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  Rajnath to attend Interpol meet today; to visit Israel too

  India | November 03, 2014 9:22 IST

  New Delhi:  Home Minister Rajnath Singh will represent India at Interpol's General Assembly beginning today in Monaco, where he is expected to seek support for cases having international ramifications, including those related to terror.The Home

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  Nepal India to start bus services between Kathmandu and Delhi

  India | November 02, 2014 20:57 IST

  Kathmandu: India and Nepal have finalised a new agreement to boost people to people contacts and promote tourism by planning bus services on three routes from Kathmandu and Pokhara to New Delhi and Varanasi later

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  PM's radio broadcast will bring people together: Javadekar

  National | November 02, 2014 20:35 IST

  New Delhi:  Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's radio broadcast programme ‘Man ki Baat' will be useful for bringing together people of the country.“He (Modi) always speaks from the

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  No substantial headway in Burdwan blast probe

  India | November 02, 2014 16:02 IST

  New Delhi:  Exactly a month after the Burdwan blast in which two suspected terrorists were killed, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) appears to have made no substantial headway and is hot on the trail of

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  Next budget should be full of new ideas: PM Modi

  National | November 01, 2014 23:36 IST

  New Delhi:  Giving an idea of the nature of next year's Budget, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it should be “full of new ideas” with transformational and measurable deliverables.In an interaction with Secretaries of

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  In Pics: Narendra Modi launches BJP's membership drive

  National | November 02, 2014 11:08 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today launched a membership drive amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch for making it all inclusive so that every section of the society feels that their “flower” is represented in this “wonderful

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  Need to change present education system: Rajnath

  National | November 01, 2014 17:05 IST

  Lucknow: Terming the present education system in the country as a victim of Macaulay's conspiracy”, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that there was a need to change it and stressed on use of

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  We have right to develop areas along China border: Rijiju

  National | November 01, 2014 15:59 IST

  New Delhi: Brushing aside China's reservations to its plans to develop infrastructure along the border, government today said it has every right to undertake such projects in Indian territory and no one can stop it. “We

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  70 Bajrang Dal supporters arrested during Assam bandh

  India | October 31, 2014 14:35 IST

  Guwahati:  Normal life was today partially hit in Assam during a 12-hour state-wide bandh called by Bajrang Dal. Around 70 Bajrang Dal supporters were arrested from all over the state for allegedly trying to damage

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  Meghalaya to take organic route

  India | October 31, 2014 12:53 IST

  Kolkata:  Following in the footsteps of Sikkim, Nagaland and Mizoram which decided to go 100 organic, the Meghalaya government is set to initiate a process to get its horticultural and agricultural produce certified as “organically

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  Kerala HC upholds liquor ban, alcohol sale restricted to 62 hotels

  India | October 31, 2014 11:17 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram:  A single-judge bench of the Kerala High Court Thursday allowed 62 heritage, four- and five-star hotel bars to operate from Thursday.All two- and three-star hotel bars have to be closed. Now, liquor will be

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  Black money details shared under tax treaty can't be shared even with courts: Swiss government

  October 31, 2014 10:27 IST

  New Delhi/Berne: Amid a debate on disclosure of names of suspected black money holders, Switzerland Thursday said information exchanged under Swiss-India tax treaty cannot be disclosed "in principle" to a court or any other body

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  Rs 10 lakh penalty imposed on Patanjali for concealing tax

  India | October 30, 2014 14:26 IST

  Muzaffarnagar: The Uttar Pradesh Trade Tax Department has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on Patanjali Yoga Peeth for allegedly concealing tax on sale of goods here.  The fine was slapped yesterday after Joint

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  Yasin Malik arrested in Srinagar

  National | October 30, 2014 14:13 IST

  Srinagar:  Separatist leader Muhammad Yasin Malik, who has called for a boycott of the coming Jammu and Kashmir elections, was Thursday taken into preventive custody here.This was done to maintain law and order in the

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  Boy killed, one injured in toilet explosion

  India | October 30, 2014 12:44 IST

  Thane: A 10-year-old boy was killed and another person injured in an explosion at a public toilet in the city, police said today. The explosion apparently took place due to excessive pressure of the gases formed

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  Arvind Mayaram shifted to Minority Affairs Ministry

  India | October 30, 2014 12:16 IST

  New Delhi: Arvind Mayaram, who was shunted from Finance Ministry to Tourism only a fortnight back, has now been transferred as Secretary in Minority Affairs Ministry even before he took charge of his new post.   The

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  Goa govt suspends water sports after death of Russian tourists

  India | October 30, 2014 10:57 IST

  Panaji:  The Goa government here suspended all water sports activity across the state following the fresh incident of death of three Russian nationals near here during a water sport activity being operated illegally.  It was

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  Rajasthan High Court grants interim bail to minister Babulal Nagar in rape case

  National | October 30, 2014 11:16 IST

  Jaipur:  Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail till November 6 to former Rajasthan minister Babulal Nagar, who was in jail for allegedly raping a married woman.The bail was granted as Nagar's daughter is

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  Amravati Express derails near Kalyan; no casualty

  India | October 30, 2014 10:10 IST

  Kalyan: The engine and a passenger-cum-guard coach of the Mumbai-bound Amravati Express derailed on Thursday while entering the suburban Kalyan station this morning but no one was hurt.However, the incident has disrupted traffic on the

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  Chhath declared public holiday in Delhi

  India | October 28, 2014 15:13 IST

  New Delhi:  A public holiday has been declared in the city tomorrow on account of Chhath Puja."The Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi is pleased to declare Wednesday, the 29th October as a