Lalu’s daughter Rohini Acharya may contest LS poll
Patna, Dec 16 - Rohini Acharya, the second daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav, is expected to contest Lok Sabha election from Karakat seat in Rohtas district of Bihar.
Youth should strive to build ‘Viksit Bharat’ by 2047: Nirmala Sitharaman
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 16 - Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, said on Saturday that the youth of the country should strive to build a 'Viksit Bharat' (Developed India) by 2047.
FPIs bought heavily in banking, IT stocks
New Delhi, Dec 16 - Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services V K Vijayakumar on Saturday said that a major development in December has been that FPIs have heavily bought stocks in banking and IT segments.
K’taka has potential to make 1mn chip designers in next 5 yrs: IT Minister Priyank Kharge
Belagavi (Karnataka), Dec 16 - Karnataka Information Technology and Biotechnology Minister, Priyank Kharge, said on Saturday that the southern state has the potential to prepare one million chip designers in the next five years across the country, to meet the requirement in the
Bharat Jodo Yatra 2.0 likely to start from NE in Jan first week, to be in hybrid mode
New Delhi, Dec 16 - Congress is planning to hold the second leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which is likely to kick off from January first week, party sources said on Saturday.
Parliament security breach: Mastermind had ‘plan B’, cops now probing his Maoist links
New Delhi, Dec 16 - The investigation into the Parliament security breach has exposed a hidden layer of planning orchestrated by mastermind Lalit Jha. Unravelling the intricacies of the alleged conspiracy, sources privy to the probe revealed that the perpetrators had a backup
Parliament security breach: Cops to take the accused to recreate crime scene
New Delhi, Dec 16 - Delhi Police's Special Cell will be taking the accused, nabbed in connection with the Parliament security breach, to recreate the entire crime scene, a source privy to the probe said on Saturday.
NY Met Museum agrees to return 14 stolen cultural artefacts to Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Dec 16 - New York's Metropolitan Museum (the Met) has agreed to return 14 stolen cultural artefacts in its possession to Cambodia after several years of negotiations, the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts said in a statement on Saturday.
PM Modi to inaugurate Surat’s diamond bourse on December 17
Surat, Dec 15 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Surat's Diamond Bourse on December 17.
Kejriwal to go on 10-day Vipasana session from Dec 19
New Delhi, Dec 16 - Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will go on a 10-day Vipasana session from December 19 to 30, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said on Saturday.
Historic, constitutionally upholds Parliament’s decision: PM Modi on SC verdict on Article 370
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has dubbed the Supreme Court’s verdict on the abrogation of Article 370
Telangana breathing fresh air of freedom, liberty: Governor
Hyderabad, Dec 15 - People in Telangana have given a clear mandate to liberate themselves from 10 years of repression in the recently-concluded Assembly elections, and the state is now breathing fresh air of freedom and liberty, Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan said on Friday.
Construction of AIIMS in Rewari to start soon: Hry Health Minister
Chandigarh, Dec 15 - Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said on Friday that the work for the construction of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rewari is expected to start shortly.
Proposal to establish industrial township in Jind: Haryana DyCM
Chandigarh, Dec 15 - Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Friday informed the state Assembly that a proposal to establish an industrial model township near the intersection of national highway 152D and the Delhi-Katra Expressway in Jind district is under consideration.
Haryana to soon have own state song
Chandigarh, Dec 15 - Haryana will soon get its own state song reflecting the rich history, heritage and vibrant culture of the state, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said while introducing a proposal on the first day of the winter session of Vidhan
AICF gets A.K Verma as the new Interim Secretary
Chennai, Dec 15 - With the office bearers elections slated early next year, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) has appointed Ajeet Kumar Verma as the Interim Secretary.
Chandrasekhar Rao discharged from hospital after hip replacement surgery
Hyderabad, Dec 15 - A week after undergoing a hip replacement surgery, former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was discharged from the hospital on Friday.
Bhajan Lal Sharma takes oath as Raj CM, Diya Kumari & Bairwa deputy CMs
Jaipur, Dec 15 - Bhajan Lal Sharma on Friday took oath as the 14th Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Along with him, two Deputy CMs -- Diya Kumari and Dr. Premchand Bairwa -- also took oath in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
India will buy oil from Venezuela, says minister
New Delhi, Dec 15 - India will purchase oil from Venezuela as the sanctions against the Latin American country have been lifted, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday.
Ayodhya, Varanasi to have Water Metro Service
Ayodhya, Dec 15 - Ayodhya and Varanasi will soon have a Water Metro on the lines of Kochi Water Metro which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April this year.