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BJP congratulates Kejriwal

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday congratulated AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for his party’s huge win in Delhi and said it would introspect the reasons for its own defeat. “We accept the mandate of the people,” BJP’s Delhi unit president Satish Upadhyay told the media. “As the party’s Delhi leader, I accept moral […]

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Modi congratulates Kejriwal

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday called up and congratulated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal and assured him support from the central government.

Obama: US-EU unity reinforced on Ukraine crisis

Washington: US President Barack Obama said Monday that Ukraine crisis had reinforced unity of the US and its European allies while he did not rule out possibility of providing lethal weapons to the Ukrainian forces, an act opposed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “There maybe some areas where there are tactical disagreements,” said Obama at […]

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AAP racing towards massive win in Delhi

New Delhi: The AAP Tuesday raced towards a landslide win in the Delhi assembly election, with the BJP congratulating AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal. Election officials counting the millions of votes polled Saturday said the Aam Aadmi Party was set to win more than 50 of the 70 seats in the Delhi assembly, with a staggering […]

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AAP ahead of BJP, Congress in Delhi

New Delhi: The AAP led in five seats and the BJP and the Congress in one seat each as officials Tuesday counted the votes polled in the 70-member Delhi assembly election. Aam Aadmi Party leaders Manish Sisodia and Somnath Bharti, who were ministers in the Arvind Kejriwal government, forged ahead of their rivals, election officials […]

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David to overcome Goliath: Yadav

New Delhi: AAP leader Yogendra Yadav indicated Tuesday that his party was headed for a victory in the Delhi assembly election, saying “David likely to overcome Goliath”. “This may be a historic day!” he tweeted. “The (Narendra Modi) juggernaut likely to halt. David likely to overcome Goliath. Hope lives again.”

US state allows same-sex marriages

Washington: Homosexual couples may marry in Alabama starting Monday after the US Supreme Court rejected a request by the state’s attorney general to block allowing same-sex weddings. Alabama thus joins, at least temporarily, the other 36 states where gays may legally marry. In a 7-2 ruling, the judges rejected a request by Alabama Attorney General […]

Two Indians win honours at Grammy Awards

Two Indians -- Ricky Kej and Neela Vaswani -- took home a Grammy Award each at the 57th edition of the musical extravaganza held here Sunday night. The latter's narration of the audio of the book "I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World" won her the trophy

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Rajnath reviews development work in extremism-hit states

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh Monday reviewed the progress of developmental projects in left wing extremism affected states of Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Odisha and Maharashtra. Reviewing work on roads, bridges, railway lines, mobile towers, post offices, banking infrastructure, education, health, radio and TV connectivity and forest and environmental clearances, he said “necessary central assistance” will […]

India to play FIFA World Cup qualifier March 12

The Indian football team will play their home match of the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium in Guwahati March 12

School girl raped twice in Bengal

A 15-year-old school girl was allegedly raped twice in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district, police said Monday

Sensex closes 491 points down, capital goods stocks plunge

A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets closed Monday's trade down 491 points or 1.71 percent as capital goods stocks plunged

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Distractions, fatigue may trigger lower back pain

Besides manual tasks involving awkward position, distractions during activities and fatigue can also trigger low back pain, a study has suggested

Kamal Haasan to feature in 'PK' remake?

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan is likely to play the lead in the Tamil remake of Hindi blockbuster "PK", if sources are to believed

NRIs launch programme for Odia entrepreneurs

A group of US-based non-resident Indians (NRIs) have launched an accelerator programme in Odisha to mentor and fund aspiring Odia entrepreneurs

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