Lalu features in 'Thugs of Bihar' poster

Patna (IANS) A day after the Aam Aadmi Party swept Delhi Assembly polls defeating BJP by 62 to 8 seats, a poster war erupted in Bihar targeting former Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patron Lalu Prasad with state Assembly polls slated…

Foreign envoys on 2-day visit to J&K

Srinagar (IANS) More than 20 foreign envoys began their two-day Jammu and Kashmir visit on Wednesday with a Shikara ride in the iconic Dal lake in Srinagar.

Some of the members in the delegation belonged to Germany, France, Canada, Afghanistan,…

Post Delhi polls, LPG price hiked by Rs 144 per cylinder

New Delhi (IANS) Barely a day after the poll process in Delhi concluded with the AAP bagging 62 seats, the prices of LPG cylinders were hiked by a steep Rs 144.50 to Rs 858.50 per cylinder on Wednesday.

This was one of the steepest increases…

High food, fuel prices push Jan retail inflation to 7.59%

New Delhi (IANS) Higher prices of food items such as vegetables, eggs, meat and fish, along with fuel costs, pushed India's retail inflation during January to 7.59 per cent from December's 7.35 per cent that was at 1.97 per cent in the corresponding…

Muslim clerics oppose use of mosques for govt schemes

Lucknow (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Muslim clerics are now up in arms against the use of loudspeakers in mosques for popularizing government schemes.

Maulana Saif Abbas, a Shia cleric, told reporters that a government's good work should not need…

US, India to ink deal on Integrated Air Defence Weapon System

Washington/New Delhi (IANS) The US will ink a deal of Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS) at an estimated cost of $1.867 billion with India.

The US state department on Monday made a "determination approving a possible foreign…

Trump, Melania to visit India from Feb 24

New Delhi/Washington (IANS) US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will visit India from February 24-25, during which they will also travel to Prime Minister Narendra Modis home state.

This will be Donald Trump's first visit…

Muzaffarpur home case: Brajesh Thakur jailed for rest of life

New Delhi (IANS) A court here on Tuesday sentenced NGO owner Brajesh Thakur to imprisonment for the remainder of his life in connection with the sexual and physical assault of several girls at his shelter home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district.

Nirbhaya: SC not entertaining Centre's plea seeking stay on Delhi HC order

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain Centre's plea seeking stay on a Delhi High Court order for simultaneous execution of all four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case.

Solicitor General Tushar…

Western UP districts alerted about locust attacks

Bijnor (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh agriculture department has issued a high alert in the state about the possibility of locust attacks, especially in western parts of the state.

Bijnor district magistrate Ramakant Pandey said, "We have sounded…