Tag: state
Amarinder Seeks Congress Permission To Contest Against Badal
Giving an interesting turn to Punjab's politics, state Congress president Amarinder Singh has sought the Congress high command's permission to fight next month's assembly elections against Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal from the latter's assembly constituency of Lambi.....
Massive Protest In Favour Of Jallikattu In Madurai
Thousands of people on Monday took to the streets in Madurai's Alanganallur town in Tamil Nadu protesting a ban against Jallikattu, the ancient and popular bull-taming sport. ....
National Boxing Academy Inaugurated In Rohtak
Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel on Monday inaugurated the National Boxing Academy set up under the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in Haryana's Rohtak town, 70 km from Delhi.....
The Indian Panorama Film Festival, which was inaugurated here on Monday evening, will pay special homage to late veteran actor Om Puri by screening five of his iconic films. ....
Regional Flights Under New Scheme From February: Minister
The central government on Thursday said it expects the first flight under its ambitious 'regional connectivity scheme' (RCS) to operate by next month. ....
BIMARU States: Little Progress In 2 Years, Learning Crisis For Millions Of Children
In 2016, some learning outcomes for 111 million school-age students between ages six and 15 remained mostly unchanged in BIMARU states (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh), when compared to 2014, after declining for four years, according to the 2016 Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) released in January 2017.....
Prostate Cancer Biopsies Can Be Avoided With MRI Scan: Lancet
Giving men, suspected of having prostate cancer, an MRI scan may improve diagnosis and save those who do not have aggressive cancers from having an unnecessary biopsy, researchers have shown.....
Obama Posts Emotional Farewell Letter On Facebook
As Donald Trump sets to take oath as the 45th President of the United States, outgoing President Barack Obama shared an emotional farewell letter on the social networking site Facebook.....
Two Security Personnel Killed In Assam
Two soldiers of Assam Rifles were killed and two others injured on Sunday when militants ambushed a convoy near Jairampur on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, police said.....
Two Security Men, Two Militants Killed In Assam Ambush
Two soldiers of the Assam Rifles were killed and two others injured on Sunday when militants ambushed a convoy near Jairampur on the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, police said.....
