Bhopal, Nov 22 (IANS) The manager of a petrol pump in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city was absconding after allegedly stealing Rs.40 lakh of the sale proceeds which he was supposed to deposit ...

Chandigarh, Nov 21 (IANS) Chandigarh police Saturday claimed to have busted an inter-state gang of drug smugglers after arresting two men and recovering contraband from their possession. According to police, they laid a ...

Chandigarh, Nov 21 (IANS) In order to promote sports and sportspersons in the state, the Haryana government Saturday announced the setting up of a state sports fund. Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said ...

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Haryana has received more than 100 proposals for setting up special economic zones (SEZs), which will bring investments worth Rs.50,000 crore and create 1.5 million jobs, a ...

Amritsar, Nov 20 (IANS) This is one "success" that has left the customs department in Amritsar sector embarrassed. Over 14 months after they seized fake currency from a woman coming from Pakistan, ...

Chennai, Nov 19(ANI): A Chennai court on Thursday dismissed the bail petition by William Heum, a Dutch national, who has been charged under the new IT Act for digital child pornography. Additional Public ...

Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) Over two lakh jute mill workers across West Bengal will go on an indefinite strike Dec 14 to press for payment of arrears and implementation of an ...

Kolkata, Nov 18 (IANS) Three suspected Bangladeshi militants, arrested for having alleged links with terror outfits Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), were Wednesday remanded in police custody till Dec 2, police ...

Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) Three suspected Bangladeshi militants were arrested in Kolkata Tuesday with counterfeit currency with a notional value of Rs.30 lakh, police said. The three were arrested by the city ...

Chandigarh, Nov 17 (IANS) In a bid to curb sale of spurious drugs in Punjab, the state government has announced reward for all those providing information. The Punjab government will follow the special ...

By Vishal Gulati Shimla, Nov 17 (IANS) Wooden frames and shingled eaves, the sound of birds and rustling leaves -- the Himachal government has begun restoration of its resthouses in forests to promote ...

Kolkata, Nov 16 (IANS) To promote and strengthen bilateral ties, Germany's cultural arm Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan plans to organise a year-long festival at 15 locations across India in 2011. "The idea ...

By Karan Kapoor Ludhiana, Nov 16(ANI): Diversification is the buzzword for progressive farmers in Punjab, and banana farming, which started in 2006, is now emerging as a `viable' and alternate form of farming ...

Kunjpura (Haryana), Nov 15 (IANS) One of them is the chief of the second biggest Army in the world. The other, the chief of one of the most progressive states in the ...

New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The Delhi Metro raked in its highest ever earning for a day - Rs. 1.64 crore (Rs.16.4 million) - Saturday with the new Delhi-Noida link continuing to ...

Nalikul (West Bengal), Nov 15 (IANS) The Railways will give jobs to people who help prevent accidents or provide tip-off about sabotage, Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said Sunday, asking people to ...

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Delhi Metro's Noida link Saturday received a staggering footfall of 70,000 people just one day after it opened to public, grossing nearly Rs.16 lakh (Rs.1.6 million) ...

Lucknow, Nov 13 (IANS) The five-year-old daughter of an engineer in a government department, who was kidnapped late Thursday night from the Indiranagar area here, was safely rescued by the police from ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): The Ministry of Women and Child Development today commenced a nationwide campaign to create mass awareness against domestic violence. Krishna Tirath, the Minister of Women and Child Development ...

Ranchi, Nov 12 (IANS) The Income Tax (IT) department Thursday told the Jharkhand High Court that it had made a recovery of over Rs.23 lakh and a few thousand US dollars in ...

Chennai, Nov 12 (IANS) Real estate developer Mahindra Residential Developers will construct 760 dwelling units comprising villas and apartments on an outlay of Rs.400 crore at Mahindra World City near here. "In the ...

Mumbai, Nov 12 (IANS) Seven fishermen were killed and 17 fishing boats with some 100 men were still missing in the Arabian Sea as Cyclone Phyan left a trail of destruction in ...

Ludhiana (Punjab), Nov 12 (IANS) Social activist and founder of Sulabh International sanitation movement Bindeshwar Pathak was Thursday awarded the Sat Paul Mittal National Award 2009 for services to humanity. Himachal Pradesh Chief ...

Chandigarh, Nov 11 (IANS) The daughter of an IAS officer, who committed suicide last year, has lodged a complaint of harassment against her husband and in-laws , police said Wednesday. According to the ...

New Delhi, Nov 11 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Wednesday said, that the Central Government is committed to providing good quality education to every child. Addressing the National Education ...

Ranchi, Nov 10 (IANS) The Income Tax (IT) department Tuesday denied that there were any plans to interrogate Bollywood actresses Koena Mitra and Celina Jaitley for receiving money from former Jharkhand chief ...

New Delhi, Nov 10 (IANS) The government Tuesday said imposing a ban on tobacco cannot check the increasing number of users in the country, and called for providing alternative job opportunities to ...

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Nov 10 (ANI): Security forces gunned down a top Naxal commander in Uttar Pradesh's Sonebhadra District on Monday. He was wanted in connection with thirty-two criminal cases in Uttar ...

Chandigarh, Nov 9 (IANS) Nearly 14 years after one of the worst fire tragedies in the country claimed 446 lives and left over 200 others with burn injuries in Haryana's Dabwali town, ...

Lucknow, Nov 9 (IANS) A Maoist functionary wanted in two states to stand trial for carrying out landmine blasts and attacks on security personnel, was gunned down in a forest area in ...