Attari (Punjab), March 22 (IANS) Diplomatic efforts by India helped in securing the release of 57 boats belonging to Indian fishermen from the custody of Pakistani authorities, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Sunday. The boats, according to the home minister, will reach Porbandar along the Gujarat coast on Monday. The boats were confiscated […]
Kathmandu, March 22 (IANS) Five Indian nationals from a family, including two children, were killed and two minors were injured when their car plunged 200 metres down a gorge in Nepal on Sunday, police said. The jeep in which the family from Jharkhand were travelling skidded off the road in an accident-prone area at Simkhola, […]
Jammu, March 22 Jammu and Kashmir’s budget for 2015-16 proposes abolition of water tax, cash stipends for young girls and continuing VAT remission to industries till uniform GST comes into force in the country. Presenting the proposals on Sunday, Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu said the Rs.46,473 crore-expenditure budget also proposes development of Jammu and Srinagar […]
Chandigarh, March 22 Medical science may not believe in the ghost stories but unethical practices adopted by private medical colleges and unscrupulous doctors in the region have put a big question mark on the standard of education being imparted and the kind of doctors being churned out by these institutions. With 436 ‘ghost’ teachers being […]
Washington, March 21 Several Indian-Americans are among over 100 students from across the country who would showcase their inventions, and innovative science projects at the fifth White House Science Fair hosted by President Barack Obama Monday. Celebrating their extraordinary science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) achievements, this year’s exhibits, all built, made, and designed by […]
New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court will hear a plea seeking security for women and freedom of religion in the wake of attack on nuns and churches in some parts of the country moved by a lawyer who held it was the apex court’s obligation to protect them. “It is the duty of the […]
Rae Bareli/Lucknow, March 20 At least 32 people were killed when the engine and three coaches of a passenger train derailed near Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh after the driver overshot a signal on Friday. Northern Railway spokesman Neeraj Sharma said in New Delhi that nearly 50 people were warded in hospitals. Doctors in Lucknow […]
Mandalay, March 19 The Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), a solar-powered aircraft on a mission to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel, has landed here on Thursday, completing the fourth leg of its historic flight, according to media reports. The aircraft, piloted by the Swiss project chairman Bertrand Piccard, had taken off from […]
C ommonwealth Minister for Justice Michael Keenan, and Western Australian Premier, Colin Barnett, today announced that disaster assistance has been activated for councils in 16 local government areas following flooding between 28 February and 8 March 2015. Mr Keenan said the assistance was being provided under the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements […]
Islamabad, March 15 Two powerful explosions rocked two churches in Pakistan’s Lahore city on Sunday killing at least 15 people and triggering violence, media said. Jamatul Ahrar, an offshoot of the Tehreek-e-Taliban, claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, news web sites said. At least 78 people were hurt in the explosions at the Catholic Church […]