newsBharat Ratna to Malaviya, Padma Vibhushan to Advani
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A number of leaders and prominent people from various walks of life were honoured on Monday with the country's high awards by President Pranab Mukherjee at a civil
Philander selection not race-based: S. Africa cricket board
Johannesburg, March 30 (IANS) Cricket South Africa (CSA) has denied reports that the selection of pacer Vernon Philander ahead of fast bowler Kyle Abbott for their team's World Cup semi-final
Australia's World Cup hero Starc eyes Test glory
Melbourne, March 30 (IANS) Australia's World Cup hero Mitchell Starc aims to translate his success at the quadrennial tournament into Test cricket as well.The left-arm fast bowler was declared
PM calls for top-notch Maritime Museum
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) On the occasion of National Maritime Day on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a top-notch maritime museum to showcase India's age-old maritime
Flood horror haunts Srinagar, people abandon homes, shops
Srinagar, March 30 (IANS) Nisar Hussain, 65, who lives in the Gogjibagh residential area of Srinagar, repents his decision to have come back home after three months. For his 60-year-old wife and
Delhi eyes Singapore water re-use model, says Kejriwal
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Delhi will soon be a city sans any water problem as Singapore water re-use model, in which waste water is filtered and used again, is being studied to be replicated
Tamil Nadu to pay Rs.5 lakh to building collapse victims kin
Chennai, March 30 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Monday announced a solatium of Rs.5 lakh each to the families of the five persons who were killed on Sunday when a building
Salman's driver confesses to hit-and-run accident
Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) In a dramatic twist in the ongoing retrial of Bollywood actor Salman Khan's hit-and-run case, his driver Ashok Singh has confessed to being responsible for the accident, a
McCullum named captain of ICC 2015 cricket World Cup team
Melbourne, March 30 (IANS) New Zealand's Brendon McCullum has been named captain of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) World Cup team, a release from the sport's governing body said on
Srinivasan hails 2015 World Cup as 'Truly world class'
Melbourne, March 30 (IANS) International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Narayanaswami Srinivasan has hailed the cricket World Cup 2015 as “the most popular in history”, and said he
No Indian in ICC's 2015 cricket World Cup team
Melbourne, March 30 (IANS) No Indian features in the 2015 International Cricket Council's (ICC) World Cup team, according to a release by the sport's governing body on Monday.India were defeated
Yoga best way to be Healthy: Minister
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Observing that yoga is the best way to keep healthy, central minister Jitendra Singh has said that the government will hold yoga training from next month for its
Winds, rain damage more crops in Punjab, Haryana
Chandigarh, March 30 (IANS) As if the fury of recent rains in February and earlier March was not enough, rainfall and high velocity winds have damaged more standing crops in various parts of
Kejriwal chose Perfect Victory over Perfect Party
From the happenings of recent weeks, it will be tempting to deduce that Arvind Kejriwal is a Stalinist who, like all autocrats, hates democracy and dissension and loves yes-men. That's what Prashant
ABVP shutdown hits rail, road transport in Bihar
Patna, March 30 (IANS) Road and train traffic in Bihar was hit on Monday during a shutdown called by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) to protest the police action against its members
Kashmir floods: Army help not to be taken as yet
Jammu, March 30 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday said that as of now it has no plans to call out the army to assist civil administration to tackle the floods."The army is always
Lightning, crop loss claim four lives in UP
Agra, March 30 (IANS) Two people were killed by lightning and two others died of shock as unseasonal rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, destroyed standing crops in their fields in Uttar
Centre sends disaster response teams to Kashmir
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The central government has sent two teams of the National Disaster Response Force to the flood ravaged Kashmir Valley, an official communique said on Monday.Following
Wanted my statement to be India's statement: Femina Miss India World
Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) Aditi Arya, who is the proud possessor of this year's Femina Miss India World crown, says she always wanted to represent India on an international level and that inspired
President confers Bharat Ratna on Malviya
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday conferred the Bharat Ratna posthumously on Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and the Padma Vibhushan on veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani.The
