Gadkari Unveils Road Projects Worth Rs 50,000 Crore In Andhra Pradesh
VIJAYWADA -- The Centre is taking up road projects worth more than Rs 50,000 crore in Andhra Pradesh, including an Outer Ring Road (ORR) at Vijayawada, where the State's new capital city is coming up....
View ArticleChennai Floods: Anyone Aware Of Ground Realities Can't Accuse Govt Of Delayed...
As incessant rains brought Chennai to a standstill, laying bare the city’s crumbling infrastructure, all eyes were on Vikram Kapoor, Chennai Corporation Commissioner and the bureaucrat in charge of...
View ArticleManish Malhotra's B'Day Bash Was A Starry Affair
NEW DELHI -- It was B-town's favourite celebrity designer's birthday and it looks like Manish Malhotra had a bash with his pals. The 50-year-old designer took to his Instagram and posted several pics...
View ArticleShahid Kapoor Says Goodbye To His Beard
Shahid Kapoor seems to be having a gala time at the beach in his new avatar. The 34-year-old actor recently took to his Instagram and posted a selfie of himself enjoying a day at the beach. The...
View ArticleJNU Revises Policy On Sexual Harassment, Introduces Penalty For False Complaints
New Delhi -- Jawaharlal Nehru University, which has the dubious distinction of receiving the maximum number of sexual harassment complaints lodged in any educational institution in Delhi in the last...
View ArticleGovernment To Give Decisive Push To GST Bill In Parliament This Week
NEW DELHI -- With the government resolving to give a decisive push to the GST bill in Parliament this week, the winter session could witness a battle of wits in the Rajya Sabha from Monday, with both...
View ArticleAll Women Police Control Room Vans To Ply In Certain Areas In Delhi
NEW DELHI -- For the first time, the national capital will have 'all-women PCR vans' plying in certain zones, with the department selecting eight female constables as drivers of patrol vehicles. The...
View ArticleParrikar Reportedly Plans To Tell US That It's Pakistan Policy Is A Flop
New Delhi -- Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is likely to do some 'plain talking' on cross border terrorism by Pakistan and articulate India's stand on the situation in Afghanistan and the Middle...
View ArticleNorth Delhi Municipal Corporation Earns Rs 38 Lakh By Auctioning Stray Buffaloes
NEW DELHI -- As part of a drive to check the menace of stray animals, North Delhi Municipal Corporation has earned a revenue of about Rs 38 lakh by auctioning the stray buffaloes caught in the current...
View ArticleBaba Ramdev's Patanjali Noodles In Trouble, Insects Found Inside Sealed...
Baba Ramdev's 'Patanjali Noodles' is in trouble again. First, it was not being able to obtain the mandatory product approval from the Food Safety and Regulatory Authority of India (FSSAI), and now a...
View ArticleDadri Lynching: Victim's Family 'Satisfied' With Action Taken, Doesn't Want...
LUCKNOW -- The family members of Dadri lynching victim Mohd Ikhlaq, whose killing generated considerable political heat in the country, today told Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav that they...
View ArticleNational Level Shooter Pushpa Gupta Now Sells Noodles To Make A Living
VADODARA -- In a country like India, which boasts of some of the richest sportspersons in the world, there is a female champion who has been neglected to such levels that she now sells noodles on the...
View ArticleLeT Planned 26/11-Style Attack On One Of Modi's Gatherings: Report
The Intelligence Bureau and the Delhi Police have allegedly unearthed a plan by the Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other VVIPs in the...
View ArticleGoogle Has Filed Patent For 'Needle-Free' Way To Collect Blood
Excellent news for trypanophobics: Search Giant Google has filed for a patent for a blood drawing system that works sans any needles, according to reports, but is instead wearable or hand-held....
View ArticleIndia Still Vulnerable To Terror Attacks As Teams Slip Past Security During...
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI -- Last month, during an exercise to test India's readiness for a militant attack, teams of coast guards approached Mumbai and surrounding areas by sea, just as assailants did before...
View ArticleNoted Writer Saroj Vashisht Dies In A Fire Accident At Home
SHIMLA -- Renowned writer and social activist Saroj Vashisht, who dedicated her life to the welfare of prisoners, today died of suffocation after her house caught fire due to short circuit in...
View ArticleWATCH: Sonakshi Sinha, Ranveer Singh Dubsmash In 'Bajirao' Style
NEW DELHI -- After charming the audience with their romantic flick Lootera, Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha and actor Ranveer Singh once again reunited to dubsmash a popular scene from the 2000 film...
View ArticleVK Singh Dog Remark: Govt Asks Opposition To Stop Politicising The Matter
NEW DELHI -- The government on Monday appealed to the opposition to stop politicising the row over Minister of State for External Affairs Gen. (retd.) V.K. Singh and said that the matter was now over...
View ArticleVarun Dhawan And John Abraham Starrer 'Dishoom's' First Look Released
MUMBAI -- Riding on a bike and side car, reminiscent of the famous Sholay (1975) sequence, actors Varun Dhawan and John Abraham put on a buddy act, albeit in aggressive mood, in the first look of...
View ArticleAcid Attack: SC Directs States, Union Territories To Provide Free Treatment...
NEW DELHI -- The Supreme Court today directed all the states and union territories (UTs) to compensate, rehabilitate and provide free treatment to the survivors of acid attacks in pursuance of...
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