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
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
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
Opposition objects to 'identical' insurance bill in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Contending that an identical bill is pending with the house, the opposition in the Rajya Sabha questioned the tabling of
Mahatma Gandhi's clean India dream is also ours: Mukherjee
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Calling Mahatma Gandhi's dream of clean India "our dream", President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday that his vision w
Telangana CM launches flagship programme for restoring tanks
Hyderabad, March 12 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday launched Mission Kakatiya, one of the flagship programmes of t
ISRO to build third launch pad at Sriharikota
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Indian space agency has proposed to set up its third rocket launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, in An
MIT swine flu report to be studied: Indian experts
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) report claiming that the swine flu virus in India may have mutated and bec
Crude bomb attack on TV channel in Chennai
Chennai, March 12 (IANS) Two tiffin-box crude bombs were hurled at the office of Tamil news channel Puthiya Thalaimurai on Thursday morning. The bo
Mulayam Singh discharged from Gurgaon hospital
Gurgaon, March 12 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was discharged from Medanta - The Medicity hospital here on Thursday after six d
Himachal CM dances in assembly
Shimla, March 12 (IANS) Amid pandemonium in the assembly created by the main opposition BJP, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thu
A bakery worker's daughter gets her wings
Hyderabad, March 12 (IANS) Unlike girls of her age who dream of becoming doctors or engineers, she wanted to be something different. Many laughed a
India, Mauritius will work to avoid tax treaty abuse: Modi
Port Louis, March 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday assured that India would work with Mauritius to avoid the "abuse" of the doubl
'Ghar wapasi' to farmers, BJP re-orients for UP's Mission 2017 (News Analysis)
Lucknow, March 12 (IANS) From 'sabka saath, sabka vikas' to 'ghar wapasi' to 'kisan ke liye bhajpa', the Bharatiya Janata Party's credos are changi
Greenpeace welcomes relief to Priya Pillai
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Greenpeace India on Thursday welcomed the relief granted to activist Priya Pillai by the Delhi High Court which quashed
