newsOdisha reschedules school hours as mercury set to rise
Bhubaneswar, March 17 (IANS) The Odisha government on Tuesday directed authorities of all schools in the state to hold classes only in the morning from next month as the mercury is set to rise in
Cabinet approves bill on black money stashed abroad
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Giving concrete shape to the announcement on recovering black money stashed away abroad by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his budget last month, the union cabinet on
Coal, mines bill report to be tabled Wednesday
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The report of select committees on the mines and minerals and coal bills will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, informed sources said.Both the reports, however,
Pained at Indian bans on exhibitions, cultural troupes: Pakistani envoy
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) Asserting people of Pakistan want to have a "normal relationship" with India, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit said it "pained" him that cultural troupes
Delhi HC to hear plea Wednesday to take BBC documentary on record
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday posted a plea for March 18 that sought to place before it a copy of the controversial BBC documentary "India's Daughter" on the December
Odisha Congress backs Manmohan Singh, seeks CBI probe into CM's role
Bhubaneswar, March 17 (IANS) The Odisha unit of the Congress on Tuesday expressed solidarity with former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who was summoned in the coal scam case, and demanded that
Tourist visas not possible in near future: Pakistan envoy
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit on Tuesday ruled out possibilities of initiating tourist visas between India and Pakistan "very soon", saying the
After treatment, Kejriwal resumes work Tuesday
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) After undergoing naturopathy treatment in Bengaluru for 10 long days, a "fit and fresh" Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal resumed work on Tuesday.Kejriwal held a
Uphill task for Kashmir's first professionally-qualified finance minister
Jammu, March 17 (IANS) The PDP-BJP coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir faces its first major financial challenge as it braces up to present the annual budget in the assembly session starting
Woman donates body to AIIMS for research
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) A 67-year-old woman has become one of the oldest cadaver donors at the AIIMS, authorities said on Tuesday.Darshana Arora, a resident of Delhi, was taken to the city
India-Pakistan cricket matches from December: Pakistan envoy
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) India and Pakistan are set to resume bilateral cricketing ties in December this year, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit said here Tuesday."Pakistan and
FIR against DLF, top officials for fraud
Gurgaon, March 17 (IANS) An FIR has been filed here against realty major DLF and its top officials for fraud, police said on Tuesday.The case has been registered at the Sushant Lok police station
Minister Katheria surrenders in Agra court, gets bail
Agra, March 17 (IANS) Union Minister Ram Shankar Katheria on Tuesday surrendered before a court here in connection with seven cases registered against him. The court examined Katheria's papers and
Tonnes of garbage pile up in Ghaziabad as workers strike
Ghaziabad, March 17 (IANS) Over 1,700 tonnes of garbage piled up across Ghaziabad on Tuesday as sanitation workers continued their strike for the second day protesting alleged apathy by officials
Hazare cancels Wardha-Delhi 'padyatra'
Ralegan-Siddhi (Maharashtra), March 17 (IANS) Social activist Anna Hazare has cancelled his proposed 'padyatra' from Wardha to Delhi to oppose the land acquisition bill, an aide said on
Corporate espionage: Five men sent to police custody
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday sent three government officials and two others to two days police custody for their alleged role in the leakage and sale of confidential
Corporate espionage: Five men sent to police custody
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday sent three government officials and two others to two days police custody for their alleged role in the leakage and sale of confidential
Won't visit India, Japanese say after robbery
Agra, March 17 (IANS) Two Japanese students who were victims of a robbery here have vowed never again to visit India after the police declined to give them a copy of the FIR.The two Japanese were
Press Council must get more teeth, says Prasar Bharati Chief
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Expressing concern at the “inadequate’ self-regulatory mechanism within media, Prasar Bharati chairman A. Surya Prakash has suggested that the Press Council
Centre, states will now spend more on social sector: Jaitley
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Denying that in the union budget 2015-16 he cut funding for social schemes like rural employment or women and child development, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday
