Shimla put under high security alert for President visit
byShimla: President Pranab Mukherji’s two days visit to Shimla starting today has put the whole city on high security alert, besides introducing new changes…
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Sports minister lauds amputee Everest climber Arunima
byNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh Thursday congratulated Arunima Sinha for climbing the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest. Arunima, a…
BJP demands FIR against Sheila Dikshit
byNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded that a first information report (FIR) be filed…
Bookies lose Rs.35,000 crore after police crackdown
byNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) With a pan-India crackdown on betting rackets, Delhi bookies have suffered a whopping loss of Rs.35,000 crore as most…
LeT militant gunned down in Srinagar old city
bySrinagar: Security forces killed a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant in a gunfight in the heart of Jammu and Kashmir capital Srinagar today morning. ‘Hilal Molvi’…
Iraqi water minister meets Indian counterpart
byNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Iraq’s Water Resources Minister Mohanad Salman Al-Sady Thursday met his Indian counterpart Harish Rawat to discuss proposed memorandum of…
56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia: Khurshid
byNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) As many as 56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia in the next one-and-half months and ten officials have…
Manika Batra in semis of Polish Open TT
byNew Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Young Indian paddler Manika Batra beat higher-ranked Yui Hamamoto of Japan to enter the girls’ singles semifinals at the…
Police arrest ‘Chinese Spy’ suspect at Dharamsala
byDharamsala: Police here claimed to have arrested a man named Pema Tsering of Tibetan origin from McLeodganj, yesterday evening, under suspicion of being a…
Buy back and delist Neyveli Lignite, Jayalalithaa tells PM
byChennai, May 23 (IANS) Opposing any disinvestment in integrated mining-cum-power generating Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. (NLC), Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday suggested…