KCR meets PM, seeks special status for Telangana
New Delhi/Hyderabad, June 7 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao Saturday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital, and demanded special category status for his state....
View ArticleViolence in Noida as BJP leader shot dead
Noida/Lucknow, June 7 (IANS) Violence broke out Saturday in Greater Noida near the national capital after a BJP leader was shot dead by motorcycle-riding assailants, police said. Bharatiya Janata...
View Article24 Hyderabad students go missing in Himachal river
Shimla, June 8 (IANS) At least 24 students of an engineering college in Hyderabad were reported missing Sunday after strong currents in the mighty Beas river in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district...
View ArticleFour killed in Jammu road accident
Jammu, June 8 (IANS) Four people, including three policemen, were killed when an escort vehicle of a legislator rolled down into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir Sunday, police said. The accident...
View ArticleGalaxy of national leaders at Naidu's swearing-in
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), June 8 (IANS) A galaxy of national and regional leaders attended the swearing-in ceremony of N. Chandrababu Naidu as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh near here Sunday....
View ArticleTechies condemn killing of IT professional in Pune
Bangalore, June 8 (IANS) Hundreds of techies working in the information technology sector here Sunday condemned the killing of an IT professional in Pune over the alleged uploading of objectionable...
View ArticleTrinamool MP's gold chain snatched in Delhi
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Renuka Sinha's gold chain was snatched outside the Banga Bhavan in Delhi Sunday night, party spokesperson Derek O'Brien said here. "Trinamool MP's gold...
View ArticleNaidu signs five files at swearing-in
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), June 9 (IANS) Soon after taking oath as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh late Sunday evening, N. Chandrababu Naidu signed five files to fulfill his poll promises. Naidu...
View Article24 Hyderabad students washed away in Himachal, CM orders probe (Third Lead)
Shimla, June 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has ordered a probe in which at least 24 students, including six girls of an engineering college in Hyderabad, were reported...
View ArticleFour trapped as building collapses in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, June 9 (IANS) At least four people, including two firemen, were trapped under debris after a building collapsed in Chandigarh's commercial hub of Sector 17 Sunday night, police said. It is...
View ArticleBodies of two Hyderabad students recovered in Himachal
Shimla, June 9 (IANS) Rescue workers Monday morning recovered two bodies from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district while the fate of 22 others washed away in the flooded Beas river is still not known, an...
View ArticleA world quite like ours: A tribute to ancient Rome (Column: Bookends)
Picture a metropolis where citizens live in multi-storey buildings, throng streets teeming with people from all over the world, eagerly follow and gossip over the foibles of the rich and famous, are...
View ArticleUP orders sugar mills to pay Rs.1,44,852 lakh arrears
Lucknow, June 9 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government Monday cracked the whip on private sugar mills that have not cleared arrears to the tune of Rs.1,44,852.62 lakh and have not paid the dues of...
View ArticleFour nabbed for drugging, raping Jharkhand girls
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Four people have been arrested here for drugging and raping two girls from Jharkhand, police said Monday. Mohd. Naushad, 34; Raj Kumar, 38; Mohd. Nazir, 26; and Dulal Khan,...
View ArticleChinese foreign minister calls on Pranab
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Wang Yi, the foreign minister and special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Monday called on President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Mukherjee said India and...
View ArticleModi regime brought new wind of change, says China (Roundup)
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) China pushed for increased economic cooperation with India and to be included in the country's burgeoning infrastructure and manufacturing story through investments as Chinese...
View ArticleChinese foreign minister meets Modi
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Monday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, official sources said. Modi appreciated an oral message from Chinese President Xi Jinping...
View ArticleLong outages push Delhi into darkness
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Large parts of the national capital plunged into darkness Monday evening with outages lasting for several hours. Moreover, the blistering heat made life miserable for the...
View ArticleChhattisgarh seeks special status at pre-budget meet
New Delhi/Raipur, June 9 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Monday reiterated its demand for a 'special category' status for the state at a pre-budget meeting of state finance ministers with Union Finance Minister...
View ArticleSpecial Purpose Vehicle to make civil aircraft soon
Bangalore, June 9 (IANS) A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) would be formed soon to design, develop and manufacture India's maiden regional aircraft for the burgeoning civil aviation sector, a top...
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