Kolkata, Feb 26: West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee Tuesday inaugurated a web portal, which is set to provide real-time data on state-run and aided schools. The portal, ‘Banglar Shiksha’ (banglarshiksha.gov.in), will be up and running in two months’ time, he said. The minister also urged his department […]
NEW DELHI — A journalist who was sued for defamation after accusing former Indian minister and veteran news editor M.J. Akbar of sexual harassment was granted bail in a New Delhi court on Monday. The court set the next hearing in Akbar’s criminal case against Priya Ramani for […]
GAUHATI, India — At least 133 people have died and about 225 people have been hospitalized after drinking tainted liquor in two separate incidents in India’s remote northeast, authorities said Sunday. The victims of one of the most deadly bootleg liquor-related incidents in India were mostly tea plantation […]
Mumbai, Feb 24: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday said he is pained that women who carry hepatitis B virus face discrimination in the society, something he will continue to fight for. Bachchan, who is the World Health Organization’s Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia Region, said women must […]
SRINAGAR – Indian troops and police have detained more than 160 separatist leaders and activists, mainly from the Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), over two successive nights of raids in disputed Kashmir and imposed new curbs on freedom of movement. The crackdown in towns and villages follows a suicide […]
Mumbai, Feb 24: The Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra has registered an offence against the unidentified caller who had threatened to hijack an Air India aircraft and take it to Pakistan. The call had been made to a Navi Mumbai-based call centre which provides service to the national carrier […]
New Delhi, Feb 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday paid tributes to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa on her 71st birth anniversary, recalling her contributions towards development of the state. “Tributes to Jayalalithaa Ji on her birth anniversary. Her contribution towards the development of Tamil Nadu will […]
New Delhi: Robert Vadra, facing Enforcement Directorate probe in cases of money laundering, moved an application in a Delhi court Saturday, seeking copy of case-related documents with the central agency. Special judge Arvind Kumar posted the matter for February 25. The application was moved through senior advocate KTS Tulsi. […]
Srinagar, Feb 22: An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Sopore township of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday morning, police said. Acting on specific input, the security personnel launched a cordon and search operation in the Warpora area of Sopore, they said. A senior […]
New Delhi, Feb 21: The government has decided to stop India’s share of water that flows to Pakistan and divert water from eastern rivers to people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Thursday The decision comes after the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 […]
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