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Kolkata:  Leaving behind all other actors in the film industry, megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been ranked number one on Twitter, in terms of both popularity and activity. In an analytics report of the most popular Bollywood star on the…
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New Delhi: Bangladesh President, Md Abdul Hamid, will pay an official visit to India from December 18 to 23 on the invitation of his Indian counterpart, Pranab Mulherjee, a communiqué by the Ministry of External Affairs said here. Mukherjee…
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jayaChennai:  Conviction of Jayalalithaa in a graft case and her unseating from the chief minister's chair, twin blasts and a legal wrangle that stalled the release of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case were among major…
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SRINAGAR: One terrorist has been killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. The brief encounter lasted for nearly an hour. The security forces launched an operation in Bazpora area of Kupwara on…
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New Delhi:  Expressing concern over the nuclear deal between China and Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said the government has raised the issue with China and asserted that it is "well prepared" to safeguard national…
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New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) Government today said persons already having bank account need not to open a fresh one to avail benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). "A person who is already having a bank account with any bank…
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Kolkata, Dec 17 (PTI) BJP today attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for blaming RAW for the Burdwan blast saying her remarks were against national interest and that she should take lessons about the ill effects of appeasing…
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Guwahati: The dean of academic affairs at the IIT here has been arrested for allegedly raping an office assistant, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. "A case was registered against IIT Guwahati Professor Alok Kumar Ghosal at the…
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Islamabad: Most of the students at the army- run school in Peshawar were shot in the head from point blank range by the ruthless Taliban suicide attackers, in one of the most gruesome attacks against children in recent years. At least 132…
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Kishtwar: A pregnant woman died at the district hospital here allegedly due medical negligence following which the Jammu and Kashmir government today ordered a magisterial probe into the incident. Javed Ahmad Khan, District Commissioner of…
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