Delhi, Belying concerns raised by several quarters, the government asserted that the country is well on course to meet the Millennium Development Goals of achieving the under-five mortality rate of 42 per 1,000 live births and infant mortality rate of 28 by next year. Union Health Ministry officials said keyRead More

Jaipur, A 34-year-old man was nabbed by Rajasthan’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) team for allegedly circulating emails to 16 ministers threatening terror strikes within the state, a senior police official said on Sunday. The accused identified as Sushil Chaudhary was held last night for circulating hoax messages impending terror strikes inRead More

New Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is set to take part in a tea-party on Saturday to collect funds for the party, has challenged the BJP to disclose the source of its funding . “I challenge BJP, if they have got guts, they should disclose whereRead More

New Delhi, The CBI on Saturday registered two more cases against the Saradha group of companies in its investigation into the multi-crore-rupee chit fund scam. A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Crime Branch team registered these two cases in Kolkata against the Saradha group and its chairman and managingRead More

New Delhi, India has sought help from Bhutan to track down the NDFB-S militants who gunned down 78 villagers in Assam on December 23 and possibly escaped into the neighbouring country.New Delhi has asked Bhutan to cooperate in tracking down the militants who have set up camp in the dense junglesRead More

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court today set aside an order of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) holding Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti guilty of racial prejudice against African women by conducting the midnight raid at their house in South Delhi’s Khirki Extension area on January 29 thisRead More

Patna, Four JD(U) MLAs were disqualified on Saturday from the Bihar Legislative Assembly for anti-party activities, the Assembly secretary in-charge Hareram Mukhiya said. Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary passed the verdict in his court in the presence of four JD(U) MLAs against whom the ruling party had initiated proceedings for termination ofRead More

Mumbai,The Maharashtra Government will probe the frequent grant of parole to actor Sanjay Dutt who is undergoing imprisonment for possessing illegal weapons.“Since Sanjay Dutt is granted parole regularly we will now look into other criminals serving their sentence whose applications for parole have been kept pending. If any injustice hasRead More

New Delhi, President Pranab Mukherjee today approved the two ordinances promulgated by the BJP-led NDA government to permit raising of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in insurance sector and push the allocation of coal mines. Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesman Venu Rajamony said the President gave his assent to the two ordinances today. TheRead More

New Delhi, Now you can book online your entry tickets to the Taj Mahal in Agra and Humayun’s Tomb in the national capital. The-ticketing facility, a collaboration between ASI and IRCTC, for the two Archaeological Survey of India-maintained monuments was launched by Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Mahesh SharmaRead More