Mobile towers no health threat: Ravi Shankar Prasad
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday that fears of mobile towers being hazardous to health are not true
IRDAI to issue regulations to govern Lloyd's syndicates
Chennai, March 13 (IANS) India's insurance regulator will frame guidelines for syndicates of Britain's Lloyd's to operate in the country, a senior
President to visit Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh on March 14-15, a statement said on Friday.Mukherjee
McGrath unhappy with quality of bowling in World Cup
Melbourne, March 13 (IANS) Former Australian quickie Glenn McGrath is disappointed with the quality of pace bowling in the ongoing cricket World Cu
Endangered turtles begin mass nesting at Odisha beaches
Bhubaneswar, March 13 (IANS) Thousands of endangered Olive Ridley turtles have in an annual ritual come ashore from the Bay of Bengal in Odisha to
Budget presented in Kerala amid ruckus in assembly
Thiruvananthapuram, March 13 (IANS) Kerala Finance Minister K.M. Mani on Friday presented the 13th state budget amid ruckus created by members of t
Modi arrives in Sri Lanka
Colombo, March 13 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Friday and was received by the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickrem
Rail Budget passed by Lok Sabha
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Railway Budget for 2015-16 was passed by the Lok Sabha on Thursday with Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu saying a str
Media can transform lives in rural areas: Minister
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore on Thursday said the media could transform lives
Corporate espionage case: CBI raids eight places, detains three
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The CBI on Thursday raided six offices of various ministries and private establishments in New Delhi and Mumbai in a sep
Kejriwal's coughing down by 75 percent, says doctor
Bengaluru, March 12 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's coughing has reduced by 75 percent, and he was cheerful and healthy, a doctor tre
Carrying capacity of Goa's beaches to be studied
Panaji, March 12 (IANS) Goa will rope in the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) to conduct a study on the carrying capacity of the state's po
Bengal tops in scholarships, fund utilisation for minorities: Mamata
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed the state has claimed the top spot in providing scholarship
Take inspiration from Gandhi on cleanliness: Naidu
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Urging people to take inspiration from Mahatma Gandhi on cleanliness, Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thu
De Villiers hits maximum sixes in a World Cup
Wellington, March 12 (IANS) South Africa skipper A.B. de Villiers on Thursday broke yet another record as he bludgeoned his way to the highest numb
Sunderbans hardly prepared for climate change, migration
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) The fragile Sunderbans - the largest mangrove forests and delta region spread over both Bangladesh and India - is "hardly
262 million viewers tuned in to India-Windies encounter
Mumbai March 12 (IANS) A staggering 262 million viewers tuned in to watch the India versus West Indies cricket World Cup Pool B game as the Mahendr
Kejriwal does yoga during naturopathy treatment
Bengaluru, March 12 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, undergoing naturopathy treatment at a private institute here, is also practising y
Dhamra Port pays Rs.74.48 cr to Odisha government
Bhubaneswar, March 12 (IANS) Dhamra port, a subsidiary of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd., paid Rs.73.48 crore as revenue share of the p
Ignoring climate change could increase nutrition disorders
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Ignoring climate change could exacerbate nutrition deficiency disorders in South Asia, particularly in women and children,
