Traditionally considered weak in West Bengal, the BJP is heavily banking on its prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi — scheduled to address a rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds Wednesday — for a turnaround in the state. Coming only days after Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee launched her poll drive from the same venue, the […]
A new era of smart batteries are near us where the source of charging would be solar power, TV set or even Wi-Fi at your home. Although it would take some years to hit the market, Apple is looking into ways to fit its smartwatch’s screen with a solar charging layer. This would charge the […]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to personally intervene and also use diplomatic channels to secure the release of Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan jails. In a letter to Manmohan Singh on Monday, the text of which was released to the media Tuesday, Jayalalithaa said the Sri Lankan Navy […]
Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who was conferred the Bharat Ratna here Tuesday, said though he has retired from all forms of cricket he will continue to bat for India and will give the country “a reason to smile”. The cricketing legend was accompanied by his wife Anjali and daughter Sara as he received the award […]
The Delhi High Court Tuesday issued notice to the city government and Delhi Police on a bail plea of Vishal Yadav, who is serving life imprisonment for abducting and killing Nitish Katara in 2002. Vishal Yadav moved the court seeking two weeks’ bail to attend the engagement and wedding of his younger brother. He was […]
Bihar’s Social Welfare Minister Perween Amanullah, the first Muslim woman minister in the state, Tuesday resigned from the Nitish Kumar cabinet as well as the Janata Dal-United. “I have resigned from the cabinet and the JD-U and sent it (resignation letter) to the chief minister,” Amanullah told media persons here. She refused to disclose the […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday expressed the hope that Parliament will approve the Telangana bill and anti-corruption bills during its session beginning Feb 5. Speaking to reporters after an all-party meet ahead of the parliament session, the prime minister said: “This is going to be the last session of the 15th Lok Sabha. There is […]
A 25-year-old Indian woman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) tried to commit suicide by consuming Dettol last month, a court heard. The woman, a dancer identified by the initials of her name RP, however, was not present in the Dubai Court of Misdemeanours Monday to answer the charges that she tried to commit suicide […]
Border Security Force (BSF) troopers Tuesday morning recovered 20 kg of heroin, valued at Rs.100 crore in the international market, BSF officials said here. The seizure was made following an encounter with smugglers from the Pakistan side near border outpost Bharopal in the Amritsar sector, 30 km from here, a BSF spokesman said. The contraband […]
maTerming the attack on the 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh “most condemnable”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday said “every possible effort” would be made to punish the guilty. “The attack on Nido Tania, the student from Arunachal Pradesh, is most condemnable. While the actual cause of Nido Tania’s death will be known only after the […]