New Delhi, Ending decades of wait, the Indian government on Saturday declassified the first set of 100 files on revolutionary leader Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, whose whereabouts after a reported air crash continues to be a mystery even after 70 years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had announced during a meeting with Netaji’s family members […]
New Delhi,Five suspected members of terror outfit Islamic State (IS) were arrested and nine others detained by the NIA in cooperation with state police agencies across India, a home ministry official said on Friday. Informed sources said all the raids at 12 locations in six cities were conducted on tip-offs that the IS sympathisers were […]
New Delhi, Sunanda Pushkar died of poisoning caused by anxiety drug Alprax, the final report by AIIMS medical board said. All India Institute of Medical Sciences experts also said there could be chances of an injectable poison, in view of certain marks on Sunanda’s body. The report – submitted to the Delhi police earlier this […]
Chandigarh, China’s Wanda Group will invest 10 billion dollars to develop an industrial park in Haryana, the state government announced on Friday. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the two sides in Beijing in the presence of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday. “An MoU was signed for the development of […]
Chandigarh, Primary schools in Punjab will remain closed on Saturday and Monday in view of cold wave conditions, the state government said on Friday. Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema said all government and aided primary schools across the state would be closed on Saturday (January 23) and Monday (January 25), whereas others schools will open as […]
Kolkata, Legendary tabla player Shankar Ghosh died at a private health facility here on Friday after being critically-ill for over a month due to pneumonia, cardiac problems and old age complications, hospital sources said. Ghosh, 80, leaves behind his wife – Hindustani classical vocalist of Patiala gharana Sanjukta Ghosh – and his famed percussionist son […]
Lucknow/Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he was deeply saddened by the suicide of Dalit student Rohith Vemula and added that corruption had fallen since he took office in May 2014. In a speech at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow, Modi choked while referring to Vemula’s death on January 17 in […]
New Delhi, Delhi will hold its fourth car-free day on Friday with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal leading a cycle rally, the city government said on Thursday. The exercise, which is organised on the 22nd of every month to curb pollution and decongest traffic, comes after the recently concluded 15-day odd-even traffic restriction scheme. Kejriwal will […]
Thrissur (Kerala), If you thought the rich and the mighty get away with crime, then you thought wrong. A Kerala businessman with a net worth of Rs.5,000 crore was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a security guard by ramming his car in a fit of rage after he was late in opening […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh on Friday to distribute aids and devices to the differently-abled people, a PMO release said on Thursday. He will visit Lucknow to address the sixth convocation of the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University. The prime minister will also pay homage to Babasaheb […]