Meghalaya minister doesn’t know minimum age for drinking alcohol
byShillong, April 16 (IANS) Meghalaya Excise Minister Zenith Sangma Tuesday admitted that he did not know about the legal age for alcohol consumption. “I…
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Arrested student chained to hospital bed, CPI-M to move rights panel
byKolkata, April 16 (IANS) Deploring the chaining of an arrested student activist to his hospital bed in West Bengal, the CPI-M Tuesday threatened to…
Governor seeks report on Jaipur tunnel accident
byJaipur, April 16 (IANS) Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva Tuesday sought a report from the state government over an accident in a tunnel here two…
New scale developed to assess dementia in tribal populations
byShimla: Finding the internationally used scale for assessment of dementia difficult to apply in elderly tribal populations, doctors of Tanda medical college, Kangra have developed a…
EC pulls up Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil
byNew Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) Tuesday expressed its displeasure saying that Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil had violated the model…
India’s growth to rise to 6.2 per cent in 2014: IMF
byWashington, April 16 (IANS) Lowering India’s growth projections by just a notch, the the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday predicted that this will rise…
Modi will campaign across India: Rajnath Singh
byNew Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will campaign across the country during elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Rajnath Singh…
Women’s national hockey in Lucknow from Thursday
byLucknow, April 16 (IANS) Twenty-nine teams, including defending champions Railways, will participate in the 13-day third Hockey India Senior Women’s National Hockey Championship beginning…
Several billionaires, multi-millionaires in Karnataka poll
byBangalore, April 16 (IANS) Billionaire and multi-millionaire politicians from BJP, the Congress and JD-S are in the field for the May 5 Karnataka assembly…
Modi continues to strain BJP-JD-U ties
byPatna/Kolkata/New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Tuesday ruled out a threat to the Nitish Kumar-led coalition government in Bihar even if…