Railways set target of 90% electrification in next 5 years

The Indian Railways has set a target to achieve 100 per cent de-carbonisation, with 90 per cent electrification in next five years. Addressing an Inte...

India to host COP7 on tobacco control from Nov 7-12

7th Session of the Conference of Parties (COP7) to World Health Organization, WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) will be held from 7th...

I&B Ministry bans NDTV India for a day over Pathankot reportage

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s inter-ministerial committee has recommended that news channel NDTV India be taken off air for 24 hours for...

Bhopal encounter : Rights group deplores Shivraj Singh’s decision of cash rewards to policemen

New Delhi: The right group, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) has deplored the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan’s decisio...

EC issue notice to 27 AAP MLAs

The Election Commission (EC) has issued notices to Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel and 26 other AAP MLAs asking them why their Assembly membersh...

Rahul Gandhi reaches for ex-serviceman's funeral

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday reached the residence of Ram Kishan Grewal, who committed suicide over OROP.The suicide of Ram Kishan...

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to visit India this month

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will lead a high-profile delegation on a six-day visit to India in mid-November to boost cooperation in the field of s...

Love marriages banned at Karimnagar temple

In the wake of the broad daylight murder of a youth in at Taapala Laxminarsimha Swamy temple at LMD Colony in Thimmapur mandal, the temple authorities...

GST Council meeting will be held today

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will chair the third General Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting beginning today to develop a consensus f...

Akhilesh rath yatra begins in Lucknow

Mulayam Singh Yadav today flagged off Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's rath yatra in the presence of state SP chief Shivpal Yadav here.Ending days of s...

Karnataka High Court questions the state government's move to celebrate Tipu Jayanti

Observing that erstwhile Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan was not a freedom fighter, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday questioned the state government’s m...

Prohibitory orders in Connaught Place sub-division till Dec 28

Delhi Police has said that prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 of CrPC in the Connaught Place sub-division of the city will be strictly enfor...

IAF conducts aerial display at Lucknow Air Force Station

To commemorate 84th foundation day of the Indian Air Force, the ​Central Air Command of the IAF ​conducted​ ​a spectacular aerobatic display at the Ai...

Govt committed to welfare of ex-servicemen: Parrikar

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that the government is committed to the welfare of ex-servicemen and more than Rs 5,507 crore has been disb...

Communal clash erupts in Khambhat, Gujarat

Three persons were injured while several shops and vehicles were torched during a clash between two communities in Khambhat town in Anand district tod...

$12 mn grant for Indian techno park in Palestine

Ahead of Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar’s visit to Palestine, India inked an agreement to establish a techno park in Ramallah with a...

Soldiers, Farmers committing suicide in Modi rule: Arvind Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the suicide of an ex-serviceman in New Delhi, saying both...

Ex-seriviceman ends life over One Rank One Pension Scheme

An ex-serviceman allegedly committed suicide over the issue of One Rank One Pension scheme (OROP) here, police said today.The 70-year-old ex-servicema...

Japanese Encephalitis toll reaches 80 in Odisha

The toll due to the deadly Japanese Encephalitis virus in Odisha’s Malkangiri district reached over 80 in just nearly two months. It has also raised a...

3 people killed after fire breaks out in building in Delhi

Three people lost their lives and ten people were injured after fire broke out in a four-storey building in Mohan Park area of Shahdara in East Delhi....

US warns its citizens of IS threat in India

The United States has asked its citizens in India to keep high level of vigilance citing reports indicating that terror outfit Islamic State desires t...

J&K orders closure of schools in 5 border districts

In Jammu and Kashmir, in the wake of escalated tensions along International Border and LoC, the administration has ordered closure of over 400 Governm...

Don't Mix Religion And Sport, Why Force Hijab: Shooter Who Refused Iran Event

Don't Mix Religion And Sport, Why Force Hijab: Shooter Who Refused Iran EventIndia's ace shooter Heena Sidhu, who pulled out of a tournament in Iran o...

Arnab Goswami, India's preacher-in-chief, quits Times Now: Nation wants to know why

Of all the 'national' icons Indian television media has created since the 1990s — Prannoy Roy, Barkha Dutt and Rajdeep Sardesai, Arnab Goswami is a gi...

Bollywood Irfan Khan To Join AIMIM Party For Upcoming BMC Election 2017 In Mumbai

Deputy Director General of AIR dies in road accident

Meerut:Deputy Director General of All India Radio Neeraj Goel died today after the cycle he was riding was hit by a car here, police said.The incident...

Kerala declares drought affected state: official

Kerala was officially declared drought-affected by the state government on Monday,  as  October closed with no turnaround to offer from an u...

Haryana to give monthly allowance of Rs.9,000 to unemployed youth

Unemployed postgraduate youth in Haryana will now get an allowance of Rs 9,000 every month, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced here on Monda...

Telugu Desam Party to launch 'Jana Chaitanya yatra' from today

In Andhra Pradesh, the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will launch ‘Jana chaitanya yatra’ from today in the State to highlight the welfare and develop...

AP clears decks for establishment of another four private universities

Andhra Pradesh has cleared the decks for the establishment of another four private universities and an Institute of Financial Management Research.This...