Modi to flag off Train 18 on Feb 15

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the indigenously built Train 18, called the Vande Bharat Express, on February 15 from here, a Railway Ministry official said.

Train 18, the country's first engine-less…

Bengal Congress demands swift action against Ponzi scam offenders, flays Mamata

Kolkata  (IANS) West Bengal Pradesh Congress President Somen Mitra on Wednesday demanded that a CBI probe into the Ponzi scam be accelerated and criticized Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for not taking action against the "culprits".

SC notice to Centre on high security number plates

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the central government on a petition seeking contempt action on two government notifications issued on the court's orders relating to high-security vehicle number plates over…

LeT commander killed in Pulwama

Srinagar (IANS) A top commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit was killed in a gunfight with security forces on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama District.

Police sources said Irfan Ahmad Sheikh, the district…

Over 20 lakh UP government employees strike work

Lucknow (IANS) Over 20 lakh Uttar Pradesh government employees went on a strike on Wednesday to demand the restoration of the old pension scheme.

The employees are protesting against the state's new pension scheme under which…

SIT to probe 1984 Kanpur riots, cases to be reviewed

Lucknow (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a four-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the 1984 Sikh riots in Kanpur, in the aftermath of the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination, an official said on Wednesday.

M.Tech, B.Tech, post-graduates fight for sweeper's job in TN Assembly

Chennai (IANS) Believe it or not, persons with professional qualifications such as M.Tech, B.Tech, and MBA, postgraduates as well as graduates are in the race to bag the work of sweepers and sanitary workers in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Secretariat.

Anna Hazare breaks fast after 7 days

Social activist Anna Hazare on Tuesday ended his hunger strike after seven days.

Centre tells Bengal government to take disciplinary action against Kolkata Police chief

New Delhi (IANS) Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar faces fresh problems with the Centre on Tuesday asking the West Bengal government to initiate disciplinary proceedings against him for participating in a street protest with Chief Minister…

Kolkata Police chief to appear before CBI: SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to appear before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) agency in connection with the Saradha cheat fund case.

A bench headed by Chief Justice…