NEW DELHI: Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said Rs.50,000 crore have been earmarked by the government to develop 100 smart cities in the country, adding that each selected city would get central assistance of Rs.100 crore per year for five years. Mr Naidu, the union urban development minister,Read More

NEW DELHI: Mark Zuckerberg has announced that wife Priscilla Chan and he are expecting a baby girl. The news was made public on – where else – Facebook, which was co-founded by the 31 (yes, 31) year old billionaire. “Priscilla and I have some exciting news: we’re expecting a babyRead More

NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry will draw up a “blue-print” to counter radicalisation among youth and possible spread of Islamic State (IS) in India, after a meeting with top officials today. This was decided at high-level meet in the Capital that was attended by top cops of 10 statesRead More

PATNA: Bihar BJP today promised better pay scale to over four lakh contractual or ‘fixed salary’ teachers of government schools and to raise their retirement age from 60 to 62 years, if it comes to power after the Assembly election. The announcement comes two days after the Nitish Kumar ledRead More

NEW DELHI: Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi is expected to lay out the party’s Parliament strategy on Monday, ahead of an all-party meet called by the BJP-led government to break the logjam that has hit legislative work during what has been a rocky Monsoon session. Mrs Gandhi will be addressing aRead More

LUCKNOW: After renaming Uttar Pradesh Technical University (UPTU) as Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today emphasised on developing it as a centre of excellence. “Dr Kalam was regarded the world over as a personality dedicated towards science and academics and with the technical university beingRead More

MASALDANGA, COOCH BEHAR: Jubilant crowds celebrated after India and Bangladesh, at one minute past midnight on Saturday, swapped tiny islands of land, ending one of the world’s most intractable border disputes that has kept thousands of people in stateless limbo for nearly 70 years. With this land swap, India gainedRead More

Sukhbir Badal asks them submit proposals for water purification, biomass energy and bio diesel projects Hungary, August 1 – Hungarian scientific innovators today offered clean and green energy technologies including affordable water purification, generation of portable power from sun light and biomass, retrieving energy from polymer waste and production ofRead More

Chandigarh, August 1: People’s Party of Punjab chief Manpreet Singh Badal today strongly opposed the move to levy 5 per cent cess on power bills to mop up Rs 1400 crore annually as not only outrageous but also manifestation of bankruptcy of ideas. “It is unheard of in fiscal managementRead More

Chandigarh, August 1, 2015- BJP National Secretry Tarun Chugh has deplored Congress for creating chaos in parliament during Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement on the recent terror attack in Punjab. He alleged that Congress created situation was damaging India’s case against terrorism. Chugh said that it was every party’s democraticRead More