newsAll Universities, Colleges in Punjab to be tobacco free
Chandigarh, Feb 9 (IANS) All private and government universities and affiliated colleges in Punjab will be tobacco free zones, a senior health official said Monday.Vini Mahajan, principal
Rajnath Reviews Development work in Extremism-hit states
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday reviewed the progress of developmental projects in left wing extremism affected states of Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Odisha and
Mob lynches militant in Assam
Guwahati, Feb 9 (IANS) An irate mob in Assam's Dima Hasao district lynched a militant and injured two others when they reached a village where people were celebrating a festival, police said
Maheswari, 85-Year-old Elephant, Dies in Zoo
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 (IANS) Maheswari, an 85-year-old elephant who was brought from the wild in 1946, Monday died in the zoo here, barely two days after she fell ill.Jacob Alexander, the vet
Modi Congratulates Tonga's Newly Elected PM
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday congratulated Tonga's newly elected Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva.Tonga is an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean."Please accept my
A Delhi defeat will hit hard BJP, say Analysts
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) A defeat in the Delhi assembly elections, as predicted by exit polls, is bound to hit the BJP hard and shatter the aura of invincibility of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
Sri Lanka plot perfect swansong for veterans (World Cup team profile)
Christchurch, Feb 9 (IANS) Neither heavyweights nor makeweights - that is how Sri Lanka are being seen by their opponents ahead of the cricket World Cup which commences Feb 14.They are not being
Chaos in Tripura Assembly on Chit Fund issue
Agartala, Feb 9 (IANS) The Tripura assembly witnessed chaos Monday as opposition members disrupted the proceedings demanding the government inform the house about the amount of money collected by
Act against HSBC, says Kejriwal
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Monday urged the government to act against HSBC Bank to unearth details of Indians holding black money abroad while BJP's Kiran Bedi called it
NRIs launch Programme for Odia Entrepreneurs
Bhubaneswar, Feb 9 (IANS) A group of US-based non-resident Indians (NRIs) have launched an accelerator programme in Odisha to mentor and fund aspiring Odia entrepreneurs.'Oriya accelerator' will
Mitchell Marsh confident of filling in Faulkner's shoes
Melbourne, Feb 9 (IANS) Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh Monday said he is “pretty confident” of filling in for injured James Faulkner, who is expected to be fit till the side's
Sri Lankan super-fan arrives in Australia
Christchurch, Feb 9 (IANS) Gayan Senanayaka is the super-fan of the Sri Lanka cricket side, attending over 200 games at home and abroad. Now, following their successful ICC T20 World Cup campaign
Excise inspector shot at in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, Feb 9 (IANS) An excise department inspector was injured after being shot at here Sunday midnight, a source said Monday.The incident occurred while Varun Singh was patrolling the city's
20-year-old Japanese tourist alleges rape in Jaipur
Jaipur, Feb 9 (IANS) A 20-year-old Japanese woman has filed a complaint in Dudu police station, over 60 km from here, accusing a man of raping her, police said."The incident occurred Sunday night.
None in my Family has Foreign Bank Accounts: Narayan Rane
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Congress leader and former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane Monday categorically denied that either he or any of his family members held accounts in any foreign bank."I
Films no longer have songs which are part of story: Amit Khanna
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Filmmaker-lyricist-writer Amit Khanna, whose lyrics in songs like "Chalte chalte mere ye geet" and "Uthe sabke kadam" continue to tug at music lovers' heartstrings even over
Initiative to safeguard music-makers' interests launched at Grammy
Los Angeles, Feb 9 (IANS) Aiming to craft a better future for the music industry, The GRAMMY Creators Alliance has been introduced at the 57th edition of Grammy Awards here.The initiative is
India's Ricky grabs Grammy for collaborated album
Los Angeles, Feb 9 (IANS) India-based Ricky Kej's collaborated album "Winds Of Samsara" won the Best New Age Album trophy at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards here.Ricky teamed up with South African
'I am Malala' wins Grammy for best children's album
Los Angeles, Feb 9 (IANS) The audio version of the book "I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World", by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, was honoured with
Gadkari inaugurates Web-Based Payment Monitoring System
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari Monday inaugurated a web-based payment monitoring system here to make the payment process for national
