Centre outlines policy measures to maintain standards of education in IITs

  New Delhi/Nagpur.  Underlining the policy measures initiated by Central Government to maintain standards of education, the Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani told Rajya Sabha that the Government has set up eight new IITs in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Orissa,...

Wi-Fi Facility at Seven Railway Stations

Free Wi-Fi has been provided by Indian Railways at seven railway stations out of 407 stations planned for high speed Internet. Manoj Sinha, minister of state for railways said, “Wi-Fi facility has been provided at 7 railway stations namely Bengaluru,...

Censor Board : A Scandal is Breaking !

Mumbai: It has come to notice that a prominent international producer-distributor which also happens to be an entity listed on the share market has violated the law regarding Censors very blatantly. While it is not breaking news that some producers...

Rajnath Singh opens Exhibition of Indian Buddhist Art in Tokyo

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on a visit to Japan, opened the Exhibition of Indian Museum Kolkata on Indian Buddhist Art at the prestigious National Museum of Tokyo. Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Rajnath Singh said that this...

V Bhaigaih named 4th RSS jt gen secy

NewDelhi/Nagpur: RSS has appointed V Bhaigaih as the fourth joint general secretary in its national team along with Dattatreya Hosabale, Krishna Gopal and Suresh Soni, who have been retained. Bhaigaih (65), has been serving as the Akhil Bharatiya Bhauddik Pramukh of...

People with commercial vested interest want Nihalani out

Mumbai/Nagpur:  Top filmmakers, producers ‘hires’ board members to ensure that they get away with their double meaning and vulgar movies without any cut Contrary to the perception, not a single movie is stuck or pending for clearance ever since Pahlaj Nihalani...

Former MLA Rajesh Garg suspended from AAP’s primary membership

  Former AAP MLA Rajesh Garg has been suspended from primary membership of AAP. The party will conduct a probe on his 'anti-party' activities. Garg has accused Arvind Kejriwal of horse trading last year to form the government. He had recorded...

14 Killed, 70 Wounded in Suicide Attacks on 2 Churches in Pakistan

Lahore/Nagpur:  Twin suicide bombings outside Christian churches in the Pakistani city of Lahore have killed at least 14 people and wounded nearly 70 others, authorities said. Hospital officials say at least 30 of the wounded are in critical condition. Witnesses said two...

BJP government in Goa drops Gandhi Jayanti from its list of holidays for 2015

Panaji/Nagpur: The BJP-led coalition government in Goa has dropped Gandhi Jayanti from its list of commercial and industrial holidays for 2015, state Congress spokesperson Durgadas Kamat said on Saturday. Quoting the official gazette listing, Kamat said there is no holiday for...

Indians attitude to rape survivors killed Suzette, not any illness bemoans her ‘best’ friend

  All the news channels reported her death yesterday with these lines - Park Street Rape Victim dies in Kolkata hospital - making many of us, who had not heard about her, think she died as an aftermath of the...

RSS mouthpiece goof-up on PoK as Pak territory leaves Modi Govt red-faced, triggers uproar in RS

Representational pic New Delhi/Nagpur. A major goof-up on the part of RSS mouthpiece ‘Organiser’ left Modi Government red-faced and the patriotic stand of the organization itself is being questioned. The ‘Organiser’ bungled when it depicted the Pak-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) as Pakistani...

Tendulkar demands rethink of toll-tax policy in Maharashtra

Mumbai/Nagpur: Cricketing legend and Rajya Sabha member Sachin Tendulkar has written a letter to Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis asking him for a rethink of the toll-tax policy in the state, especially in Mumbai. In the letter written to Fadnavis...

HC refuses to immediately lift ban on BBC documentary

New Delhi/Nagpur : The Delhi High Court on Thursday declined to immediately revoke the ban on the telecast of controversial BBC documentary "India's Daughter" on the December 16, 2012, gang rape. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice...

Sonia Gandhi defends Manmohan Singh in sharp tone and terms

Manmohan Singh meets Sonia Gandhi and other Congress leaders who walked to his house in a show of support NewDelhi/Nagpur: Looking very much in command and full of righteous indignation, Sonia Gandhi, President of Congress who normally shuns the limelight...

Court Sets Aside ‘Look Out Circular’ for Greenpeace Activist Priya Pillai

Nagpur/New Delhi : Exactly two months after Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai was stopped from boarding a flight to London to speak to British MPs, the Delhi High Court has asked the government to quash and set aside the lookout circular...

Damania quits AAP after a tape reveals Kejriwal indulging in horse-trading of Congress MLAs

  Anjali Damania, the prominent face of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has quit the party in a huff. Disturbed by the damning revelation of horse-trading indulged in by AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, Damania said that she had not come into...

Former PM Singh summoned as accused by special court

In a move that has shocked Congress circles and is being welcomed by BJP politicians, the special court examining the Coal Scam has summoned former UPA Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for questioning as an Accused. He has to appear before the...

Prashant Bhushan did not congratulate Kejriwal on becoming Delhi CM says Sanjay Singh

  Moves and counter moves in AAP are coming fast and furious now leading to speculation that Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav are on the way out and will be shown the door at the AAP Council meeting on 28th...

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