Haryana, Maharashtra to go to polls on Oct 21; counting on Oct 24

New Delhi (IANS) Assembly elections for the 288-member Maharashtra and 90-member Haryana assembly will be held on October 21, the Election Commission said on Saturday. The results will be declared on October 24.

Announcing the schedule of the…

World's biggest coastal cleanup campaign at Puri beach

Puri (IANS) A mega cleanliness drive under the banner of 'Mo Beach' cleaning initiative was organised at Odisha's Puri beach to mark the International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday.

The Puri administration claimed that it is the…

Rape accused BJP leader Chinmayanand arrested from UP ashram

Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Former Union minister and senior BJP leader Chinmayanand was arrested on Friday morning from his Mumuksha Ashram here by the Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing the rape charges against him.
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Rising onion prices bring tears to eyes

New Delhi (IANS) Rising onion prices are once again bringing tears to the eyes of the people. In the last one week, the price of this vegetable has increased by 40-50 per cent.

In Delhi's Azadpur Mandi, the wholesale price…

Fire breaks out at BSNL office in Cuttack

Cuttack (IANS) A fire broke out at Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's (BSNL) office building in Odisha's Cuttack city on Friday affecting telecom services in the city and some other parts of the state.

No casualty was reported.…

Madhya Pradesh seeks Rs 11,861 cr flood relief package

Bhopal (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has sought a financial package of Rs 11,861 crore from the Central government for relief and rehabilitation work in the flood-affected areas of 36 districts in the state.

Public Relations Minister…

Flew the Tejas since it's indigenously developed: Rajnath

New Delhi (IANS) Following his maiden sortie on a Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), fully dressed in a G-Suit in Bengaluru on Thursday, Rajnath Singh, who became the first Defence Minister to fly the aircraft, said he was thrilled with the flight…

New Jersey Governor 'sells' his state to India Inc.

Mumbai (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US later this week, New Jersey Governor Philip D. Murphy on Thursday made a passionate appeal here to Indian businesses for making investments in his state.

Jolt to Akhilesh: 3 more SP MLCs set to join BJP

Lucknow (IANS) Three more Samajwadi Party (SP) members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council are likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) soon.

These three MLCs -- Ramesh Misra, Ravi Shankar Singh Pappu and C. P. Chand -- met Chief…

R.K.S. Bhadauria to be the next IAF chief

New Delhi (IANS) Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, who was extensively involved in the flights of the LCA Tejas' initial prototypes and has over 4,250 hours of 26 different fighter and transport aircraft, was on Thursday named as the next…