Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here Sunday afternoon on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. He was received at the Jammu airport by Governor N.N. Vohra, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, legislative council chairman Amrit Malhotra, senior ministers and top officials of the state government. The prime minister is scheduled to inaugurate the
The much-anticipated Mumbai Monorail – India's first – was inaugurated here Saturday, with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and several media persons climbing aboard for the inaugural ride. The 8.93-km-long Monorail, running between Chembur and Wadala in the east-south direction, comprising the first phase, will be open to the public
The opposition Congress Saturday demanded the resignation of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik saying the Justice M.B. Shah commission probing illegal mining in the state, had indicted his government. Former minister and senior Congress leader Niranjan Patnaik said the chief minister should take moral responsibility for the scam and resign immediately. He also demanded
Businessman Rajesh Kalra's office boy – who is a juvenile – is the mastermind behind the sensational Rs.7.69-crore heist in the national capital, police said Saturday. He has been detained and three of his accomplices arrested. Raids were also being conducted to nab at least six of his accomplices, police said. Special Commissioner
Television actors Rithvik Dhanjani and Asha Negi won the sixth season of celebrity dance reality show "Nach Baliye" Saturday. The couple has been part of the show from the beginning and have been giving spell-binding performances. The winning couple was awarded the official "Nach Baliye" trophy along with Rs.35 lakh, a trip to Australia
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and the North East Students' Organisation (NESO) Saturday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to ensure security for students from the northeast in the national capital and other parts of the country. "The government of India should take up this matter as a national problem, or else it will be
President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday accepted the resignation of union minister Harish Rawat, who has been named Uttarakhand's new chief minister. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has been given additional charge of the water resources ministry, which was held by Rawat, a Rashtrapati Bhavan press communique said. The president, on the advice of Prime
Congress general secretary Ajay Maken has urged the party to include his New Delhi seat in the list of primaries to select Lok Sabha candidates. The party has decided to conduct primaries in about 15 Lok Sabha constituencies across the country in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, a process outlined by party
Angry over the death of an Arunachal Pradesh teen, students from the northeast held a protest in the capital and also met Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who Saturday assured "exemplary punishment" for the culprits who brutally thrashed the student. Students from the northeast held a protest at the Lajpat Nagar market in south Delhi