New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) A day after he accepted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee’s offer to be a Trinamool Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha from Darjeeling, former India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia has unfolded his vision to serve the people of the hill region. “The enormity of the work I have to do […]
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday inaugurated the Annual Innovation Exhibition featuring innovative technologies at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, an official statement said. Since 2010, the exhibition is being organised every year at the sports ground of the president estate by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF). The exhibition features 41 innovative technologies, including seven […]
Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) Amid reports that ace comedian and character artist Jagadish would likely be fielded by the Congress for the Lok Sabha polls, the actor has said none has approached him so far. “My association with the Congress party began almost four decades ago when I was a student and whenever I contested, it […]
Jammu, March 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday thanked his counterpart in Uttar Pradesh for withdrawing sedition charges against 67 Kashmiri students who were celebrating Pakistan cricket team’s victory over India. “Very glad that the UP police has withdrawn the sedition case against the boys. Grateful to Akhilesh Yadav (Uttar Pradesh chief […]
Ahmedabad, March 7 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal Friday alleged that there was a lot of corruption in Gujarat, contrary to the claims made by Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The former Delhi chief minister, on a “study” tour of Gujarat, told the media here that he was trying to meet Modi and raise 16 questions. “You […]
Lucknow, March 7 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh’s chief electoral officer Friday sent a preliminary report to the Election Commission of India on the clashes between Aam Aadmi Party and BJP workers here Wednesday. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers fought a pitched battle at the Vidhan Sabha Road and several workers from […]
Patna, March 7 (IANS) Filmmaker Prakash Jha will contest the Lok Sabha election from Bettiah parliamentary constituency in Bihar on a Janata Dal-United ticket, state JD-U president Vashisht Narain Singh said Friday. Jha’s name figured in the first list of four candidates released by the JD-U for the general elections. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced Jha’s […]
Panaji, March 6 (IANS) Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has made budgetary provisions for saffronisation of Goa by allowing Yoga guru Ramdev and the RSS to set up bases in the state, the Congress Thursday said. Addressing a press conference in Panaji, state Congress president John Fernandes Thursday said that the BJP government has laid the red […]
Bhubaneswar, March 5 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday lashed out at Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, saying the leaders visited Uttarakhand after the floods but not his state following the devastation caused by Cyclone Phailin. Patnaik was addressing a women’s rally in Berhampur town in his home district of Ganjam, 180 km from here, […]
Panaji, March 5 (IANS) The Goa BJP is opposed only to offshore casinos and not onshore ones, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told the state assembly Wednesday. He also said no operational offshore casino would be allowed to function in the Mandovi river off Panaji by 2015. Parrikar was replying to a query during question hour during […]