Committee set up to review security in museums: Minister
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) A committee has been set up to review security requirements of various museums under the culture ministry, parliament was
Court defers hearing in case against Irom Sharmila
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday posted for June 5 the hearing in a case against Manipur activist Irom Sharmila for attempting sui
AAP to form shadow cabinet in BJP-led Goa
Panaji, March 2 (IANS) With the Congress proving unable to create enough space as opposition, the AAP has resolved to form a shadow cabinet to keep
Uber driver's counsel injured, case adjourned till March 4
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) A court here on Monday adjourned the hearing in the rape case against a driver of the Uber cab company after the defence
Stories of unusual entrepreneurs highlighted in a book
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) A young girl from Jammu and Kashmir is reviving numdah, the popular rug-making technique, a man from Coimbatore has creat
Special assistance package a bluff: Mamata
Kolkata, March 2 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday dismissed as a "bluff" the special assistance proposed by the central
Constitutional process not followed in hanging Afzal Guru
Jammu, March 2 (IANS) A group of legislators of the ruling PDP on Monday issued a statement saying the constitutional process was not followed in h
Parrikar being probed in cheating case: Goa Police to court
Panaji, March 2 (IANS) Goa Police has told a court that it was conducting a "preliminary inquiry" into a complaint by a lawyer activist against Def
Documents leak: GMR Energy official called for questioning
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) In its ongoing probe into the leak of government documents from the coal, power and petroleum ministries, Delhi Police on
Modi eats lunch at Parliament Canteen
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi had lunch at the parliament house canteen on Monday, taking the staff and MPs there by surpris
Kannam Rajendran: New CPI Kerala State Secretary
Kottayam (Kerala), March 2 (IANS) After hectic parleys, the central leadership of the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Monday managed to avert a p
14 houses damaged in Jammu and Kashmir avalanche
Srinagar, March 2 (IANS) Fourteen houses were damaged by an avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district on Monday. There was no immediate r
Maken appointed Delhi Congress Chief
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Congress on Monday appointed former union minister Ajay Maken as chief of the party in DelhiCongress president Sonia Ga
Communalism a problem, but accusations won't help: Naqvi
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Admitting that communalism is a problem faced by the nation, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Na
Tripura to increase Number of Women Police Personnel
Agartala, March 2 (IANS) The Tripura government will increase the number of women police personnel to one-third of the total strength, Chief Minist
Bills on e-rickshaws, coal introduced in Lok Sabha
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The government on Monday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to facilitate plying of e-rickshaws and e-carts and a bill to
Assam CM, governor clash over Assam poaching issue
Guwahati, March 2 (IANS) The debate between Assam Governor P.B. Acharya and Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi over the killings of one-horned rhinos gaine
Rajnath dissociates Government, BJP from Mufti's remark
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday dissociated the government and the BJP from the remarks of Jammu and Kashmir Chief
Jaishankar in Bangladesh on SAARC Yatra
Dhaka, March 2 (IANS) Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar arrived in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Monday on the second leg of his four-nation SAARC yatra.Jaishan
Attempts being made to remove Kejriwal as National convenor
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Monday said that attempts were being made to remove Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as th