Bhubaneswar, Nov 8(ANI): Fire fighters of Bhubaneswar in Orissa are all set to undergo an extensive training for catching snakes in the wake of a rise in the population of reptiles. The ...

London, Nov.8 (ANI): Andy Murray will turn into a Scrooge this Christmas in his quest for Grand Slam glory. The British tennis star will forego his traditional festive trip back to Dunblane ...

Hyderabad, Nov 6 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Friday asserted that India was better prepared to face any challenge to its security, sovereignty and integrity but said there was much ...

New Delhi, Oct 30(ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Friday said that a report on further police recruitment has been submitted to his ministry, and it is being reviewed. The ...

By Mohan Kumar Mysore, Oct 12(ANI): A group of sex workers from different parts of Karnataka on Monday inaugurated an academy which is first of its kind in Asia Pacific to spread public ...

Shimla, Oct 5 (IANS) Bodies of seven Indian Army personnel who were killed in a road accident in Himachal Pradesh's Shimla district have been sent to their native places, an official said ...

New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Sunday flagged off 107 low-floor buses, including 30 air conditioned ones, in the capital. With these, the total number of low-floor buses ...

By Mayank Aggarwal New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has come down heavily on its officials going on foreign trips, asking them to explain the utility of the ...

Lucknow, Sep 16 (IANS) A domestic help employed with a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer committed suicide by hanging himself in the government bungalow of the official, police said Wednesday. The incident ...

New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) With the 2010 Commonwealth Games in mind, a communication and skills training programme for drivers and conductors of Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) was inaugurated Wednesday. "With the collaboration ...

By Asit Srivastava Lucknow, Sep 9 (IANS) Private security guards in Uttar Pradesh may soon starting looking more professional and confident as the state Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) is all set to train ...

By Hemant Chauhan Kufri, Sep. 6 (ANI): Unemployed youth in Kufri region of Himachal Pradesh are delighted after a special vocational course has been introduced at a Hotel Management Institute to enable them ...

By Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Until 10 years ago, India was not dealing with learning disabilities like dyslexia in school. While the picture has changed somewhat in Delhi, other ...

Bangalore, Sep 4 (ANI): Four more swine flu deaths were reported in Karnataka on Friday, taking the H1N1 virus toll to 35 in the state. According to sources, all the four deaths occurred ...

Bangalore, Sep 4 (IANS) Four more swine flu deaths were reported from Karnataka, taking the toll due to the H1N1 virus to 35 in the state, health officials said Friday. All the four ...

London, Aug. 29 (ANI): Scotland's traditional pub culture is likely to take a hit in the wake of a move to train bar staff not to ask customers whether they would like ...

Agartala, Aug 25 (IANS) The Tripura government has decided to introduce "heli-tourism" in the state by extending chopper services to promote tourism in the hinterland, a senior official said here Tuesday. "To promote ...

Lucknow, Aug 20 (IANS) Twelve fresh cases of swine flu were reported in Uttar Pradesh Thursday, prompting the health department to ask the central government for more Tamiflu tablets. The total number ...

Dubai, Aug 15, (IANS) An educational foundation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a training programme for young entrepreneurs in Bahrain to help them "identify market needs and understand best ...

By Avishek Roy Hyderabad, Aug 14 (IANS) Indian badminton's foreign coach Atik Jauhari, rated one of the best in world, wants at least one male player to emulate Saina Nehwal and get ...

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Criticised for using force and unfair means to recover loans, personnel from several cooperative banks will get training on how to recover loans legally at the Indira ...

New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) India Thursday dismissed remarks attributed to former Nepal prime minister Prachanda that New Delhi and Washington were teaming up to launch anti-China activities through the Nepali territory. ...

New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The tourism ministry has, for the first time, organised a three-day training programme for its overseas officials by experts at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi ...

Bad Nauheim/Hamburg, Aug 2 (DPA) Michael Schumacher's planned comeback to Formula One for this month's European Grand Prix in Valencia is putting pressure on his doctors to ensure the Ferrari driver is ...

London, July 25 (IANS) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has denied that Kevin Pietersen aggravated his achilles injury by flouting the training programme during the Indian Premier League in April. Evan ...

London, July 25(ANI): The England and Wales Cricket Board has denied reports that their star batsman Kevin Pietersen had aggravated his achilles injury while playing for Bangalore Royal Challengers in the Indian ...

By Girish Kumar Dubey Varanasi, June 12 (ANI): An annual training camp for air wing NCC (national cadet corps) cadets is being held in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi town. Located at Banaras Hindu University ...

London, Jun.7 (ANI): The United States is planning to send an additional 21,000 troops to Afghanistan to neutralize the Taliban, but would never achieve its goals, claims a mentor of Taliban ...

Pune, June 6 (ANI): The second phase of training for commandoes, similar to that imparted to the elite National Security Guards, commenced here. Force 1, the new battalion for combating militancy, will be ...

By Maitreyee Boruah Bangalore, June 3 (IANS) Attacks on women seem to be haunting India's IT hub Bangalore once again, with a recent attack on two sisters by motorcycle-borne miscreants in an upmarket ...