Maoist attack: Shah cuts short Assam visit, returns to Delhi

Guwahati (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah cut short his campaigning in Assam and returned to Delhi in wake of the Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh that left at least 22 security personnel dead, BJP sources .

Ahead of the third and final phase…

EC rubbishes Mamata's claim of voting discrepancies in Nandigram

Kolkata (IANS) Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged discrepancies during voting at the Boyal polling booth in Nandigram, the Election Commission on Sunday issued a point-by-point response refuting all the allegations.

Massive fire engulfs 700 huts in Gurugram

Gurugram (IANS) Some 700 huts were gutted in a massive blaze that broke out at in Gurugram's Nathupur village.

The cause of the fire, which erupted in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, is suspected to be electrical short-circuit.

China reacts to India, says shared all data with WHO to probe Covid origin

New Delhi (IANS) China said on Thursday that it has shared all data and analyses with the experts of the World Health Organization (WHO) tracing the origin of Covid-19, and it is ready to continue working with global experts to jointly study and analyse…

BJP has captured India's entire institutional framework: Rahul

New Delhi (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed that the ruling BJP has made a "wholesale capture" of the entire "institutional framework" of the country, and this was preventing a "fair political fight".

"There is a wholesale…

Centre's new initiative to promote tribal craft, culture

New Delhi (IANS) As tribes are among the disadvantaged sections of the society, a quiz has been started by the Centre at promoting and preserving their craft, culture and lifestyle to improve their income. Tribes constitute over 8 per cent of our…

3 terrorists killed in Pulwama encounter

Srinagar (IANS) Three unidentified terrorists were killed in an ongoing encounter between the terrorists and security forces at Kakpora in South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Friday morning, officials said.

"Three unidentified terrorists…

Mallika Srinivasan, Adil Zainulbhai get key roles in govt

New Delhi (IANS) In a major move, the Central government has brought in Tafe Chairperson Mallika Srinivasan, and Quality Council of India Chairman Adil Zainulbhai to head the Public Enterprises Selection Board and the Capacity Building Commission,…

Video shows EVM in Assam BJP MLA's vehicle: Priyanka asks EC to act

New Delhi/Guwahati (IANS) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday asked the Election Commission (EC) to act 'decisively" after an EVM was found in the BJP MLAs vehicle in Assam.

In a series of tweets, she said, "Every time there is an election…

India's biggest floating solar power plant coming up in T'gana

Hyderabad (IANS) India's biggest floating solar power plant with a capacity of 100 megawatt is expected to become operational in Telangana next month.

The project has been set up by the energy conglomerate National Thermal Power Corporation…