New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) The Norwegian government Wednesday signed an agreement to grant the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) $9 million for strengthening participation of women in local governance ...

New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Temperatures are expected to rise here as well as in other north Indian states in the coming few days, India Meteorological Department said Wednesday, adding that temperature ...

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Nov 3 (IANS) A group of Buddhists from Nepal as well as animal rights organisations have begun urging India's state administrations and animal welfare organisations to help prevent the ...

By Arun Kumar Washington, Nov 3 (IANS) Arvind Sanger, an Indian American with a B. Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, has been appointed chairman of Pratham USA, which helps ...

Ranchi, Nov 2 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren Monday said that supporting Madhu Koda as chief minister was a blunder and in future his party would not support any ...

Ranchi, Nov 2 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, who is faced with allegations of corruption, was interrogated on camera Monday while the Income Tax department (IT) and enforcement directorate ...

Kathmandu, Nov 2 (IANS) An Indian pilgrim was among the two people killed while nearly two dozen were injured in a stampede in southern Nepal Monday during a Hindu religious festival. Laxman Shah ...

Shillong, Oct 31 (IANS) Civilian and militray intelligence agencies have suggested a joint mechanism and effective border management to tackle terrorism in the northeast, officials said. The police and intelligence chiefs of the ...

Ranchi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Income Tax Department, which is probing a disproportionate assets charge against former Jharkhand chief minister and MP Madhu Koda, Saturday conducted raids at 70 places in eight ...

Mumbai, Oct 30 (IANS) Over 50 percent of those ,living in Mumbai are migrants, the largest numbers coming from Uttar Pradesh, a report released by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai ...

New Delhi, Oct.28 (ANI): A 102-page Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has said that the Indian Government is falling short of providing hundreds of thousands of patients access to pain-related treatment. The HRW ...

Aizawl, Oct 28 (IANS) Police in Mizoram have been asked to deport non-domicile Indian citizens staying in the state without valid inner line permits, state Home Minister R. Lalzirliana said here Wednesday. "Indian ...

London, Oct 27 (IANS) Britain's Prince Philip joked with British-Indian business leader Atul Patel about his name during a reception at Buckingham Palace, a media report said. As guests lined up to ...

Chennai, Oct 21 (IANS) PMK leader S. Ramadoss said Wednesday that with nearly one-third of secretary-level posts in the central government being held by Malayalis, the "country is ruled by Kerala" and ...

RK Nagar (Tripura West district), Oct 16 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has claimed that insurgent groups operating in the northeastern Indian states have camps in Bangladesh. "The main camps of ...

Dumariya forest region (Bihar), Oct.14 (ANI): A Maoist leader has said that the rebel group is ready to face the police forces in Bihar and in other parts of the country. "The ...

Chennai, Oct 14 (IANS) Putting the DMK-led state government on the mat, opposition leader J. Jayalalithaa has said the nod to Kerala to carry out a survey for construction of a dam ...

New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Saturday flagged off a fleet of five mobile dental vans to mark World Oral Health Day and appealed to the people to ...

New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) With the monsoon set to withdraw in north-west India in mid-September, a draft report by the agriculture ministry has said the Aila cyclone that hit West Bengal ...

Dhaka, Sep 6 (IANS) Two Indian telecom majors have sought a corridor through Bangladesh to reach the isolated north-eastern region and in return offered a stand-by submarine cable. Indian telecom giants - Bharti ...

Chandigarh, Sep 4 (IANS) A shopkeeper has been arrested here for illegally keeping rare species of turtles and selling them, police said Friday. Monu Kumar, owner of a meat shop in Sector 37 ...

Dubai, Sep 3 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has distributed free Ramzan meals in 720 villages of three Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, WAM news agency reported. The meals ...

London, September 3 (ANI): A scientist in India has claimed to have found three rare species of frogs that make nests in which to lay their eggs. According to a report by ...

Guwahati, Aug 31 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale shook India's northeast Monday, triggering panic among residents in the region that experienced the third tremor this month, officials said. An ...

Ranchi, Aug 25 (IANS) A two-day strike imposed by Maoists in five eastern Indian states to demand the release of two of its leaders evoked a partial response Tuesday and saw violence ...

Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) Two people were killed by suspected Maoist rebels in a tribal-dominated West Bengal district even as the security forces are gearing up to combat the two-day shutdown called ...

Chandigarh, Aug 18 (IANS) The Dera Sacha Sauda sect is hoping to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for planting the maximum number of saplings in a single day - over ...

Rampur (Himachal Pradesh), Aug.17 (ANI): Security has been beefed up around India's biggest 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station as a precautionary measure to avert any terrorist attack. The central control of ...

By Sudeshna Sarkar Kathmandu, Aug 16 (IANS) One of the holiest Hindu shrines and a Unesco world heritage site, Nepal's hallowed Pashupatinath temple now finds itself facing a fresh revolt -being brewed by ...

Agartala, Aug 13 (IANS) Bangladesh will export 400 million bricks to Tripura, with the first consignment reaching the bordering state Aug 20, officials said here Thursday. "To boost the brick trade, the Indian ...