New Delhi, March 6 ,Giving a major fillip to India’s neighourhood outreach in the Indian Ocean region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a five-day visit to the three key island nations of Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri Lanka from March 10. However, the Maldives leg of the visit is not on, in view of […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Union minister Raosaheb Dadarao Danve on Thursday resigned from the council of ministers, Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement. President Pranab Mukherjee, as advised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has accepted the resignation of Danve with immediate effect, the statement said. Danve was the minister of state for consumer affairs, […]
New Delhi, March 5 She is multitasking but doesn’t know how to cook, she doesn’t have the patience to deal with nagging in-laws, doesn’t want children within a year of marriage and her focus is on building a successful career. Meet the new age 20-something Indian girl who’s fighting the ‘matrimonial ad’ battle with her […]
Washington, March 5 President Barack Obama has nominated Sunil Sabharwal, an independent Indian American investor in the payments sector, as US Alternate Executive Director at International Monetary Fund for a term of two years. The White House sent Sabharwal’s nomination to the Senate on Wednesday. At over two dozen, Obama administration boasts of having the […]
Dimapur (Nagaland), March 5 (IANS) An alleged rapist, suspected to be an illegal Bangladeshi migrant, was dragged out of the high-security central jail in Nagaland’s commercial town of Dimapur by an irate mob, paraded naked and then thrashed to death on Thursday, officials said. At least 10 vehicles were also set ablaze by the unruly […]
Beef lovers in Maharashtra will now have to do without the red meat as President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the Maharashtra Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 1995, nearly 19 years after the Maharashtra Assembly passed the Bill during the BJP-Shiv Sena rule in 1995. The slaughter of cows was previously prohibited in the […]
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Manipuri people in Kolkata on Thursday celebrated Yaoshang, the Manipuri Holi festival, with traditional dances and food. Yaoshang is celebrated for five days commencing from the full moon day (Friday) of Phalguna. The highlight of the festival is the Thabal Chongba (moonlight) folk dance, performed by boys and girls, who form a […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) India will be the clear favourites as eight international women’s teams battle it out to progress along the road to the 2016 Rio Olympics this weekend when the Hockey World League (HWL) Round 2 gets underway at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here. The tournament, which takes place between […]
Bengaluru, March 5 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was on Thursday admitted to a private hospital on the city’s outskirts for naturopathy treatment to cure his chronic cough. “We will do a health check-up and conduct a few tests for prescribing our treatment which is based on naturoapathy,” Jindal Naturecure Institute chief medical officer Babina […]
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Hours after the BBC telecast “India’s Daughter”, a documentary featuring one of the December 16, 2012 gang rape convicts, in Britain, the hash tag #IndiasDaughter became the top global trend on social networking site Twitter on Thursday. Two other hash tags – #NirbhayaInsulted and #DontRapeAgain were also trending on second […]