Govt mulls monitoring mechanism for central schemes
New Delhi : Government plans to set up a committee presided over by a senior parliamentarian to monitor implementation of centrally ...
271 Delhiites bitten everyday by dogs
At least 271 persons in the national capital were bitten by dogs on an average everyday in the past one year, Rajya Sabha was told ...
No permission for AOL event: WR Ministry to NGT
New Delhi: Faced with tough questions from National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Water Resources ministry today told the panel it has not ...
India extends biggest ever LOC of USD 2 bn to B’desh
Dhaka: India today signed a landmark agreement with Bangladesh extending USD 2 billion to the country in its biggest ever overseas ...
IIT students turns into garbage collector
KHARAGPUR: Selling recyclable garbage in Kharagpur town is now as easy as ordering a pizza over phone, thanks to a social ...
89 lakh children not fully immunised: Govt
New Delhi: Government today admitted that 89 lakh children in India are either partially immunised or have received no immunisation, ...
1,398 capital punishment during 2004-14: Govt
New Delhi: As many as 1,398 people were awarded capital punishment and three were executed in the country during 2004-14, Lok Sabha ...
Bolivia, Russia ink deal on nuclear research lab
La Paz (Bolivia): Bolivia signed a USD 300 million deal with Russia to build a world-class nuclear research lab in the South American ...
N Korea threatens nuke strike on S Korea, US
Seoul: North Korea threatened “indiscriminate” nuclear strikes against South Korea and the US mainland if the two allies ...
Email inventor Ray Tomlinson dies at 74
Washington: Ray Tomlinson, the American programmer widely credited with inventing email, has died. He was 74.
Before Tomlinson ...