Government stands by Lt. Gen Suhag's appointment as army chief, Congress...
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Defence Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday said the appointment of Lt. Gen. Dalbir Singh Suhag as the next Indian Army chief is final and urged the opposition not to politicise...
View ArticleWoman gang raped inside UP police station, SHO nabbed
Lucknow, June 11 (IANS) A woman was gang raped allegedly by four policemen inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh. The SHO was arrested Wednesday. The incident took place Monday when the woman went...
View ArticleDonations start pouring in for building new Andhra capital
Visakhapatnam, June 12 (IANS) Donations for building the new capital of Andhra Pradesh started pouring in Thursday soon after Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu appealed to people to contribute....
View Article11 injured in Bhilai gas leak
Bhilai, June 12 (IANS) Eleven workers were injured Thursday in a gas leak at Chhattisgarh's Bhillai Steel Plant and have been admitted to hospital, the company said. "All affected persons have been...
View ArticleEminent Bengali author Shaktipada Rajguru no more
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Renowned Bengali author and screenplay writer Shaktipada Rajguru passed away Thursday due to age-related sickness, family sources said. Rajguru, 92, breathed his last at a city...
View ArticleOne soldier killed in Poonch LoC explosions
Jammu, June 12 (IANS) An army soldier was killed and five others, including an officer, were injured in two improvised explosive device (IED) blasts on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's...
View ArticleCourt notice to union minister Nihalchand in rape case
Jaipur, June 12 (IANS) A Jaipur court Thursday issued notice to union minister Nihalchand Meghwal and 16 others in a 2011 rape case. The court of additional district judge, Jaipur while issuing the...
View ArticleSix killed in Bhilai gas leak: Chhattisgarh minister
Bhilai, June 13 (IANS) Six people, including three senior officials, were killed and six people were injured in a gas leak at the Bhilai Steel Plant here Thursday, a Chhattisgarh minister said. "Six...
View ArticleServing poems, translations and political imagination (IANS Books This Weekend)
Dilemmas of the self, evocation of modern India, some unpublished letters - the IANS bookshelf this week offers the best of many worlds. Take a look. 1. Book: The Political Imagination; Author:...
View Article10 from Jammu and Kashmir make UPSC cut
Srinagar, June 13 (IANS) A total of 10 candidates, the highest ever from Jammu and Kashmir, have made it to the final selection list of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination 2013....
View ArticleMOU between Haryana & UP Governments to be signed today
Author(s): SK Vyas/Jalandhar New Delhi, June 13, 2014: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Haryana Government and Uttar Pradesh Government will be signed for construction of High Level...
View ArticleKanshiram: Who re-invented Ambedkar to mesmerise Dalits (Book Review)
BOOK: Kanshiram: Leader of the Dalits; Author: Badri Narayan; Publisher: Penguin/Viking; Pages: 265; Price: Rs.499. Kanshiram was to Dalits what Narendra Modi is for Hindutva - an icon. Much like...
View ArticleJailed Yashwant Sinha sustains minor injuries
Ranchi, June 13 (IANS) Former central minister and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha Friday sustained minor injuries on his head after he fell from a chair in Hazaribagh jail. He was arrested June 2...
View ArticleTelangana to waive crop loans without any riders
Hyderabad, June 13 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao Friday made it clear that the government will waive all crop loans of up to Rs.1 lakh without any riders. He announced this in...
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Air Commodore PK Vohra assumed charge of Air Force Station Halwara
Author(s): SK VyasAir Commodore PK Vohra assumes charge of Air Force Station Halwara on Friday. Jalandhar, June 13, 2014: Air Commodore PK Vohra assumed the command of Air Force Station Halwara as Air...
View ArticleCongress seeks Meghwal's resignation over rape allegation
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) All India Mahila Congress president Shobha Oza Friday demanded the resignation of union minister Nihalchand Meghwal for being allegedly involved in a rape case. "We demand...
View Article'Letter and sari diplomacy fine, but peace and tranquility on border must'
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Letter diplomacy, and even exchanging shawls and saris as gifts across the border is all good, but for peaceful and cordial relations between India and Pakistan, and thereby...
View ArticleModi government setting a cracking pace for babus, and journos too
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The cracking pace with which the new government is moving - taking decisions and even announcing them immediately - is taking top government officials unawares. Prime...
View ArticleAcid put in man's eyes, fingers chopped in Bihar
Patna, June 13 (IANS) A man has sustained serious injuries in Bihar after a group of people chopped off his fingers and poured acid in his eyes over a minor dispute, police said Friday. The incident...
View ArticleBodies of two more Beas tragedy victims reach Hyderabad
Hyderabad, June 13 (IANS) The bodies of two more victims of the Beas river tragedy reached Hyderabad Friday while rescue teams continued their search for 16 other students missing in the Himachal...
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