Fake currency racket busted in Kolkata, four arrested

Kolkata (IANS) Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) of Rs 4,25,000 face value were seized and four people arrested by the city police from a Kolkata neighborhood on Friday, police said.

The city police's Special Task Force caught…

Dawn-to-dusk shutdown in Kerala over Sabarimala row

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS): A dawn-to-dusk Kerala shutdown call, given by the Sabarimala Karma Samithi (SKS) to protest against the visit of two women to the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday, evoked a mixed response in the state on Thursday.

The…

Modi adds 'Jai Anusandhan' to Shastri's slogan

Jalandhar (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday added 'Jai Anusandhan' to the slogan 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' given by the late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, hailing the power of research to propel the nation…

Congress cheating farmers in name of loan waivers: Modi

Gurdaspur (Punjab)(IANS): In a frontal attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Congress was cheating farmers in the country in the name of loan waivers.

"The Congress earlier cheated the country in the…

Rajasthan government doing 'Congressisation' of education system: Ex-Education Minister

Jaipur (IANS) Former state Education Minister Vasudev Devnani on Thursday accused the Rajasthan government of doing "Congressisation" of the state's education system by following a policy of minority appeasement.

Addressing…

Kamal Nath changes tune, restores singing of 'Vande Mataram'

Bhopal (IANS) The Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday took a U-turn to announce that reciting "Vande Mataram" will be restored at the state secretariat from next month but added singing of national…

India may have welcomed maximum new borns on New Year: UNICEF

New Delhi (IANS) India is estimated to have welcomed 18 percent of the total babies born globally on January 1, 2019, UNICEF said on Tuesday.

According to the UNICEF, 69,944 babies were expected to be born on the New Year Day…

BJP hits out at MP government for stopping Vande Matram recitation

Bhopal (IANS) The BJP criticized the new Congress government in Madhya Pradesh for suspending the practice of reciting the national song, Vande Mataram, in government offices on the first day of every month.

Chief Minister Kamal…

UP guzzles down 50 lakh liters of alcohol on New Year's Eve

Lucknow (IANS) To wave goodbye to the past and welcome the future, Uttar Pradesh tipplers guzzled down a whopping 50 lakh liters of liquor on New Year's Eve, an official citing excise department records said here on Wednesday.
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SC moved seeking recall of verdict giving clean chit on Rafale

New Delhi  (IANS) Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha, journalist-turned-politician Arun Shourie, and activist lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Wednesday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court seeking a recall of its verdict giving a…