No move to alter age criteria for Civil Service examination: Minister

New Delhi (IANS) The government on Tuesday refuted media reports on a possible reduction in the maximum age limit for appearing in the Civil Service examinations.

Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh…

Modi inaugurates India's longest rail-cum-road bridge

Bogibeel (Assam)  (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the country's longest rail-cum-road bridge in Bogibeel over the Brahmaputra river in Assam.

The Prime Minister arrived at the Mohanbari Airport…

Indian, Pakistan trade heavy fire on LoC

Jammu (IANS): The Indian and Pakistani armies on Monday traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, defence sources said.

The Pakistan Army used automatics and mortars to target Indian military and…

PM releases Rs 100 coin in memory of Atal Bihari Vajpayee

New Delhi (IANS): A day ahead of the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, his successor Narendra Modi on Monday released a commemorative Rs 100 coin to honour the late leader, who passed away in August.

Addressing…

Delhi records 3.7 degrees C, air quality 'severe'

New Delhi (IANS) Engulfed in a blanket of shallow fog and haze, the national capital on Sunday recorded 3.7 degrees Celsius -- the coldest day this December with the air quality remaining 'severe', the Met department said.
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N-capable Agni-IV successfully test fired off Odisha coast

Bhubaneswar (IANS): Nuclear strategic ballistic missile Agni-IV was successfully test fired from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast on Sunday.

The Strategic Forces Command of Indian Army successfully test fired the surface-to-surface…

JDU, BJP To Contest 17 Seats Each, LJP 6 seats in Bihar

New Delhi (IANS): The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will contest six seats while the BJP and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) will contest 17 seats each, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar under a seat-sharing formula, BJP President Amit Shah announced…

BJP snatches prestige seat from Congress in Gujarat

Jasdan (Gujarat) (IANS): The BJP came up trumps and touched the 100-seat mark in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly by capturing the Jasdan seat in the Saurashtra region from the Congress in a by-election, the result of which was declared on Sunday.

Severe cold wave in Kashmir, Ladakh

Srinagar (IANS) A severe cold wave-lashed Kashmir Valley and the Ladakh region on Saturday as Leh recorded minus 15.8 degrees Celius and the Met forecast no change in conditions for at least the next five days till Thursday.

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PNB officer abducted, killed in Bihar

Gaya (IANS) A Punjab National Bank (PNB) officer was abducted and later killed by unidentified criminals in Gaya district in Bihar.

The bank's Customer Service Point (CSP) in-charge Pintu Singh was abducted late on Friday…