Lucknow, March 15 – In a late Monday night development, the Uttar Pradesh government ordered a high-level probe into the sudden arrival of a swarm of bees at the Ramabai Ambedkar ground while Chief Minister Mayawati was addressing a huge party rally there earlier in the day.
According to an official press statement issued here, ‘The [...]
Chandigarh, March 15 – The Punjab assembly Monday unanimously passed a resolution seeking Punjabi be accorded first language status in the union territory (UT) of Chandigarh.
A central government administered UT, Chandigarh is the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana.
The resolution, moved by Education Minister Upinderjit Kaur, said Chandigarh city was established (in early 1950s) in [...]
Patna, March 15 – Over a month after violent protests in the Bihar capital against fleecing by private coaching institutes, in which two students were killed, the state government Monday gave a clean chit to these institutes, drawing protests from the opposition.
In its reply in the state assembly, the government termed the killing of two [...]
Chandigarh, March 15 – Former union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa and sitting Rajya Sabha member Naresh Gujral Monday filed their nominations for the March 26 elections to the upper house of parliament after Punjab’s ruling Akali Dal named them as its candidates.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is part of the Punjab’s coalition government, named [...]
New Delhi, March 15 – A working group set up by the finance ministry to review foreign portfolio investment policy will submit its report in April, a finance ministry official said Monday.
The group headed by the chairman and managing director of UTI Mutual Fund, U.K. Sinha is expected to come out with a report [...]
New Delhi, March 15 – With the opposition fiercely pitted against the nuclear liability bill, the government has denied any US pressure to push the legislation. The bill, sources said, has been designed to strike a fine balance between the interests of the victims of a potential nuclear accident and the security of investors.
The bill [...]
Lucknow, March 15 – Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is unable to understand why she is under fire from various quarters for installing her own statues.
‘What’s wrong if I install my own statues together with those of my party icons whose contribution as great social reformers remained unrecognised [...]
Lucknow, March 15 – Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was Monday presented a giant garland of currency notes by her fans from Karnataka. Though the exact value of the garland is not known, onlookers put it in the region of a whopping Rs.5 crore!
In fact, no one noticed the Rs.1,000 currency notes with which the [...]
Kolkata, March 15 – West Bengal Fire Services Minister Pratim Chattopadhyay Monday said his department would take action against the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) for not following the fire safety norms while setting up a temporary gallery for Sunday’s T20 match at the Eden Gardens.
‘I don’t know why the CAB authorities violated the fire [...]
Mumbai, March 15 – BIG Cinemas, India’s largest movie hall chain, has reopened ImaginAsian Theatre of Manhattan New York as Big Cinemas Manhattan, a company statement said here Monday.
Part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, the theatre will host several premieres and special shows for its patrons. New York has an affluent Indian origin [...]
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