Literature, cultures merge at Sahitya Akademi festival
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) More than 170 writers and scholars from across India have converged at the ongoing annual festival of Sahitya Akademi to
Modi's Three-Nation tour to Give Fillip to Maritime Diplomacy
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets off on Tuesday on a five-day official visit to the three key Indian Ocean island neigh
Tibetans ready to engage in dialogue with China: Sangay
Dharamsala, March 10 (IANS) Envoys of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama are ready to engage in a dialogue with their Chinese counterparts, Pr
SC chides Agra forest department over wrong affidavits
New Delhi/Agra, March 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday slammed Agra's district forest department for filing affidavits with false information
Security Audit every Four Months to improve CISF: Rajnath Singh
Ghaziabad, March 10 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said a security audit of the CISF should take place every four months in order to
Modi pays tribute to World War I martyrs
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday marked the centenary commemoration of World War I by paying homage to the martyrs
Tibetans protest outside Chinese embassy
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Numerous Tibetan refugees on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Chinese embassy here on Tibetan Uprising Day.Holding Ti
Jammu-Srinagar highway opened for one-way traffic
Srinagar, March 10 (IANS) The Jammu-Srinagar highway was opened on Tuesday for one-way traffic after remaining closed for two days due to landslide
Modi wishes Omar Abdullah on birthday
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday wished former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on his birthday.&ldqu
Modi salutes CISF on Raising Day
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday saluted the "bravery" and "sense of duty" of CISF personnel on force's 46th Rais
Sunny Tuesday in Delhi
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) It will be a sunny Tuesday in the national capital and the maximum temperature is likely to settle around 24 degrees Cel
Yadav, Bhushan worked against party during Delhi polls
New Delhi/Mumbai, March 10 (IANS) Top AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Gopai Rai, Pankaj Gupta and Sanjay Singh on Tuesday accused fellow party men Pras
Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls on April 18
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections will be held on April 18 and those to 92 other municipalities in various
Take Jaitapur project to Gujarat, says Uddhav
Mumbai, March 9 (IANS) The Shiv Sena on Monday toughened its stance vis-a-vis the BJP on the upcoming Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project, saying if the
Congress leaders non-committal on Rahul's return from leave
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Over two weeks after the Congress said its vice president Rahul Gandhi was on leave of absence to reflect on the future o
Two lions attack keeper in Bengaluru zoo
Bengaluru, March 9 (IANS) Two male lions attacked and grievously injured their keeper on Monday at the Bannerghatta Biological Park in Bengaluru, a
'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' drive launched in Mizoram
Aizawl, March 9 (IANS) DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh on Monday launched the central government's nationwide "Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao" (Save Girl-c
CISF commandos helping Metro's women commuters at night
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Apart from providing security to women travelling in the Metro trains, the CISF's women commandos are also providing help
Digital Gender Atlas for girls launched
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The human resource development ministry on Monday launched a "Digital Gender Atlas for girls" in a move to identify and e
India's building energy could increase 7-fold, affect climate: IPCC author
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) India must implement good practices to rein in its escalating energy use in buildings -- projected to increase seven-fold b
