Auction of gifts to PM fetches highest bid of Rs. 5 lakh

New Delhi (IANS) The second day of the auction of gifts to Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessed a wooden bike and a painting being sold at the highest bid of Rs. 5 lakh each against their base price of Rs. 40,000 and 50,000, respectively,…

Modi to dedicate Rs 16,504 cr single largest investment in Kerala

Kochi (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will arrive here later Sunday, is slated to dedicate the Rs 16,504 crore single largest investment in Kerala when he unveils an integrated Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) refinery expansion…

Train 18 named Vande Bharat Express: Goyal

New Delhi (IANS): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday said that the indigenously built Train 18 will be called Vande Bharat Express and will run between New Delhi and Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Won't allow corruption as long as I am 'chowkidar', says Modi

Thrissur (Kerala)  (IANS) Dubbing the opposition as a "corrupt house", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said in the last four years, people in Delhi have made him a "chowkidhar".

"As long as I…

Backstabbing is in the DNA of Malayalees: K.J.Alphons

Kochi (IANS) The lone Keralite in the Narendra Modi Cabinet, bureaucrat-turned-politician K.J. Alphons, on Sunday expressed his ire at the way Malayalees behave and attributed it to a DNA issue where backstabbing is common.

"Malayalees…

Hearing on Ayodhya title suit on January 29 cancelled

New Delhi (IANS): The much awaited hearing on a batch of cross petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict trifurcating the disputed site scheduled for January 29 will not take place due to the non-availability of Justice S.A.…

Splendid display of military might, glimpses from Gandhi's life mark R-Day parade

New Delhi (IANS): An eclectic display of military might, rising women's power, tableaux depicting different aspects of Mahatma Gandhi's life and cultural performances by school children marked the celebrations of the 70th Republic Day at Rajpath…

On India's R-Day, Pakistan targets Indian Army on LoC

Jammu (IANS) On India's Republic Day, Pakistani troops fired at and shelled Indian Army positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.

Defence Ministry sources said the Pakistan Army resorted…

Two militants killed in J&K gunfight

Srinagar (IANS): Two militants of the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) outfit were killed on Saturday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district, police sources said.

Both were killed in Khonmoh area on the outskirts…

Railways approach PMO to launch Train-18 with fares 40-50% higher than Shatabdi

New Delhi (IANS): With all the safety clearances, trials and tests in place, the railways is all set to launch the indigenously-built Train-18 with fares that are likely to be around 40-50 percent higher than the Shatabdi Express, officials said.