Need to change mental and moral make-up: President

Need to change mental and moral make-up: President

New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said that legislation alone cannot emancipate women and stressed on the need for a fundamental re-setting of mental and moral make-up, civic sense and social conduct. “We must do all that we can to revive our tradition of according due honour and respect to our mothers and […]

Senior RJD leader quits party posts

Senior RJD leader quits party posts

New Delhi/Patna, March 8 (IANS) Senior RJD leader Ram Kirpal Yadav announced Saturday he was resigning from all party posts after being denied a ticket for the Lok Sabha polls. Yadav, however, told the media in New Delhi that he remained in the Rashtriya Janata Dal “as of now”. A furious Yadav flew to New Delhi […]

SP candidate calls Mulayam ‘budda’, expelled

SP candidate calls Mulayam ‘budda’, expelled

Agra, March 8 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party has expelled its Lok Sabha candidate here, Sarika Baghael, and her husband Devendra for calling party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav a “budda” (old). Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said Maharaj Singh Dhangar would be the new candidate for the Agra City seat. Devendra Baghael had visited a traffic […]

Abide by model code of conduct, J&K political parties told

Abide by model code of conduct, J&K political parties told

Jammu, March 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir chief electoral officer (CEO) Umang Narula Friday asked political parties to abide by the model code of conduct during the five-phase Lok Sabha elections in the state. At a meeting of political parties convened here, Narula requested their representatives to cooperate with officials and adhere to the Election Commission […]

President opens Annual Innovation Exhibition

President opens Annual Innovation Exhibition

New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday inaugurated the Annual Innovation Exhibition featuring innovative technologies at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, an official statement said. Since 2010, the exhibition is being organised every year at the sports ground of the president estate by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF). The exhibition features 41 innovative technologies, including seven […]

Supreme Court adjourns IPL case hearing

Supreme Court adjourns IPL case hearing

New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday adjourned hearing of the Indian Premier League (IPL) betting and spot-fixing case, saying it was yet to go through the response filed by the Indian cricket board to Justice (retd) Mukul Mudgal’s probe report. The apex court bench headed by Justice A.K. Patnaik directed the hearing to […]

Bhutia vows to work for Darjeeling

Bhutia vows to work for Darjeeling

New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) A day after he accepted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee’s offer to be a Trinamool Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha from Darjeeling, former India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia has unfolded his vision to serve the people of the hill region. “The enormity of the work I have to do […]

President opens Annual Innovation Exhibition

President opens Annual Innovation Exhibition

New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday inaugurated the Annual Innovation Exhibition featuring innovative technologies at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, an official statement said. Since 2010, the exhibition is being organised every year at the sports ground of the president estate by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF). The exhibition features 41 innovative technologies, including seven […]

Have always been a loyal Congressman: Actor Jagadish

Have always been a loyal Congressman: Actor Jagadish

Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 (IANS) Amid reports that ace comedian and character artist Jagadish would likely be fielded by the Congress for the Lok Sabha polls, the actor has said none has approached him so far. “My association with the Congress party began almost four decades ago when I was a student and whenever I contested, it […]

Omar thanks UP for withdrawing students’ sedition case

Omar thanks UP for withdrawing students’ sedition case

Jammu, March 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Friday thanked his counterpart in Uttar Pradesh for withdrawing sedition charges against 67 Kashmiri students who were celebrating Pakistan cricket team’s victory over India. “Very glad that the UP police has withdrawn the sedition case against the boys. Grateful to Akhilesh Yadav (Uttar Pradesh chief […]