New Year brings respite from cold in Delhi (Lead)
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The first day of the new year brought respite from the intense cold, as th

HC raps CRPF, presses for gallantry award to official
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to consider the plea of a CRP

First swine flu case of 2015 reported in Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Delhi reported the year's first case of swine flu, taking the figure to 39

Ansari, Modi, Rajnath greet Mukherjee on New Year's Day
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Ministe

Research collaborations can boost India's rankings: Study
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) Indian universities and research institutions failed to grab top slots in th

986 motorists booked in Delhi on New Year's Eve (Lead)
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) A staggering 986 motorists were issued tickets in Delhi for violating traf

Modi to launch Delhi poll campaign Jan 10, BJP to counter AAP
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Jan 10 formally kick off the BJP's campa

India welcomes 2015 with parties, prayers, charity (Roundup)
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) India embraced the New Year with boisterous midnight revelry and religious

Tax-free 'PK' invites ire of Hindutva groups
Agra, Jan 1 (IANS) Hindutva groups in Agra continued their protest against the Aamir Khan starrer m

MCD official shot dead in Delhi
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) A 45-year-old assistant sanitation inspector of North Delhi Municipal Corp

Nizam was great, secular ruler: Telangana CM
Hyderabad, Jan 1 (IANS) Showering praise on the Nizam, the ruler of erstwhile Hyderabad State, Tel

Bihar launches operation against child trafficking
Patna, Jan 1 (IANS) Bihar Police Thursday launched a special drive named "Operation Mahavir" agains

Pilgrims make a huge rush to Mathura, Vrindavan
Mathura/Vrindavan Jan 1 (IANS) A huge rush of devotees and pilgrims to the twin pilgrim towns of M

Parrikar flays Pakistan for ceasefire violations
Bengaluru, Jan 1 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar Thursday lashed out at Pakistan for unab

Ghaziabad prepared to tackle swine flu, say officials
Ghaziabad, Jan 1 (IANS) Ghaziabad administration is fully prepared to tackle swine flu, said the C

NITI Aayog replaces Planning Commission; Modi assures more say for states (Roundup)
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government began the New Year replacing the 65-year- old

India's Mars mission hits a century
Chennai, Jan 1 (IANS) India's Mars Orbiter completed 100 days of its Martian orbit on the New Year'

Rajnath felicitates retiring officers, successors
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday felicitated top officers of the Resea

Dismiss Punjab government for sedition: Congress
Chandigarh, Jan 1 (IANS) The Punjab unit of the Congress Thursday sought the dismissal of the Park

Opposition questions Planning Commission's renaming
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Opposition Thursday questioned the government's rechristening of the Pl