New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, former Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Baijayant Jay Panda on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here in the presence of Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Juel Oram and other senior party leaders. “I welcome my friend Baijayant Jay[Read More…]
Nashik (Maharashtra), March 4 (IANS) Terming the Narendra Modi government “a national disaster”, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Monday made a fresh appeal for a united opposition challenge to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the upcoming 2019 elections. “The Modi government is a national disaster[Read More…]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday left on a visit to Costa Rica and Paraguay. He is accompanied by Union Minister K.J. Alphons, and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Kashyap. This is the first visit at this level from India to the Central American nation[Read More…]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Deputy National Security Adviser and Prime Minister’s special envoy for the Naga peace talks, R.N. Ravi, is arriving in Dimapur and would travel to Kohima over the next two days to conclude the protracted Naga peace talks, sources said. Government sources said with the Naga[Read More…]
Guwahati, March 4 (IANS) Praising Prime Minister Modi’s move to retaliate against the Pulwama terror attack, Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday called for “pulling out the eyes” of the terrorists. Sarma was addressing a rally at Sadiya in Assam’s Tinsukia district. The Minister laid the foundation stone[Read More…]
Bengaluru, March 4 (IANS) State-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday announced the launch of its Young Scientist programme to train class 9 students in space technology and its applications. “ISRO has launched the special programme for school children ‘Yuva Vigyani Karyakram’ (Young Scientist programme) to impart basic knowledge[Read More…]
Ahmedabad/Jamnagar, March 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he is “coming back” as the Bharatiya Janata Party would win the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, even as he stressed that India would have given a fitting reply to Pakistan if it had the Rafale fighter jets already. “Don’t[Read More…]
Hyderabad, March 4 (IANS) The Cyberabad Police said here on Monday that IT Grids India Private Limited CEO D. Ashok should surrender in connection with a data theft case, failing which he will be arrested. Hyderabad-based IT Grids is facing the allegation of misusing sensitive data of the people of[Read More…]
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) Chinese authorities on Monday accused two detained Canadians of spying as tensions between the two nations grow over the possible extradition of a Huawei executive to the US. Michael Kovrig, a former diplomat, and Michael Spavor, a businessman, were detained in December after Huawei Chief Financial[Read More…]
New Dehi, March 4 (IANS) LIC Housing Finance (LICHFL) said on Monday that it has partnered with India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC) to offer home buyers enhanced loan eligibility and easy loans. “This strategic tie-up will help the LICHFL accommodate more home loan borrowers and increase market penetration, besides combating[Read More…]
Bengaluru, March 4 (IANS) The Congress, an ally in Karnataka’s ruling coalition, got a jolt on Monday when its legislator Umesh Jadhav resigned from his assembly and was set to soon join the opposition BJP. Jadhav, a two-time MLA from Chincholi in the state’s northern Kalaburagi district, submitted his resignation[Read More…]
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) With Bollywood actors Arjun Kapoor and Malaika Arora’s relationship getting more visible by the day courtesy paparazzi and social media, speculation about cold vibes that Malaika reportedly shares with Arjun’s cousin Sonam Kapoor Ahuja have resurfaced. The grapevine is abuzz that Malaika and Arjun may take[Read More…]
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) After his gripping performance as a courageous soldier in “Uri: The Surgical Strike”, actor Vicky Kaushal has been cast to tell the heroic tale of Shaheed Udham Singh in a biopic. He says it’s an honour. “An absolute honour to be roped in to play Shaheed[Read More…]
Jammu, March 4 (IANS) After heavy firing exchanges in Akhnoor sector of the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir as Indian troops responded to Pakistan’s ceasefire violation early on Monday, the two armies clashed again in Poonch district, a defence official said. “Pakistan continues with its nefarious designs[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS) The Kerala unit of the BJP on Monday slammed the CPI-M strategy of lending support to the Congress in states where it is in direct contest with the saffron party in order to “ensure a secular government at the Centre”. Terming it as an alliance of[Read More…]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) ICC Chief Executive David Richardson on Monday said they do not want to interfere in the running of the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying the prime objective is to ensure other T20 leagues across the globe operate within a consistent framework. “We are fortunate to[Read More…]
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) AIADMK coordinator and Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam said here on Monday alliance talks with the DMDK were on and a decision would be known either by Monday or Tuesday. Speaking to reporters Panneerselvam said: “Talks are on with the DMDK. A good decision[Read More…]
Dehradun, March 4 (IANS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday said that all arrears of ‘one rank one pension (OROP)’ have been cleared, and that the Centre would shortly review the scheme to remove anomalies, if any. “The OROP is completing three years this year. We will review it[Read More…]
Nagpur (Maharashtra), March 4 (IANS) Offering an out-of-box proposal, Union Minister for Transport Nitin Gadkari has suggested storing human urine to make fertilisers and put an end to imports of urea. Citing examples of extracting bio-fuels from natural wastes like urine, he said that human urine can yield both ammonium[Read More…]
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) The Geological Survey of India (GSI), here on Monday, launched 22 permanent global positioning system (GPS) stations across India to identify seismically hazardous zones and encourage mapping activities. “The GSI has taken a stride to establish and maintain a network of continuously operating 35 permanent GPS[Read More…]
Patna, March 4 (IANS) Over a year after women rights campaigner Prashanti Tiwari filed an FIR against UNFPA India chief Diego Palacios for sexually harassing her, Bihar Police’s CID has ordered the investigating officer to file a charge sheet against him, police sources said on Monday. In the FIR filed[Read More…]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The India-Pakistan tension might have eased a bit, but an Indian Air Force Su-30 MKI on Monday shot down a Pakistani Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in the Nal sector on the International Border in Rajasthan today morning. Earlier in the day, IAF chief B.S. Dhanoa[Read More…]
Shimla, March 4 (IANS) After 12 days of hectic search operations, rescuers on Monday managed to trace the body of a third trooper, officials said. Three of the troopers struck by the avalanche are still missing. Six troopers of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles were buried under an avalanche that[Read More…]
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) Film producer Guneet Monga, who backed Oscar-winning short documentary “Period. End of Sentence”, is making inroads into the southern Indian film market with Suriya’s next yet-untitled Tamil outing. On Monday, Monga took to Twitter to announce her association with Suriya’s 2D Entertainment on his next project[Read More…]
Guwahati, March 4 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will on Tuesday inaugurate the BOLD-QIT (Border Electronically Dominated QRT Interception Technique) project on the India-Bangladesh border in Assam’s Dhubri district to ensure surveillance in areas with adverse terrain. The Border Security Force (BSF) is responsible for safeguarding the 4,096-km-long border,[Read More…]
