news-in-politicsJaishankar takes over as foreign secretary, Congress questions change (Roundup)
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) S. Jaishankar, India's envoy to the US who was seen as having played a catalytic role in the turnaround in bilateral ties, Thursday assumed charge as India's foreign
RPF Constable Thrashes Disabled man in Bengal, Suspended
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable was Thursday suspended after he was caught on tape brutally assaulting a disabled man at the Howrah railway station in West
Odisha Crime Branch to probe ITR spying case
Bhubaneswar, Jan 29 (IANS) The Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha Police Thursday took over the probe into the alleged spying by contractual videographer Ishwar Chandra Behera at the Integrated Test
Delhi sees coldest Jan 29 in six years (Lead)
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) It was sunny but the coldest Jan 29 in the past six years with the minimum temperature dropping four notches below the season's average at 4.8 degrees Celsius. The Met
Beating Retreat attempts Indian-Western blend, but doesn't always work (Lead)
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) On a sunny evening, under a clear blue sky, with a bracing breeze fluttering the tricolour, 1,000 bandsmen of the Indian armed forces brought music alive on Thursday at
More Bodo Terrorists nabbed in Assam
Guwahati, Jan 29 (IANS) Two terrorists and three ground workers of a Bodo militant group, responsible for killing over 75 people in Assam last year, were arrested from the state Thursday.The
BJP Nervous, Scared: AAP
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The BJP's decision to ask "old and boring" questions to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal till Feb 5 clearly shows that panic has set in the party, an AAP leader
Man held for raping minor step-daughter
Gurgaon, Jan 29 (IANS) A 42-year-old man has been arrested for raping his 13-year-old step-daughter for over three years, a police official here said Thursday.The accused has been identified as
Victim identified Uber cab driver as rapist, Police tell court
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The woman executive who was allegedly raped by Uber taxi driver identified the accused at a court where she had gone to record her statement in December last year, the
Congress, BJP spar over change of Foreign Secretary
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The Congress Thursday questioned the abrupt replacement of foreign secretary Sujatha Singh before the end of her tenure and demanded that the government explain the
BJP accuses UP Government of Hoodwinking People
Lucknow, Jan 29 (IANS) The BJP Thursday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of trying to hoodwink the people over its claim of rapid industrialisation in the state.Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Man held for killing live-in partner in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, Jan 29 (IANS) A 25-year-old man has been arrested here for allegedly killing his 24-year-old live-in partner. He packed the body in a bag to dispose of it, but could not to do so for two
Indian Tunes Dominate Beating Retreat Ceremony
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Indian tunes dominated the Beating Retreat ceremony Thursday that brought the curtains down on the 66th Republic Day celebrations, with 20 of the 23 pieces composed by
Polling Booths in Delhi to be No-Smoking Zones
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) All polling booths for the Feb 7 assembly election in the national capital would be no-smoking zones, it was announced Thursday.Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer has issued
Hickey, Father of Indian Journalism, Remembered in Agra
Agra/Mathura Jan 29 (IANS) The contribution of James Augustus Hickey, an Irishman, who laid the foundation and parameters of journalism in India through the columns of his weekly Bengal Gazette,
BJP, AAP failed to focus on poor: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Attacking the BJP and AAP for failing to focus on the poor, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said his party was the only one to understand Delhi's need for
Brigade of Guards, Sikh Regiment Best Marching Contingents
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Brigade of Guards Regiment and Sikh Regiment were jointly adjudged the best marching contingents - among the services category - in this year's Republic Day parade, an
Why did you take Congress' help, Facilities, BJP asks Kejriwal
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) The BJP Thursday asked AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal why did he take support from the Congress to form the government and why did he ask for facilities after denying them
Special Cell in Forefront of Anti-Terror Fight: Bassi
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Five days after the NIA (National Investigation Agency) blamed officers of the Special Cell here for framing a man from Kashmir in a plot to attack the national capital,
Cold, fog affect life in Rajasthan
Jaipur, Jan 29 IANS) Intense cold conditions affected normal life and fog hit train services in Rajasthan with mercury almost touching the freezing point in Churu town Thursday.According to weather
