Bharat Ratna, Padma awards conferred on prominent people
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) India's high civilian honours - the Bharat Ratna and Padma awards - were on Monday conferred by President Pranab Mukherje
Day before lapse of Rs.170 crore project, Himachal CM still hopeful
Shimla, March 30 (IANS) Just a day before the lapse of a centrally-funded Rs.170 crore project, which would have enabled 1,500 schools in Himachal
Rs.2,163 crore budget passed by Ghaziabad Development Authority
Ghaziabad, March 30 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has approved a Rs.2,163 crore budget for the 2015-15 financial year, said Sant
Himachal to restore hot water springs
Shimla, March 30 (IANS) Hot springs in Himachal Pradesh's Tattapani which got submerged this year after the construction of a dam will be restored
Checks to ensure tobacco ban in capital
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Health teams would fan out in the national capital to conduct surprise checks for ensuring strict implementation of the
Back land bill in national interest: Gadkari tells Sonia
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday urged Congress president Sonia Gandhi to consider the land acquisiti
Haryana gets Rs.10,053 Crore for Wheat Procurement
Chandigarh March 30 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has authorized a credit limit of Rs.10,053 crore to Haryana for the procurement of wheat
Bharat Ratna to Malaviya, Padma Vibhushan to Advani
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) A number of leaders and prominent people from various walks of life were honoured on Monday with the country's high awar
Philander selection not race-based: S. Africa cricket board
Johannesburg, March 30 (IANS) Cricket South Africa (CSA) has denied reports that the selection of pacer Vernon Philander ahead of fast bowler Kyle
Australia's World Cup hero Starc eyes Test glory
Melbourne, March 30 (IANS) Australia's World Cup hero Mitchell Starc aims to translate his success at the quadrennial tournament into Test cricket
PM calls for top-notch Maritime Museum
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) On the occasion of National Maritime Day on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for a top-notch maritime mus
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
