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Over-aged favourites in U'Khand pose problem for BJP
The informal policy in the BJP, where leaders above 75 should not hold any administrative post, has become a headache for the party in poll-bound Uttarakhand.An internal assessment by the RSS and BJP...
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IIM course ranks 19th in global list
The two-year post graduate programme in management (PGP) of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) has been ranked 19th in the Financial Times Global Masters in Management 2016 ranking....
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Undertrials accused of sacrilege in Punjab being targeted, killed
Following incidents of desecration of holy books in Punjab, undertrials accused of sacrilege are now being targeted and killed. In less than two months, two women accused of desecrating the Guru Granth...
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Congress suffers blow in Manipur as veteran leader joins BJP
The ruling Congress in Manipur suffered a major blow on Monday when veteran Congress legislator and former minister Yumkham Erabot Singh (77) joined the BJP along with all his constituency supporters...
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A run to champion cause of millets among urban users
Come December, these runners are going to lace up their well-worn shoes and sprint to give millets, the forgotten superfood, a push among urban consumers. 'Miles for Millets' is a campaign to increase...
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Rhinos threatened by poaching, translocation: global body
Despite efforts by the state government to clamp down on illegal rhino poaching, the species in Assam is continuing to face the threat of extinction, an international report has warned. In its report,...
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Cabinet okays GST Council, first meeting on Sept 22
The government on Monday gave the go ahead to setting up a Goods and Services Council to decide on the most contentious issue of the rate of taxation in the new indirect tax regime.The council has been...
View ArticleDefiant Poojary dares KPCC chief to sack him
Senior Congress leader BJanardhanaPoojary on Monday daredKPCC presidentGParameshwara to remove him from the party.Reacting to media queries over Chief MinisterSiddaramaiah complaining to AICCKarnataka...
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Amnesty warns against use of PAVA shells
Amnesty International India on Monday cautioned against the use of PAVA shells, a "chemical irritant" weapon that replaced pellet guns, in Kashmir due to its potential to be used in an "arbitrary or...
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Govt plans to relax cap on direct land purchase for public projects
Under pressure to expedite the Yettinahole drinking water project, the Karnataka government is planning to relax the ceiling on direct purchase of land for public purpose. Official sources in the...
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Visitors bring meat to ensure families feast on Bakrid
For Shazia, the homecoming to Srinagar from Delhi could not have been any stranger. A day before she left the capital, she shopped frantically for meat and other food varieties to bring home. The...
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India to ink extradition pact with Afghanistan
India and Afghanistan will finally sign an extradition treaty this week, almost 16 months after they had agreed to ink the pact.The treaty is likely to be inked during Afghan President M Ashraf Ghani's...
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Tamil film shows disrupted, TN vehicles targeted
Activists targeted theatres screening Tamil movies and vehicles bearing Tamil Nadu registration numbers in various parts of the state on Monday. Members of a pro-Kannada group stopped the screening of...
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Govt to raise buffer stock of pulses to 20 lakh tonnes
To stabilise prices of pulses and encourage farmers, the government on Monday decided to increase the buffer stock of pulses from 8 lakh tonnes to 20 lakh tonnes.The Cabinet Committee on Economic...
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India moves to bring back illegal migrants from Europe
Prodded by the European Union (EU), India has made the first move to put in place a legal framework to bring back its citizens, who illegally migrated to the western countries.A meeting of the Union...
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Rajnath speaks to CMs, promises all help
Reviewing the situation arising out of violent Cauvery protests, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday spoke to the chief ministers of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on the phone and assured them all...
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New pact not on cards during Dahal's visit
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's forthcoming visit to India will not see signing of any new agreement.Although, the two countries will seek to expedite several development projects New Delhi...
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Women's Reservation Bill: leaders vow to intensify stir
On of the completion of 20 years of introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament, women leaders cutting across party affiliations vowed to intensify the struggle for the passage of the...
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Violence in TN, hotel attacked in Chennai
Just as normalcy was returning to the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border areas, fresh violence erupted across Tamil Nadu on Monday morning over the Cauvery row.Unidentified miscreants hurled petrol bombs at...
View ArticleWater release not enough for Samba crop: TN delta farmers
With the Supreme Court revising the amount of water to be released by Karnataka to Tamil Nadu, delta farmers in the state on Monday reiterated that the water will not be enough to cultivate the Samba...
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