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 a
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 u
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 pe
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 co
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 rel
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 “th
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
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 h
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 dama
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
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)
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 administ
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, de
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, a
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 In
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
Cloudy day ahead in Delhi
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy morning on Monday in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 20.3 degrees C
Authorities declare flood in Kashmir Valley
Srinagar, March 30 (IANS) Authorities on Monday declared flood in the Kashmir Valley, asking people living close to the banks of the Jhelum river t
Four arrested for cricket betting in Kolkata
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Four people were arrested here on Sunday in connection with a cricket betting racket, police said.Following a tip off, poli
Government will try to ban cow slaughter: Rajnath
Indore (Madhya Pradesh), March 29 (IANS) The central government will try to build consensus on banning cow slaughter, Home Minister Rajnath Singh sai
