Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished President Pranab Mukherjee on his 81st birthday saying the country is “proud to have a well-read and knowledgeable president who puts the country’s interest above everything”. “Birthday wishes to Rashtrapati Ji. His tremendous experience and wisdom has benefited the nation greatly. I pray for his long and healthy […]
Higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir received light snowfall while rains in the plains broke the over five month long dry spell in the valley on Sunday. “There has been light rainfall in the plains while hills received light snowfall during the night (Saturday night),” a Met department official said. “Gulmarg recorded 1.4 mm snowfall […]
The CBI recovered Rs 70 lakh in new currency near Hyderabad during raids on relatives of a postal official who was earlier arrested for allegedly being involved in fraudulent exchange of new currency notes, police said on Saturday. The cash, all in new notes of Rs 2,000, was seized on Friday during raids in Ibrahimpatnam […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday said the decision to ban old Rs 500 and 1,000 notes was taken to strengthen the hands of the nation’s poor. Addressing ing a farmers’ rally in Deesa town of Banaskantha district, Modi said the “honest have been looted” for 70 years and that he stood with the […]
Denying any rift or fight for the powerful post of General Secretary, Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK on Saturday said the party will soon elect someone to the post. “The reports about some persons mobilising support for themselves to claim the General Secretary post are all baseless rumours,” AIADMK spokesperson C. Ponnaiyan told the media here. […]
It was a foggy Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 11.2 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the weather office said. At least 101 trains were delayed and 11 cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India, railway officials said. “At least 18 trains were rescheduled,” a Northern […]
The Tibetan government-in-exile on Saturday alleged that human rights violations in Tibet was high, citing an ongoing massive demolition drive by China at the world’s largest Buddhist institute there. “China’s total disregard for human rights is currently demonstrated by the ongoing massive demolition at Larung Gar, the largest Tibetan Buddhist Institute in the world, home […]
Pandemonium continued for the 16th consecutive day in Parliament on Thursday as the government failed to find common ground with the opposition that is protesting in both Houses. However, the Lok Sabha passed the Supplementary Demands for Grants amid the din before adjourning for the day. Both the opposition and the government continued to blame […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted Congress President Sonia Gandhi on her 70th birthday. Modi wished her a long life. “Birthday wishes to Sonia Gandhi. May Almighty bless her with a long life filled with good health,” Modi tweeted. The Prime Minister’s greeting came even after the Congress has been leading an attack on […]
Opening up new horizons in designing drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, Indian researchers have discovered that fibrinogen, a protein that is essential to stop bleeding by helping form blood clot, may arrest the damage caused to nerve cells in the devastating neuro-degenerative disorder. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterised by extensive loss of neurons and deposition of […]