Puducherry, Feb 28 (IANS) Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy has written to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, appealing to the government of India to airlift students from the Union Territory who are stranded in war-torn…

Patna, Feb 28 (IANS) Amid uproar in the Bihar Vidhan Sabha, deputy chief minister Tar Kishore Prasad, who also holds charge of the finance portfolio, presented the annual state budget on Monday afternoon.Prasad presented a Rs 2,37,691 crore…

Colombo, Feb 28 (IANS) A highly-advanced diving support ship of the Indian Navy, 'Nireekshak', arrived at the port of Trincomalee on Monday for facilitating mixed gas diving training for the Sri Lanka Navy.Commanding Officer of the Indian…

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India opener Mayank Agarwal was on Monday handed over captaincy responsibilities ahead of the Indian Premier League 2022 for the Punjab Kings.The 31-year-old Karnataka opener will lead the franchise in the coming…

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India's economy is estimated to clock a real GDP growth of 8.9 per cent in FY22 down from the earlier estimate of 9.2 per cent, official data showed on Monday.In 2020-21, India's economy had contracted by 6.6 per…

Srinagar, Feb 28 (IANS) A J&K Police Inspector was shot and injured by militants in Srinagar city on Monday, police said.Police said militants fired at Inspector Sheikh Firdous, posted with the Anti-Corruption Bureau, in Dhobi Mohalla…

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Russian-Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich, who owns the Premier League football club Chelsea, has come under pressure to speak out following the invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putins forces, PA Media…

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) About 43 per cent millennials have increased faith in Covid vaccines developed in India, more than Gen Z (30 per cent), according to a report.Millennials are people born between 1977 and 1995, while Gen Z are those…

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The Indian Embassy in Romania has urged the students to do not pay money to anyone for taking them from Romania's border to Bucharest, the country's capital.In a tweet, the embassy said that it has been brought to…

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hans Raj Hans on Monday said that the new liquor policy of the Delhi government will encourage alcohol consumption in the national capital which goes against the ethos and culture of the…