New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Sunday questioned as to why the police could not arrest the perpetrators of the seven blasts that rocked the country's financial capital, Mumbai. Addressing media persons, he said, "Terrorists...
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Krishan Kumar, a Superintendent of Customs posted at the Air Cargo Complex in Sahar, Mumbai, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10.2 lakh from...
Hyderabad, Aug 3 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and former Telangana minister K.T. Rama Rao on Sunday cautioned people that if they vote for the ruling Congress party in by-elections, it would stop even the existing welfare schemes.He...
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has strongly rebutted allegations made by senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, terming them "misleading and baseless". Chidambaram, in a social...
Ahmedabad, Aug 3 (IANS) With the longest coastline of 2,340 kilometers, Gujarat is making significant contribution to development of blue economy in the country.Gujarat has ranked second in the country in the marine fish production and is expected to consolidate...
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The government on Sunday termed "untrue" a WhatsApp message that claimed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had ordered banks to cease issuing Rs 500 notes via ATMs by September 30, saying no such instruction...
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Union Minister for Agriculture, Farmers’ Welfare, and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday, echoed the Prime Minister’s appeal urging all Indians to buy products that are made within the country in order to give...
Chandigarh, Aug 3 (IANS) To impart quality health services, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday announced the government would open 200 new Aam Aadmi Clinics, taking the total number of such clinics to 1,081. Addressing the gathering at a...
Imphal, Aug 3 (IANS) BSF’s Additional Director General (ADG), Eastern Command, Kolkata, Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, who was on a three-day visit to Manipur, directed the troopers to perform their assigned tasks with utmost dedication and professionalism towards maintaining law and...
Kolkata, Aug 3 (IANS) Continuous rains over West Bengal, coupled with the slowing down of the supply chain, have led to prices of vegetables skyrocketing in Kolkata markets, as well as in several other cities and towns across districts.In Kolkata...
Patna, Aug 3 (IANS) A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav stirred a row with a claim that his name was missing in Bihar’s draft electoral roll, the election office on Sunday wrote to him seeking details...
Mandi, Aug 3 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, on his second day of his visit to disaster-hit areas, on Sunday visited Thunag, Bakshyar, and Janjehli in the Seraj Assembly Constituency of Mandi district. The Governor met the affected...