Subsidies aren't best weapon to tackle poverty: Economic Survey
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Price subsidies did not have a transformative effect on the living standards of the poor, though they helped poor househol
Resident doctors protest over security issues
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Resident doctors working in government hospitals Friday staged a protest following the delay in improving security conditi
EC to connect voter identity cards with Aadhar
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) will connect voter identity cards with Aadhar, Law Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda said Friday.Re
BJP refuses to comment on Gadkari's French cruise
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The BJP Friday refused to react to a media report about Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari taking a French cruise along
Mufti meets Modi, finalises cabinet
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here Friday to finalise the
Sikkimese woman raped in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A 25-year old woman from Sikkim has allegedly been raped in the national capital, police said Friday.The victim in her compl
VHP calls Kandhamal shutdown over ban on Togadia
Bhubaneswar, Feb 27 (IANS) The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has called for a 12-hour shutdown in Odisha's Kandhamal district Saturday to protest the
Justice Roy sworn in as Supreme Court judge
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Justice Amitava Roy was Friday sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court.He was the Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. With
On the how's, why's and what's of alcoholism in Goan society (Book Review)
Book: One For The Road; Author: Biula V Cruz e Pereira Publisher: Goa 1556; Pages: 320; Price: Rs.350Goa and alcohol have a complex equation, but the
Defence Allocation: Need for Structural Review (comment)
Traditionally the defence allocation in the finance minister's budget speech on February 28 receives predictable and perfunctory mention. The minist
Kerala speaker unwell
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 27 (IANS) The health of Kerala Speaker G. Karthikeyan, who is undergoing treatment of the liver at a hospital in Bengaluru,
Sunny Friday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) It was a sunny, windy Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 11.1 degrees Celsius, slightly below th
Nehru's 'Mann ki Baat' (Book Review)
Title: Letters for a Nation: From Jawaharlal Nehru to His Chief Ministers (1947-1963); Author: Edited by Madhav Khosla; Publisher: Allen Lane/Pengui
Moderate intensity tremor jolts Kashmir
Srinagar, Feb 27 (IANS) A moderate-intensity earthquake Friday jolted Kashmir although no loss of life or property has been reported so far, an off
Lightning kills eight in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, Feb 27 (IANS) Eight people were killed in Uttar Pradesh as lightning struck them, officials said Friday.Heavy rainfall accompanied by light
Ghaziabad, Noida critically polluted: Official
Lucknow, Feb 27 (IANS) Ghaziabad, Noida and a few other areas in Uttar Pradesh have been declared "critically polluted", forcing the state governme
Fiction, business and disturbing stories (Books This Weekend)
An unlikely friendship, a world full of witches and pirate girls and powerful business entrepreneurs. There is no common thread tying these themes t
H1N1 cases rise in Uttar Pradesh; nurse infected
Lucknow, Feb 27 (IANS) With 33 new swine flu cases coming to light since Thursday, the total number of H1N1 patients here Friday climbed to 359, of
On International Women's Day, Plan a solo trip, Ladies!
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Gift yourself a holiday packed with adventure and more on International Women’s Day March 8.On the occasion of Intern
Turkey's fashion brand Koton arrives in India
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Indian men can now jazz up their wardrobe with Turkish brand Koton’s spring-summer collection.E-commerce site FashionA
