Obama Visit: India-US ties set to move to Transformative level
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) India-US ties are set to move to the transformative level during President Barack Obama's India visit later this week, bui
Over 80 lakh to take Holy dip at Sangam
Allahabad, Jan 19 (IANS) More than 80 lakh people are likely to take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of three rivers - Ganga, Yamuna and the m
SC to hear plea for Monitoring of Saradha Probe
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear petitions by the West Bengal government and the Trinamool Congress urging it to
Railways to form SPVs with all States: Suresh Prabhu
Hyderabad, Jan 19 (IANS) The Indian Railways has decided to form Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) with all the states to undertake specific railway
Tharoor to be Questioned in Pushkar Murder: Police
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi Monday said Congress leader Shashi Taroor will be questioned Tuesday or Wednesday in
To Fight Monkey Menace, Himachal to try Ultrasonic Shots
Shimla, Jan 19 (IANS) Faced with troops of marauding monkeys that have been stealing food and menacing the streets of this popular resort and nearb
Kashmiri Pandits Commemorate 25 years of Exile
Srinagar, Jan 19 (IANS) Commemorating 25 years of their migration, a group of Kashmiri Pandits staged a symbolic protest here Monday, urging the ce
New FM Channels for Northeast Region
Agartala, Jan 19 (IANS) New FM radio channels will be set up in five towns of northeastern states along the Bangladesh border to reach out to the p
Intense cold in Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, Jan 19 (IANS) Night temperatures in Kashmir valley and Ladakh region of the Jammu and Kashmir state continued to remain below the freezin
Tension Grips Bihar Village after three Burnt to Death
Patna, Jan 19 (IANS) Tension gripped a Bihar village Monday, a day after three people were burnt to death and 10 were injured when a mob torched ov
Amarinder for declassifying 1962 India-China War Report
Kolkata, Jan 19 (IANS) Notwithstanding the fact that it apparently indicts late prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for India's military defeat in the
Intense cold kills 15 in Bihar, Schools Closed
Pat Jan 19 (IANS) Intense cold in Bihar has claimed 15 more lives, pushing the total number of casualties due to inclement weather to 42, officials
BJP Parliamentary Board meeting to be held Monday
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The BJP parliamentary board meeting, which will take place Monday evening here, will decide on the 70 candidates for the F
Fog delays 60 trains in Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) It was a foggy Monday morning in Delhi with the visibility dropping to less than 50 metres, delaying nearly 60 trains.The Me
India's can make Distinctive Contribution to Paris Climate Conference (Comment: Special to IANS)
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) meeting to be held in Paris (COP-21) in December 2015
Cartoonist R.K. Laxman critical
Pune, Jan 18 (IANS) Eminent cartoonist R.K. Laxman, who created "The Common Man", has suffered multiple organ failure and his condition was "critic
Will do everything to make Obama cherish visit: Government
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) With less than a week left for US President Barack Obama's visit to India to attend the Republic Day parade, the governmen
Sudipta Sen's advisor sent to four day CBI custody
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) A local court Sunday sent Shivnarayan Das, said to be an advisor of Saradha scam purported kingpin Sudipta Sen, to four days
Jaitley meets Jayalalithaa
Chennai, Jan 18 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Sunday called on AIADMK general secretary J.Jayalalithaa at her residence.In a statement
Five Maoists arrested in Bihar
Patna, Jan 18 (IANS) Five wanted Maoists were arrested in Bihar's Jehanabad district Sunday, police said.Jehanabad Superintendent of Police Ansuiya R
