New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The national capital will experience a clear Wednesday and the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 38 degrees Celsius, said the Met Office. “The sky will be mainly be clear today,” said an official of the India Meteorological Department. The day’s minimum temperature settled two notches below the season’s average […]
Dibrugarh (Assam), May 21 (IANS) They are perceptive, have no biases, are honest and don’t mince their words. Articles by children reporters of Mukta Akash (Free Sky), a unique newspaper in Assam, nimbly drive home their point as they write simply, yet strongly, on issues affecting them. The local administration is left with no option other […]
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Hectic meetings went on in the BJP camp Monday, as prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi held talks with party leaders over his cabinet formation. Aspirants of ministerial posts and newly-elected Lok Sabha members of the party met BJP president Rajnath Singh and RSS leaders. Modi held discussions with his close aide […]
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) It was a warm Tuesday morning in Delhi. The minimum temperature was 26.5 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the Met Office said. “The sky will remain mainly clear. The maximum temperature is likely to hover around 39 degrees Celsius,” said an India Meteorological Department official. Monday’s maximum temperature […]
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) With the BJP registering a thumping victory in the general election, significant credit goes to the party’s online campaign to tap the general psyche by connecting with millions of youngsters. Vikas Pandey, a 30-year-old software architect, headed the social media campaigns like “I Support Namo” on Facebook and Twitter, as a […]
Bhubaneswar, May 20 (IANS) A BJD worker was hacked to death by the supporters of rival Congress party in Odisha’s Kendrapada district as post poll violence escalated in the area, police said Tuesday. Ranjit Nayak, 40, was killed Monday evening near Patrapur village, about 150 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, by two Congress supporters, Superintendent of […]
Manila, May 20 (IANS) At least three rebels were killed Tuesday when they stormed a police station in Philippines, an official said. “Rebels onboard a truck and a mini-jeep attempted to overrun the police station but were repulsed by policemen manning it,” the official told Xinhua. The gun battle lasted for 30 minutes after which the […]
Jammu, May 20 (IANS) Seventeen people were killed and 27 injured when a bus going to the Kashmir Valley fell into a deep gorge in the Jammu region Tuesday, an official said. The accident occurred when the bus driver lost control at Digdol on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Ramban district, 170 km from Jammu, an official […]
Jammu, May 20 (IANS) Fourteen people were killed and 30 injured when a bus going to the Valley fell into a deep gorge on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Ramban district of Jammu region Tuesday. A senior police officer told IANS in winter capital Jammu that a bus carrying passengers from Jammu to Srinagar fell into a […]
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked Sahara Group companies SIRECL and SHICL to deposit Rs.10,000 crore of the investors’ money to secure the release of Sahara chief Subrata Roy and two other directors who are in judicial custody since March 4, 2014. The apex court bench of Jusice T.S. Thakur and Justice […]