Indian, Bangladeshi Bengali Wiki community to meet in Kolkata
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Contributors to the Bengali Wikipedia from India and Bangladesh will gather at a two-day conference here beginning Friday to
AAP protests land acquisition ordinance
Gurgaon, Jan 8 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Thursday protested here the central government ordinance amending the Land Acquisition Act of 2013.Th
Jadavpur students should end hunger strike: Bengal governor
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi Thursday said a section of Jadavpur University students who began an indefinite fast three
Palm oil case can go ahead, rules Kerala HC
Kochi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Kerala government's request to withdraw the palm oil import case that happened in 1992 was turned down by a bench of the hi
World looking at India with hope: Modi tells diaspora (Roundup)
Gandhinagar, Jan 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the world was looking at India with "immense hope and optimism", and he firmly
Police call Tharoor's domestic help for questioning
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's domestic help, Narayan Singh, interrogated by Delhi Police twice earlier, was Thursday called
HC questions Centre, Delhi Police over fake arms, licences
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Centre and Delhi Police to file their responses on a PIL that alleged the governmen
Birmingham City University to develop e-F1 car with Indian varsities
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Birmingham City University is all set to ink tieups with three universities in India this week for developing an electronic
Dialogue with Dalai Lama will benefit China: US
Dharamsala, Jan 8 (IANS) The US feels that China will benefit from a dialogue with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, the Central Tibetan Adm
Goa's all-women tourist cab service hits roadblock
Panaji, Jan 8 (IANS) India's first all-women tourism taxi service, flagged off three months ago in Goa, has hit a roadblock.A Church-operated NGO Ce
Free Khalistani prisoners, Badal tells Rajnath
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Thursday urged Home Minister Rajnath Singh to release some Khalistani prisoners w
Diaspora can contribute to motherland in smallest of ways: Modi
Gandhinagar, Jan 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday recounted the example of an NRI from Surat who would diligently sweep and clean the
Tripura to set up new varsity
Agartala, Jan 8 (IANS) The Left Front government will set up a state university in Tripura and this will be taken up in the budget session of the a
Tharoor undergoing ayurvedic treatment in Kerala
Thrissur, Jan 8 (IANS) Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who was asked by Delhi Police to join the probe into the mysterious death of his wife Sunand
Fulfilled my promise of merging OCI, PIO cards: Modi
Gandhinagar, Jan 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said he has fulfilled his promise to the diaspora of merging the Persons of Indian
HC stays closure of Delhi bio-medical disposal plant
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday stayed the immediate closure of a bio-medical waste treatment plant here that is allegedly im
Satyarthi to visit Taiwan Jan 14-18
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi will visit Taiwan Jan 14-18, a statement said Thursday.Satyarthi, who founded Bachpan Bacha
World looking at India with hope: Modi
Gandhinagar, Jan 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the world was looking at India with immense hope and optimism."The world is see
Cold wave continues in Kashmir
Srinagar, Jan 8 (IANS) Cold wave continued across Jammu and Kashmir Thursday although bright sunshine replaced foggy mornings in the Valley."The pre
BJP fighting drug-related political wars in Goa too
Panaji, Jan 8 (IANS) Like the proxy political battle over drugs in Punjab between the Akali Dal and the BJP, in Goa too the issue of narcotics and
