Bengaluru, With increasing cases of cancer across the country, the medical fraternity and policy planners face the challenge of mitigating and preventing the dreaded disease, President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Wednesday. “Official data reveals one in 15 men and one in 12 women in urban areas face cancer risk in their life time. With […]
Jammu, Three siblings were killed on Wednesday in an explosion in Udhampur district of Jammu region. “Initial reports say the children were collecting scrap when they fiddled with some explosive device that went off near Birma bridge in Udhampur town,” a senior police officer said here. He said the three children were aged 15, 10 […]
New Delhi, Two wheelers will be exempt from the odd-even formula the Delhi government wants to implement in the first half of January to curb air pollution, an official said on Wednesday. “Two wheeler riders will be exempted from the scheme because their number is huge and the public transport is not that great,” the […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said he is very optimistic about his two-day visit to Russia starting Wednesday during which he will attend the 16th India-Russia annual summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin “Today I will commence my visit to Russia, my first bilateral visit after we formed the Government. I am very […]
Islamabad, Sartaj Aziz, foreign affairs adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, on Wednesday proposed January 16 for talks between the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India. “Pakistan is now waiting for India’s response to the proposed dates,” Dwan online quoted Aziz as saying. The foreign secretary-level talks between the two countries will be held […]
Inspiration India wins the 2015 SITE Crystal Award in the “Best Destination-Based Experiential Incentive Travel Program” category, the 2nd Crystal Award after winning one at the Beijing Conference in 2012 New Delhi October 24, 2015 Inspiration India in association with Impact Organization was declared a 2015 SITE Crystal Award Winner in the category ‘Best Destination-Based […]
New Delhi, Parents of the December 16 gang rape victim on Tuesday expressed satisfaction over the passing of the Juvenile Justice Bill in the Rajya Sabha here. “I just pray that our girls should be safe now. I am happy (with the passage of the bill) but somewhat I’m unhappy that justice wasn’t served to […]
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, at a high level meeting on Tuesday took stock of the developments arising out of the transportation of stones and rocks for the Ram temple in Ayodhya. According to sources, the chief minister told officials that law and order, peace and communal harmony should not be allowed to […]
New Delhi, The CBI raided seven locations – official and residential – of an IRS officer accused of corruption, and recovered Rs.20 crore cash, records of investment of another Rs.20 crore and details of other property, an official said on Tuesday. The agency had registered a case against the IRS officer, presently a financial advisor […]
Chennai, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that her state requires Rs.25,912 crore for flood relief measures. In a letter to Modi, the text of which was released to the media here, Jayalaltihaa demanded an mmediate release of Rs.2,000 crore and said the supplementary memorandum reflects the damage […]