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'India-US deal protects farmers' interests, to boost state industry'

Chandigarh, Feb. 9 -- Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sunil Jakhar on Sunday said the India-US trade agreement is in the nation's interest and would boost the state's industrial developm... Read More


Pushpinder Gill appointed VC of Punjab Sports university

Patiala, Feb. 9 -- Pushpinder Singh Gill was appointed as the vice-chancellor of the Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University (MBSPSU) in Patiala, for a tenure of three years, effective from ... Read More


LG: Soon, int'l museum, light & sound show at Vaishno Devi

Jammu, Feb. 9 -- Three key initiatives, including an international museum dedicated to Maa Shakti's spiritual heritage, a sound-and-light spectacle modelled on global pilgrimage sites, and a documenta... Read More


Punish Phule statue vandals: Bhujbal to Shah

Mumbai, Feb. 9 -- Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Sunday strongly condemned the alleged attempt to vandalise a statue of social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba ... Read More


Tejaswin scripts national record in heptathlon

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- India's leading combined events athlete Tejaswin Shankar won the lone gold for India on the last day of Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin, China, as the country ende... Read More


Mumbai need eight wickets, Karnataka 212 runs for victory

Mumbai, Feb. 9 -- The Mumbai-Karnataka Ranji Trophy quarter-final was tantalisingly poised after the third day's play here, with the visitors requiring another 212 runs and the hosts needing eight wic... Read More


Modi meets industry and diaspora leaders during Malaysia visit

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with industry leaders and representatives of the nearly three-million-strong Indian diaspora in Malaysia, including ministers, MPs and vete... Read More


Zero duty on agri exports worth $1bn

New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- The United States will apply zero reciprocal duty on Indian agricultural exports worth over $1 billion under the India-US framework agreement for an interim trade deal, government... Read More


Adhikari vows stipend for women if BJP wins

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday promised a monthly stipend of Rs.3,000 to homemakers, a hike in the individual allocation under the Centre's ho... Read More


TMC suspends councillor held for the death of senior citizen

Kolkata, Feb. 9 -- A Trinamool Congress councillor from North 24 Parganas district's Barrackpore municipality was arrested on Sunday evening after an 81-year-old citizen he allegedly assaulted died, p... Read More