Powerful 7.4 quake hits island chain off New Zealand; no tsunami
Wellington: A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck an arc of islands off New Zealand on Sunday, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said it may cause only minor sea level changes in some coastal areas. A powerful More...
I V Subba Rao to continue as secretary to vice president
New Delhi: I V Subba Rao will continue as secretary to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, an order issued by the Personnel Ministry said Tuesday. I V Subba Rao The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved More...
Fruits and veggies can boost your heart health
Washington: Here’s another reason for you to gorge on fruits and veggies. A new study has claimed that insufficient consumption of fruit and vegetable may account for millions of death from heart disease and More...
6 police officials suspended in Bhopal after body of 8-year-old girl found in drain
Bhopal: Six policemen have been suspended including an ASI, constable and 4 others in the case of alleged rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found in a drain near her house in wee hours on Sunday. Madhya More...
In BJP, tea seller is PM, newspaper hawker party chief and man living hut gets ministerial berth
Bhubaneswar: The BJP is a party where a tea seller can become the prime minister, a newspaper hawker is made the president and a man living in a hut can get an opportunity to serve the people as their representative, More...
FM Nirmala Sitharaman to hold first pre-budget meet with farm groups Tuesday
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold her first pre-budget consultation meeting with farm bodies and agricultural experts on Tuesday amid delayed monsoon and drought in some states like Maharasthra. FM More...
36 new flats ready to be allotted to newly-elected MPs in Lutyens’ Delhi
New Delhi: Thirty six new duplex flats with modular kitchens, four bedrooms each, a lift and an office area are ready to be allotted to the newly-elected MPs in Lutyens’ Delhi’s North Avenue. Representative More...
Assocham for raising income tax exemption limit to Rs 5 lakh in Budget
New Delhi: The basic exemption limit for an individual income tax payee should be raised to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 2.50 lakh at present, in the backdrop of inflationary impact over the years, industry chamber Assocham More...
PM Modi first foreign leader to visit Sri Lanka after Easter terror attacks
Colombo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will be making a brief stopover in Sri Lanka on his way back to India from the Maldives, becomes the first foreign leader to visit the island nation after the deadly Easter More...
17 IAS officers transferred in UP
Lucknow: Days after the conclusion of Lok Sabha elections, the Uttar Pradesh government has transferred 17 IAS officers. Chitrakoot DM Vishaak G was posted as Special Secretary to CM Yogi Adityanath. District Magistrate More...
