India

Kolkata: Former Goa chief minister and Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro, along with a clutch of ex-Congress leaders from the state, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday. Faleiro and the...

Bhubaneswar: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday sought the intervention of Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav for creation of an ESIC Sub-regional Office at Jharsuguda under ESIC Regional...

Balasore: A man from Bhograi block in Odisha's Balasore district has claimed to be the brother of Mahant Narendra Giri, the deceased president of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad (ABAP). The...

New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday approved PM-POSHAN scheme in its cabinet meeting on Wednesday. Informing about the decision, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said the scheme will provide mid-day meal...

Chandigarh: A day after Navjot Singh Sidhu tendered his resignation from the post of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee president, Chief Minister Charanjit Channi has reached out to him with a...

Bhubaneswar: With several festivals, including Dussehra and Eid-e-Miladunnabi, scheduled for October, banks will remain closed for 21 days during this major holiday month. Internet banking services, however, will continue as...

New Delhi/Chandigarh: After delivering a “told-you-so” barb, former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh once again trained gun on Navjot Singh Sidhu, who relinquished the Punjab Congress president’s post barely...

New Delhi: Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), M Jagadesh Kumar is among the frontrunners for the next IIT-Delhi director’s post. A search-cum-selection committee has shortlisted six names during a...

Baltal: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari reviewed the construction work of the strategically important Zojila and Z-Morh tunnels on the Srinagar-Leh highway, which are under construction....

New Delhi: While the average height of adults across the globe is on the rise, Indians are not growing in height. This alarming fact has been quoted by a study...