New Delhi, March 4 (IANS): Former close aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari, has expressed his desire to contest on a BJP ticket from the Nandigram Assembly constituency in the
Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS): Hours after E.Sreedharan, 88, often referred to as Metroman on Thursday said it will be his last working day with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) since work at the Pa
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS): A cyber security researcher has claimed that a security flaw in a portal run by the West Bengal government has allegedly leaked lab results data of millions of people who went for cor
New York, March 4 (IANS) Issuing a high alert about the growing dangers to the international system from China, President Joe Biden has called for building alliances with like-minded countries and said the US w
New Delhi, March 4 (PTI): The daily new cases of COVID-19 in India were recorded above 17,000 after a little over a month taking the total tally of cases to 1,11,56,923, while the recoveries surged to 1,08,26,0
MUMBAI, MARCH 3 (IANS): In one of the fiercest attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said while the Centre clamped an abrupt lockdown last year and as
New Delhi, March 3 (PTI): The Centre has told all states and union territories that the power to administer the new rules on digital media publications has not been delegated to them, a day after the Union gove
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday emphasised on the need for better synergy between colleges and universities and directed for the implementation of all the provisions of the
Karnal, March 3 (IANS) As many as 57 students of the Sainik school here have tested positive for the coronavirus, health officials said on Wednesday.
The officials said that three students of the Sainik scho
London, March 3 (PTI): British lawmakers will debate the issue of press freedom and safety of protesters in India next Monday in response to an e-petition which had crossed the 100,000-signature threshold requi
New Delhi, March 3 (PTI): Closure of 1.5 million schools due to coronavirus pandemic and the resultant lockdowns in 2020 impacted 247 million children enrolled in elementary and secondary schools in India, a UN
New Delhi, March 3 (PTI): The government has sanctioned a dozen fresh SSB battalions, comprising over 13,000 personnel for the Nepal and Bhutan borders guarding force, to "fortify" defences along thes
Kochi, March 3 (PTI): Researchers from India and the US have discovered five new species of shrub frogs from the Western Ghats, one of the globally recognised biodiversity hotspots.
The frogs, belonging to t
United Nations, March 3 (PTI): India, which has shipped critical supplies of COVID-19 vaccines to nations globally, has said it stands ready to work with the United Nations and its agencies to ensure the doses
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS): Amid a worrying upward trend, India registered 14,989 new coronavirus cases and 98 fatalities in the last 24 hours, which pushed the overall infection tally and death toll to 1,11,39,
New delhi, March 3 (PTI): Terming the Emergency that was imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi a "mistake", Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said what happened during that period was &
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS): With LPG prices staying northbound in the country, the Congress on Tuesday attacked the government over the rise in prices, saying the withdrawal of subsidy on LPG has exposed the
NEW DELHI, MARCH 2 (ANS): Delhi University (DU) has said it would provide a hard copy of the college degree for free to students who have graduated from various colleges affiliated to it.
The university thou
NEW DELHI, MARCH 2 (IANS): Several operatives of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, involved in smuggling of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), have shifted base from Kathmandu to Dhaka in a bid to push 'Pakist
NEW DELHI, MARCH 2 (IANS): A Delhi Court on Tuesday took cognizance of the offences of sedition, promotion of enmity between groups and abetment in a charge sheet filed against 18 accused, including former JNU