerala Governor
Gayle opposes proposed ICC crackdown on bat sizes
Kingston (Jamaica) Feb 5 (IANS) West Indies' destructive opening batsman Chris Gayle Thursday expressed disagreement with the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) proposed crackdown on bat
