CWC to meet Monday to discuss LS poll debacle
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet here Monday to take stock of the party's worst performance in a Lok Sabha election. Sources said party leaders will seek to...
View ArticleVeteran nuclear scientist N.Srinivasan dead
Chennai, May 18 (IANS) N.Srinivasan, one of the pioneers of the Indian atomic energy programme and the first project director of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), passed away here...
View ArticleJournalists attacked outside Stalin's house
Chennai, May 18 (IANS) Three reporters were injured when DMK cadres assaulted media persons gathered outside party leader M.K. Stalin's house Sunday to collect news about his resignation from party...
View ArticlePakistan exhorts BJP to push for peace
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit Monday said his country expected the BJP, which will lead the next government, to help push forward "the agenda of peace for...
View ArticleFour Delhi policemen injured, four goons nabbed
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Four Delhi policemen were injured, one reportedly seriously, after a dozen goons attacked them during picket checking, police said Monday. Four attackers were arrested. The...
View ArticleMalaysia to discuss with Inmarsat on release of 'raw data'
Kuala Lumpur, May 19 (IANS) Malaysia would discuss with Inmarsat release of the "raw data" sought by the families of those on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Malaysian Defence...
View ArticleBengal government awards for Bhaichung, Madhabi
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Former Indian soccer captain Bhaichung Bhutia and Satyajit Ray's "Charulata" Madhabi Mukherjee, will be among the 33 people to be conferred West Bengal's highest civilian awards...
View ArticleDeposit Rs.10,000 crore for Subrata's release: SC to Sahara
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked Sahara Group companies SIRECL and SHICL to deposit Rs.10,000 crore of investors' money to secure the release of Sahara chief Subrata Roy and two...
View ArticleSonia, Rahul's offers to quit rejected, CWC for thorough party revamp (Roundup)
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday offered to resign owning responsibility for the crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha polls but the...
View ArticleChild-parents DNA mismatch prompts court's exhumation order
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) A court here has directed Delhi Police to exhume skeletal remains of a child and carry out a DNA examination for establishing the identity of the victim in a kidnapping and...
View ArticleBengal minister resigns
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal Agriculture Minister Moloy Ghatak has resigned, the state government announced Monday. A state government notification said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has...
View ArticleCongress promises structural changes but does not outline roadmap (News...
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Congress Monday promised a thorough organisational revamp and structural changes as measures to win back confidence of people after the party's worst defeat in a Lok Sabha...
View ArticleAAP a pack of cards: Badal
Chandigarh, June 1 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Sunday said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was a "pack of cards" and would disintegrate soon. Interacting with the media on the sidelines...
View ArticlePM has a busy first Sunday in office
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first Sunday in office was a busy one with a packed schedule which included both official and party meetings. The prime minister, however, did...
View ArticleThree dead, 12 injured in Delhi building collapse
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Three people were killed and 12 others, including three women, injured when a three-storey building under construction collapsed here Sunday afternoon, police said. The...
View ArticleMishra asks CPI-M workers to resist Trinamool attacks
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) CPI-M politburo member Surjya Kanta Mishra Sunday urged his party supporters to resist the attacks of ruling Trinamool Congress-sponsored assailants, saying everybody had the...
View ArticleEx-ACP's son arrested for trying to abduct Afghan woman
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) A 28-year-old man, the son of a former senior Delhi police official, was arrested here for trying to abduct a married Afghan woman, police said Sunday. Amit Singh, a former...
View ArticleAssam issues white paper on wildlife conservation
Guwahati, June 1 (IANS) Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain Sunday issued a white paper on wildlife conservation in Assam, saying his department has been working seriously to stop the menace of...
View ArticleIn NDA rule, Badal softens stand on diesel price hike
Chandigarh, June 1 (IANS) A few months back, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal had described the UPA's 50 paise hike in diesel prices as a "criminal conspiracy" but when the price was hiked by...
View ArticleModi to meet council of ministers Monday
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet his council of ministers Monday to discuss steps needed for efficient governance and implementation of programmes. Modi is expected to...
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