PM writes personal letter to village pradhans on saving rainwater

New Delhi (IANS) Concerned about the water crisis in rural areas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a personal letter to 'Gram Pradhans'(village chiefs) requesting them to conserve rainwater during the forthcoming monsoon.

The…

Bengal doctors' strike continue for 5th day

Kolkata (IANS) Health services in West Bengal's state-run hospitals remained partially disrupted on Saturday as the "cease work" by junior doctors, protesting against attacks on their colleagues and demanding adequate security measures,…

Scholarship scam: How officials, bankers cheated poor students

New Delhi (IANS) Initial investigation by the CBI into the multi-crore scholarship scam reveals a deep-rooted nexus between government officials, private institutions and public sector banks to siphon-off funds meant for poorest of the poor students.…

Doctors' strike: Kolkata Mayor's daughter 'ashamed' at Mamata's inaction

Kolkata (IANS) Kolkata Mayor and West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim's daughter, a doctor, has come up with strong criticism of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's handling of the ongoing doctors' strike and said medicos have the…

Maharashtra doctors join 'cease work' in solidarity with Kolkata fraternity

Mumbai (IANS) Around 4,500 doctors started their one day token strike to express solidarity with their Kolkata counterparts, an office-bearer said here on Friday.

The medicos, affiliated to Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD),…

Ayodhya put on high alert

Ayodhya (IANS) Ayodhya has been put on high alert after security agencies were given an intelligence input of a possible terror attack in the holy city.

According to top security officials, the intelligence input says that terrorists are likely…

Congress workers want Priyanka as UP CM candidate

Rae Bareli (IANS) Congress workers from Uttar Pradesh are now demanding that the party should project Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the partys chief ministerial candidate for the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

While party leaders,…

Cyclone Vayu won't make landfall in Gujarat: IMD

Ahmedabad (IANS) Cyclone Vayu will not make landfall on the Gujarat coast on Thursday as it was expected, and will pass by the Saurashtra region later in the day, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

IMD scientist…

JD-U to oppose Triple Talaq Bill in Rajya Sabha

Patna (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party and BJP ally Janata Dal-United on Thursday said it will not support the BJP-led NDA government at the center on the issue of Triple Talaq in the Rajya Sabha.

Senior…

No survivor in IAF's An-32 crash

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday said all 13 occupants of its An-32 aircraft which crashed in Arunachal Pradesh on June 3 were dead.

"Eight members of the rescue team reached the crash site today morning. IAF is…