Rural farmers hugely voted for BJP-Sena: Activist

Nagpur (Maharashtra) (IANS) Farmers in the suicide-prone rural Vidarbha and Marathwada regions have apparently voted overwhelmingly for the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine, a top farm activist said here on Monday.

According to a post-poll…

India takes up Pak overflight refusal with global body

New Delhi (IANS) With Pakistan refusing to grant overflight to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plane for his visit to Saudi Arabia, India has taken up the issue with the International Civil Aviation Organization, said sources.

PM Modi is…

Let's fight terror together: PM to European Parliament team

New Delhi (IANS) A delegation of members of European Parliament on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who pressed for urgent action against the countries using terrorism as a state policy, thus setting the tone for the visit of the team to Jammu…

Mann ki Baat: PM greets on Diwali, remembers Nanak, Patel

New Delhi (IANS) The Prime Minister began the latest issue of "Mann ki Baat" by extending Diwali greetings to the people and also paid his respects to Guru Nanak, whose 550th birth anniversary is being celebrated this year.

"From Shri Guru…

PM celebrates Diwali with soldiers at LoC

Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with soldiers of Indian Army at Line of Control in Rajouri District of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.

This is in continuation with the tradition set by Prime Minister…

Two year old gets trapped in borewell, rescue efforts continue

Chennai (IANS) Rescue efforts continued on Saturday to save a two-year-old boy who fell into a 30-ft abandoned borewell in a village in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli district.

The boy fell into the borewell at about 5.30 p.m. on Friday.…

Manish Tewari for Bharat Ratna to Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev

New Delhi (IANS) Congress leader Manish Tewari on Saturday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to award Bharat Ratna to freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev posthumously.

In a tweet, Tewari said he had written a letter…

Khattar to be Haryana CM again, to meet Governor

Chandigarh (IANS) Manohar Lal Khattar will be the Chief Minister of Haryana for the second consecutive term after he was unanimously elected as leader of the BJP Legislature Party.

Khattar's name was proposed by legislator Anil Vij and…

Jaish threat on Diwali: Unprecedented security in Delhi, other metros alerted

New Delhi (IANS) Amid terror threat from Pakistan-based militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), unprecedented security arrangements have been made at 'places of higher footfalls' in the national capital on the eve of Diwali.

The threat…

Don't burst crackers, just eat them now

Lucknow (IANS) Crackers, rockets and "Sutli bombs" that you can eat and not ignite, cash notes that you can give but not preserve and playing cards that you can snack on but not play.

Bakers, sweet shops and even private entrepreneurs have…