India, Pakistan foreign ministers to meet in New York

New Delhi (IANS): Breaking the ice in ties, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will meet her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session that begins later this month -- the first…

Latest EVMs to be used in Rajasthan polls, says CEC Rawat

Jaipur (IANS) In a first, a total for 51,796 poll centres in Rajasthan will use EVM-M3 electronic voting machines with VVPATs in 200 Assembly constituencies, which will help conduct Assembly election in a smooth and transparent manner, a…

Rafale deal: Government not to satisfy ego of 'ill-informed' Congress leaders

New Delhi (IANS): The government on Wednesday said a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee or Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) cannot be set up to go into the 36 Rafale fighter jet deal to satisfy the ego of an "ill-informed"…

Modi government approves ordinance on triple talaq

New Delhi (IANS): Ahead of Assembly elections in five states, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an ordinance making triple talaq a criminal offence, with the government stating that there was a "compelling necessity" and "overpowering…

Congress to take part in J&K polls

Srinagar (IANS): The Congress on Wednesday said it will participate in the upcoming municipal and panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

Addressing the media here, G.A. Mir, President of Jammu and Kashmir Congress unit, said his party had…

Minister C.P. Singh on dharna against arrest of Hindus over communal clashes

Ranchi (IANS): Jharkhand Urban Development Minister C.P. Singh on Wednesday launched an indefinite fast at Kotwali Police Station here to protest against the arrest of five persons of the majority community over communal clashes.

"This…

Now 85% of the population of the state will get treatment without stressing over money: Das

Raghubar Das said that to fulfill the dream of clean Jharkhand, the government and the society will have to work together. He asked everyone to take a pledge of cleanliness is service and people of ODF declared village to change the habit of defecation…

Merger of Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank, Bank of Baroda announced

New Delhi (IANS): In a reform measure aimed at further consolidation, the government on Monday announced the merger of three state-run banks--Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank and the Bank of Baroda--that will make it the country's third-largest bank with…

Child death below 5 declined faster in India: UN

New Delhi (IANS): Death of children below the age of five continues to steadily reduce in India, declining from nearly 22 per cent in 2012 to 18 per cent in 2017, which is now for the first time below the one million mark, the UN said in a new report.

Class 10 student gang raped in Dehradun boarding school

Dehradun (IANS): The principal and two other officials of a boarding school here in Uttarakhand were arrested on Tuesday after a Class 10 girl student accused them of suppressing the matter of her gang rape by senior students in August, police said.