Srinagar/Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed was on Thursday flown to New Delhi and admitted in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for treatment. A state government spokesman said his “health is absolutely fine”. Sayeed’s daughter and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti accompanied him to Delhi. An official spokesman […]
Guwahati, Anup Chetia, the self-styled general secretary of insurgent group ULFA who was extradited from Bangladesh in November, walked out of jail on Thursday after the Gauhati High Court granted him bail. The founder general secretary of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) said he would soon leave for his home in Jeraigaon in […]
Moscow, India sees Russia as a reliable friend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin as the 16th annual summit between the two countries got underway here on Thursday. After exchanging greetings at the start of the talks with the Putin, Modi said India and Russia were now cooperating in the international and […]
New Delhi, The Delhi government on Thursday unveiled its ambitious traffic rationing plan to combat rising pollution, but greens were unhappy over the exemption given to 25 categories of motorists including women drivers, bikers, emergency vehicles and a host of VIPs. The odd-even formula will be tried out for 15 days from January 1 between […]
Guwahati, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, India’s leading luxury hotel chain owned by the Tata Group, on Wednesday affirmed its commitment to the development of the hotel and tourism sector in the northeast region. “We remain very committed to the development of the hotel and tourism industry in Assam and beyond in the northeast for […]
New Delhi, Delhi government on Wednesday announced grant of Rs.1 crore as compensation to the family of the policeman who was killed in a firing incident at a court in Delhi. Head Constable Ram Kumar was killed at Karkardooma court in east Delhi when four gunmen fired at a rival gangster, Irfan. Delhi government will […]
Shimla, Shimla on Wednesday witnessed snowflakes, the season’s first, pushing down the mercury by several notches. “Shimla and its nearby areas received intermittent snowflakes that started in the afternoon,” an official of the meteorological office told IANS here. He said high-altitude areas of Lahaul and Spiti, Chamba and Kullu experienced snow since Tuesday. The Met […]
Bengaluru, With increasing cases of cancer across the country, the medical fraternity and policy planners face the challenge of mitigating and preventing the dreaded disease, President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Wednesday. “Official data reveals one in 15 men and one in 12 women in urban areas face cancer risk in their life time. With […]
Jammu, Three siblings were killed on Wednesday in an explosion in Udhampur district of Jammu region. “Initial reports say the children were collecting scrap when they fiddled with some explosive device that went off near Birma bridge in Udhampur town,” a senior police officer said here. He said the three children were aged 15, 10 […]
New Delhi, Two wheelers will be exempt from the odd-even formula the Delhi government wants to implement in the first half of January to curb air pollution, an official said on Wednesday. “Two wheeler riders will be exempted from the scheme because their number is huge and the public transport is not that great,” the […]