UJJAIN: Over 400 people fell ill after consuming the ‘prasad’ distributed during ‘Mahashivrati’ festival at a temple in Chiridi village of the district, health officials said today. Around 3,000 villagers ate the ‘prasad’, comprising ‘khichdi’ and ‘kheer’, distributed at Mahadev temple in in Tarana tehsil yesterday, around 35 kms fromRead More

BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said there is need to develop defence industry in India. ‘It is no longer enough to buy equipment and assemble them. We have been doing this in the past, without absorbing any technology or developing our own capabilities. In some areas, we areRead More

BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday described Aero India as a mega meeting of one of the largest supply chains and platform to launch India’s defence manufacturing sector. ‘Aero India is not just a trade fair for defence equipment, but a mega meeting of the largest supply chains withRead More

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has called a meeting of leaders of political parties on February 22 to ensure smooth run of the Budget Session during which the government will also seek to convert six recent ordinances into legislations. The session, which will begin on February 23 andRead More

NEW DELHI: The CBI today opposed in a special court the bail pleas of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and seven others alleging that they have conspired and abused their position to favour accused firm Vini Iron and Steel Udyog Ltd in allocation of a coal block. The agencyRead More

KOLKATA: Congress, weakened by regular desertions to ruling TMC and a resurgent BJP eating up the opposition space, is fast waning into a non-entity in Bengal politics leading to a chorus from within the party for an organisational revamp. The grand old party, which once used to make a significantRead More

BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said it was important to modernise India’s defence forces and increase preparedness. Inaugurating the 10th edition of the Aero India 2015 here, Modi said: “We do need to increase our defence preparedness. We do have to modernise our defence forces.” “We have to equipRead More

NEW DELHI: Expressing dismay at the failure of the MPs from  West Bengal to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious project, Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has shot off a letter to the West Bengal Chief Secretary to review the progress made. So far, only threeRead More

NEW DELHI: Scores of e- rickshaw drivers on Tuesday protested outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s house in Ghaziabad demanding his intervention to stop harassment by the police. Kejriwal met the drivers after they blocked his way to the Secretariat. The ban on e-rickshaws was lifted in December when theRead More

NEW DELHI:With fireworks expected in the upcoming Budget session of Parliament, the Centre has decided to reach out to the Opposition parties. A day before the session opens on February 23 with the Presidential Address, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu is scheduled to host a luncheon meeting for theRead More