Bhubaneswar, September 21 (PTI) ISRO chairman K Sivan Saturday said the country is moving ahead to meet its target of sending man to space by December 2021. He asserted that though ISRO's plan to soft land C

The Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora announcing the dates for the Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra, 2019 and the Schedule for the bye-elections to fill the casual vacan

New Delhi, September 21 (IANS) With India aiming to become a $5-trillion economy by 2025, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar has said that the country needs to focus on making its people healthier, especially

New Delhi, September 21 (IANS) Bypolls to 64 Assembly seats in 17 states and one Union Territory will be held on October 21 and the results will be declared on October 24, the Election Commission said on Saturd

New Delhi, September 20 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) received the first multi-role combat aircraft Rafale from its manufacturer Dassault Aviation in France on Thursday, defence sources said on Friday. T

India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das arrive to attend the RBI's central board meeting in New Delhi, India July 8, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadna

New Delhi, September 20 (IANS) Anticipating the BJP's move on population control,the Congress has also jumped into the debate, as the Congress Working Committee member Jitin Prasad has said that for all-around

New Delhi, September 20 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a swipe at the tax incentives announced by the Centre, saying it was aimed to push up the stock market ahead of Prime Minister Narendra

Lucknow, Sep 20 (IANS) Stringent orders of District Magistrate (DM) in several districts of Uttar Pradesh have virtually robbed local residents of their basic civil rights. An unprecedented order of DM, Jaunpur

New Delhi, September 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Juvenile Justice Committee of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on a petition challenging the illegal detention of children in Ja

Srinagar, September 20 (IANS) There are a total of 273 militants operating in Kashmir, according to a list prepared by security agencies last week and accessed by the IANS. Out of the 273 active militan

Kolkata, September 20 (IANS) Terming the Left student activists as "cowards" who had assaulted him in the Jadavpur University campus, BJP leader and Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Friday virtually challen

Shahjahanpur, September 20 (IANS) "Main sharminda hoon," is what Chinmayanand told the Special Investigation Team during investigations. Naveen Arora, who has been heading the SIT team, told reporters that d

A customer hands Indian currency notes to an attendant at a fuel station in Mumbai, August 13, 2018. (REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas File Photo)   New Delhi, September 20 (IANS): In a major bonanza

Image for representational purposes only. (IANS)   New Delhi, September 19 (IANS):  The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a pregnant woman does not have the absolute right to abort her

New York, September 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has held out the possibility of making a significant announcement when he addresses the "Howdy Modi" rally with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday in

New Delhi, September 17 (IANS) A day after the Jammu and Kashmir administration said that it has applied provisions under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) against former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Fa

September 17 (PTI):  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met his mother Heeraben in Gandhinagar on the occasion of his 69th birthday. Earlier in the day, Modi, who arrived in Gujarat late on Monday, in

A man buys a packet of milk at a shop in Kolkata, India, September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri   NEW DELHI, September 17 (Reuters) - Companies in India will seek exemptions from the governme

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben visited the Kalyaneswari temple at Asansol of West Burdwan district and offered puja, a temple official said on Tuesday. (IANS Photo)   Kolkata, Septemb