New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Indian Army Sunday honoured two soldiers who died fighting guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir April 25. A statement from the Udhampur-based headquarters of the Northern Command said Northern Command chief Lt. Gen. Sanjiv Chachra, the colonel of the Rajput Regiment, paid tributes to the soldiers “on behalf of the country” […]
New Delhi/Rae Bareli, April 27 (IANS) The verbal spat between the Congress and the BJP grew more strident Sunday with the BJP’s allegations of “corruption under patronage” in land deals of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra evoked a spirited response from his wife Priyanka Gandhi, who accused the party of “running like bewildered rats”. […]
While much of India slept Thursday morning, one news of a big-time sale spread in minutes through the country, on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp, long before the mainstream media picked it up. Facebook was buying WhatsApp for $16 billion in stock and cash, going up to a likely $19 billion with restricted stock options. That’s […]
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) An Andhra Pradesh MP expelled from the Congress for opposing Telangana’s formation Thursday shocked the nation when he used pepper spray during another tumultous day in the Lok Sabha. The first of its kind act in parliament sent scores of MPs and Lok Sabha officials — and even some journalists in […]
Lucknow, April 26 (IANS) An FIR was lodged against yoga guru Baba Ramdev Saturday for making “vulgar comments” against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday, an official said. The language and contents of what Ramdev said were in “bad taste” and amounted to demeaning a certain caste as well as a national leader, the official added. […]
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday presented the Padma awards to eminent personalities like author Ruskin Bond and actor Paresh Rawal at a function at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. The president presented one Padma Vibhushan, 11 Padma Bhushans and 44 Padma Shri awards at a civil investiture ceremony, an official statement said. Yoga […]
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) The Congress was “keen and eager” to see party chief Sonia Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra play a bigger role in the election campaign, its national spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said Saturday. “Yes, I accept the entire party is very keen and eager that she should campaign more and that is true […]
Aizawl, April 26 (IANS) A 100-seat medical college will come up soon in the northeastern state of Mizoram, an official said here Saturday. “Mizoram government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the union health ministry recently to set up the first ever medical college in the state,” a Mizoram health department official told reporters. […]
Chennai, April 26 (IANS) The first teaser of Tamil-English biopic “Ramanujan”, about mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, was unveiled Saturday on his death anniversary. The makers feel it made sense to release the teaser on the day. “We live in a virtual world today and the internet is all-pervasive. Releasing the first look teaser online on this […]
Bhubaneswar, April 26 (IANS) A poll official in Odisha’s Kendrapada district has been suspended after TV footage showed alleged rigging during April 17 election, an official said Saturday. District returning officer and Collector Nitin Bhanu Das Jawale said he has placed Ganeswar Jena, a college teacher, under suspension and initiated a probe against him. Four […]