Author: IANS

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) A completely blind student of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has refused to accept his exam result in which he was failed, accusing the administration of not providing him a writer and reading material in braille script. Munesh Kumar, who has done his Masters from[Read More…]

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Army chief General Bipin Rawat has said that India is facing complex security challenges along its borders which threaten territorial integrity and internal stability of the nation and urged the force to work with added zeal. In his New Year message to the Army on[Read More…]

Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) A leopard escaped from the enclosure at Bengal Safari Park in West Bengal’s Siliguri on Tuesday, preventing the entry of visitors, an official said. “Out of four leopards, one named Sachin couldn’t be traced. It is probable that it climbed a tree and jumped over,” V.K.[Read More…]

Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) A person was arrested by the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for pretending to be the secretary of state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and duping people by taking money from them, an official said on Tuesday. The accused used to travel on a blue beckon-fitted[Read More…]

Bengaluru, Jan 1 (IANS) The indigenously developed and built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas is on final induction after going all the tests, said a top official on Monday. “LCA Tejas and Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&CS) are on final induction after going through all the tests,” said[Read More…]

Amaravati, Jan 1 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a debate on the latter’s achievements during the last four-and-half years. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President asked Modi if the country benefited in any manner from his rule. Naidu told[Read More…]

Bengaluru, Jan 1 (IANS) About 40 students from select schools in this tech hub inspired Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan on Tuesday. “All of you with boundless energy and endless curiosity are my biggest source of inspiration and motivation,” Sivan told the students at an interaction in[Read More…]

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that governments scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY) has been a game changer in India’s healthcare sector. “Many people from the weaker sections avoided hospital treatment in order to avoid the burden of an[Read More…]

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Tuesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remraks on construction of a grand Ram temple at Ayodhya as “positive” and hoped that his government will fulfil its promise during this tenure. In a series of tweets, RSS’s Joint General Secretary[Read More…]

Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on Tuesday zipped past an ancient Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, setting the record for flyby of the most distant planetary object in history. “Confirmed! @NASANewHorizons flew by the most distant object ever visited by a spacecraft,” NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine[Read More…]

Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) Fifty kids in the age group of six to 18 years will vie for top honours in the fourth leg of the US Kids Golf at the Tollygunge Club here from Thursday. With an aim to unearth talented youngsters at the grassroots level, the US Kids[Read More…]

Pune, Jan 1 (IANS) World Championship silver medallist PV Sindhu began the New Year with a morale-boosting win over compatriot Saina Nehwal to give defending champions Hyderabad Hunters a 3-1 lead over North Eastern Warriors in the fourth edition of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) at the Balewadi stadium here[Read More…]

Jaipur, Jan 1 (IANS) The election in Ramgarh Assembly seat in Alwar district of Rajasthan will be held on January 28, Chief Electoral Officer Anand Kumar said on Tuesday. According to Kumar, the nomination process will start soon after the issue of notification on January 3. The election in this[Read More…]

Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) Coal India Ltd on Tuesday said its production grew by 7.4 per cent to 412.45 million tonnes (mt) during the first nine months of the current financial year, while its off-take grew by 5.5 per cent to 444.59 mt during April-December period of 2018-19 (FY19). The[Read More…]

Vijayanagara (Karnataka), Jan 1 (IANS) The New Year started on a great note for young boxers from Chandigarh, Delhi and Punjab as they recorded the majority of the wins on the second day of the 3rd women’s national boxing championships at the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) here on Tuesday.[Read More…]

Mumbai, Jan 1 (IANS) In a measure of relief for the troubled micro and small industries segment, the RBI on Tuesday permitted a one-time restructuring of existing loans that are in default but “standard” as on January 1, 2019, without an asset classification downgrade. Support for micro, small and medium[Read More…]

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his television interview on the New Year Day, saying the reverse countdown for his government has begun and that he is a “defeatist PM” who cannot even say for sure whether he would be contesting[Read More…]

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Vidarbha became the first team to seal a Ranji Trophy quarterfinal spot after thrashing Mumbai by an innings and 145 runs within three days of their penultimate league game, even as Madhya Pradesh and Punjab also registered comprehensive victories in their respective Round 8 games[Read More…]

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) State-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has raised its first long-term rupee loan of Rs 500 crore, the undertaking announced on Tuesday. The government owned Punjab National Bank (PNB)-issued loan will be utilised to fund EESL’s capital expenditure for its programmes such as the Street[Read More…]