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
Girl born with parasitic twin struggling for survival
Patna, Jan 9 (IANS) Nine-year-old Lakshmi Tatma, who was born with a parasitic twin that was removed after a highly-publicised operation in Bengalu
SC quashes summoning of Mittal and Ruia in 2G court charges
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) In a relief to Sunil Bharti Mittal of the Airtel and Ravikant Ruia of the Essar Group, the Supreme Court Friday quashed the
Sri Lanka polls: Modi congratulates Sirisena
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday congratulated opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena on his victory in the Sri Lanka
Decline in growth rate has bottomed-out: Jaitley
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The slowdown in the growth rate has tapered out and the economy will recover further because of falling inflation and a fav
Army deployed in Sikkim's Changu to rescue stranded tourists
Gangtok/Siliguri, Jan 8 (IANS) The army was deployed Thursday to rescue at least 2,700 tourists stranded at Changu in Sikkim following heavy snowfa
Bengal business meet nets over Rs.2.4 lakh crore, promises one crore jobs (Roundup)
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Attracting a financial commitment of over Rs.2.4 lakh crore, and promising to generate more than a crore jobs, the West Benga
