Modi for more accountability for doctors
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday instructed the health ministry to set up mechanisms for ensuring more accountability fo
Centre should partner local communities in 'Digital India': Expert
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) The central government needs to partner communities at the grassroots level and integrate the country's vernacular component
Stop illegal buffalo fights, Gogoi urged
Guwahati, Jan 9 (IANS) A rights group Friday urged Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to stop illegal buffalo and bulbul (songbirds) fights ahead of
Bangladesh wants river waters treaties with India
Agartala, Jan 9 (IANS) Bangladesh wants to sign treaties with India to share the waters of all rivers flowing between the two neighbours, Banglades
Sonia congratulates Sirisena
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday congratulated Maithripala Sirisena on his “emphatic and historic victory&rdquo
Three killed in Maharashtra blast
Satara (Maharashtra), Jan 9 (IANS) At least three people were killed and four injured in a suspected gelatin blast in a wind power generation plant
Punish Rajapaksa for war crimes: Tamil Nadu parties
Chennai, Jan 9 (IANS) The MDMK and the PMK said Friday that outgoing Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa must be tried for war crimes.MDMK general
Working to remove bottlenecks in doing business: Rajnath to diaspora (Lead)
Gandhinagar, Jan 9 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Friday told the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here that the Narendra Modi government is
Chandy moots to discuss labourers' issue in PBD
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) Jan 9 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Friday mooted a separate one-day session from the next Pravasi Bharatiya Div
Frightened villagers reluctant to return home in Kashmir
Jammu, Jan 9 (IANS) Thousands of terrified villagers who fled from border villages in Jammu and Kashmir following Pakistani shelling have refused to
Six NDFB militants nabbed, arms seized in Assam
Guwahati, Jan 9 (IANS) Six National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants have been arrested from Assam's Kokrajhar district and a huge cac
Bhutan PM to visit India, attend Vibrant Gujarat
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay will pay a nine-day official visit to India from Jan 10. He will meet Prime Minist
LED lights to illuminate Agartala
Agartala, Jan 9 (IANS) The Tripura government has initiated a move to illuminate Agartala through LED lights, replacing sodium vapour and other lam
Rajnath hails diaspora as India's indomitable spirit
Gandhinagar, Jan 9 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Friday praised the contributions of the Indian diaspora, saying India is proud of them
Modi hails Sirisena, calls for 'genuine reconciliation' (Lead)
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday congratulated Sri Lanka's president-elect Maithripala Sirisena on his "historic victory
Himachal court seeks report on the plight of disabled
Shimla, Jan 9 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court has sought a report from the state government on the plight of the physically challenged who a
3.7 lakh apply for madrassa exams in UP
Lucknow, Jan 9 (IANS) Over 3.7 lakh students in Uttar Pradesh have applied for exams for clerics conducted by the Madrasa Education Board, which is
Relief work begins in snow storm-hit Uttarakhand towns
Dehradun, Jan 9 (IANS) Relief work began Friday in Pithoragarh and Chamoli towns of Uttarakhand which were hit by a snow storm Thursday, officials
Protect all Sri Lankans, Sirisena urged
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) A US-based rights group expressed the hope Friday that Sri Lanka's president-elect Maithripala Sirisena will protect the ri
Unabated cold wave in Kashmir, Kargil freezes
Srinagar, Jan 9 (IANS) An unrelenting cold wave swept the Kashmir Valley Friday as Kargil town in Ladakh region recorded the season's coldest night
