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October 11, 2015 8:44 AM

BJP to celebrate JP's birth anniversary today as Loktantra Raksha Diwas

BJP will celebrate Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan's birth anniversary as Loktantra Raksha Diwas across the country today. The main programme will be held in New Delhi where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part. 800 leaders who were put behind bars during Emergency will be felicitated duri...

October 11, 2015 8:43 AM

BSF seizes Rs 55 cr heroin smuggled from Pak

Border Security Force has seized 11 kg heroin having street value of 55 crore rupees from two places along the Indo-Pak border in Ferozepur and Amritsar sectors. Confirming the seizure, a BSF official said nine packets of the drug were seized from a field near the Pul Moran border outpost (BoP) in A...

October 11, 2015 8:38 AM

Sushma Swaraj asks NRIs to help in 'Clean Ganga', 'Swachh Bharat'

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has urged the Indian diaspora to pay their debt to their motherland by contributing to nation building. Speaking to the Indian community in Maldivian capital Male yesterday evening, Ms Swaraj said that the Indians living abroad can contribute to India Developm...

October 10, 2015 9:04 PM

CBI raids residential, official premises of liquor baron Vijay Mallya

CBI on Saturday carried out searches at residential and official premises of liquor baron Vijay Mallya and his defunct company Kingfisher Airlines in connection with 900 crore rupees bank loan fraud. <br/><br/>The investigating agency in a press release said the searches were conducted a...

October 10, 2015 9:02 PM

Telangana: Bandh called by combined opposition remains peaceful

In Telangana, bandh is being observed following a call given by the combined opposition including Congress, TDP, BJP, YSR Congress and Left parties besides a number of people&apos;s organizations. <br/><br/>The opposition has called for bandh demanding the state Government to come to the...

October 10, 2015 8:51 PM

President reaches Jordanian Capital Amman

President Pranab Mukherjee has reached Jordanian Capital Amman today. Mr Mukherjee will also visit, Palestine and Israel.<br/><br/>A high level delegation is accompanying the President.<br/><br/>AIR correspondent reports that Union Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot, six Members o...

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