New Delhi | 2 hours ago
A woman as Delhi Police commissioner?
New Delhi, May 10 - With Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar set to retire end-July, a replacement is being actively sought and three names - including of two women - are doing the rounds.Neeraj Kumar, a 1976 batch Indian Police Service officer of the AGMU - cadre, had taken charge as Delhi Police commissioner from B.K. Gupta on July 1 last year.The three names doing the rounds for the post are B.S. B ... read more

New Delhi | 2 days ago
Party positions in states, union territories
New Delhi, May 8 - With the Congress looking set to take charge of Karnataka, the number states and union territories under its rule will rise to 14, even as the BJP tally will drop by one to four.Here's the list of 28 states and two union territories along with the ruling party and chief minister. In states like in Maharashtra, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir and Bihar, the governments have coalition s ... read more

New Delhi | 5 days ago
India should push for treaty with China on Brahmaputra: Experts
New Delhi, May 5 - China has assured India that it is essentially engaged in a run-of-the-river project on the Brahmaputra and there is no cause for worry for downstream riparian countries. But with Beijing not keen to share details about its construction work on the river, experts say India should not go by mere verbal assurances and push for a treaty.When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raised con ... read more

New Delhi | 7 days ago
Hornbill conservator Aparajita Datta gets Whitley Award
New Delhi, May 3 - Conservator Aparajita Datta has won the Whitley Award, also called Green Oscar, for her work to save threatened hornbills in the forests of Arunachal Pradesh.Datta is one of eight grassroots conservation leaders awarded a share of prize funding worth £295,000 by the Whitley Fund for Nature.Datta leads a programme to conserve hornbills in the Eastern Himalaya at the Nature Conse ... read more

Guwahati | 14 days ago
Two Maoist leaders nabbed in Assam
Guwahati, April 26 - A joint team of Assam Police, CRPF and the intelligence wing of the army Friday arrested two top Maoists from Jorabat area along the Assam-Meghalaya border, an official said.The two Maoists were identified as Aklanta Rabha and Siraj Rabha.Assam's Inspector General of Police - L.R. Bishnoi said Aklanta Rabha alias Maheshji alias Saikia is the lone member of the Maoist's Central ... read more

New Delhi | 16 days ago
Chinese army incursion serious issue: BJP
New Delhi, April 24 - The recent incursion by the Chinese army into Indian territory is a serious issue and the government must take it up at the top level, the BJP demanded Wednesday.The BJP demands that the government of India take up the issue with China at the level of prime minister, external affairs minister and defence minister, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters.The governme ... read more

Agartala | 17 days ago
Tripura, Meghalaya to ban gutka, pan masala
Agartala/Shillong, April 23 - Following the direction of the union government, Tripura and Meghalaya will ban the sale, manufacture and distribution of gutka - and pan masala -, officials said Tuesday.Health department officials of Tripura and Meghalaya said that both the states have already taken initiative to ban the sale, manufacture and distribution of gutka, khaini, pan masala and other chewi ... read more

Lucknow | 19 days ago
Railways in women's national hockey quarters
Lucknow, 21 April - Five goals by Jasjeet Kaur helped Railways to enter the quarterfinals of the third Hockey India Women's National Championship with a 16-0 win against Tamil Nadu in Pool A at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium here Sunday.The scorers for Railways were Jasjeet Kaur -, Own Goal -, Binita Xess -, Ranjita -, Joydeep Kaur -, Apoorva -, Jamila Bano -, Laurenua Kerketta - and Rosalind L. Ra ... read more

Ranchi | 21 days ago
Wins for Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu in junior women's hockey
Ranchi/Lucknow, April 19 - Hosts Jharkhand defeated Rajasthan 11-0 in the third Hockey India Junior Women's National Championship at the Astroturf Hockey Stadium in Ranchi on Friday.Jharkhand, who led 7-0 at half-time, scored through Poonam Madhuri Tete -, Rukmani Dodray -, Anima Minz -, Birsi Mundu - and Rajni Soreng -.In Pool E, Odisha beat Chhattisgarh 15-0. Birajini Ekka and Surabhi Pradhan sc ... read more

Guwahati | 21 days ago
Two ULFA militants, civilian, cop killed in Assam gunfight
Guwahati, April 19 - Two cadres of ULFA's anti-talk faction, a civilian and a policeman were killed in a gun battle between the security forces and militants in Assam's Tinsukia district Friday.The situation became tense in Kordoiguri area of the district where the gunfight took place and local people came out in large numbers to protest the death of the civilian. At least one vehicle of the secur ... read more