Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday said communal speeches, as those delivered by Hindu Ezhava leader Vellapally Natesan, have never been heard in the state till now....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a bilateral meeting with French President Francois Hollande on the sidelines of the Conference of Parties (CoP) 21 climate summit that got underway here. ...
India's first injectible inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was on Monday launched by Health Minister J.P. Nadda as part of the country's commitment to global polio eradication....
The Delhi government on Monday tabled the anti-corruption legislation, the Delhi Jan Lokpal Bill, in the assembly. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif as world leaders converged here for the inauguration of the Conference of Parties (CoP) 21 climate summit....
A day after hinting at possible retirement, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday took to Twitter to insist that retirement from politics was not on cards. On his Twitter handle, Parrikar, a former Goa chief minister, said: "My correct statement - At the age of 60, normally people think of retirement and perhaps I would have also... But I had to take bi...
A paramilitary trooper was injured on Monday in a firing incident in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. "A trooper was injured in a firing incident at a CRPF picket in Malhar (Billawar) area on Monday morning," a police official told IANS here. The injured CRPF trooper was shifted to a hospital, the police said. "Further deta...
US President Barack Obama on Sunday said he was "optimistic" about sealing a global climate agreement at the upcoming two-week UN conference in Paris. "What makes this gathering different is that more than 180 nations have already submitted plans to reduce the harmful emissions that help cause climate change," Obama said in a Facebook post as he tr...
Aiming to provide better quality network, Bharti Airtel on Monday said it will invest Rs.60,000 crore in the next three years. "The programme, called Project Leap, will see a network transformation. Large parts of this investment will improve voice services," Gopal Vittal, MD and CEO, Bharti Airtel, said here. Airtel will deploy over 70,000 base station...
A court here on Monday granted bail to former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia in a case filed by the anti-graft body. Judge Aminul Islam gave the bail after Zia surrendered before the Special Judge's Court. She has been accused of awarding a contract to a foreign firm causing huge loss to the exchequer, reports Xinhua news agency. On June 18, a...
