Everything you need to know about Indira Nagar Po: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Indira Nagar Po: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari Tuesday denied the publicity campaign launched by his ministry detailing development initiatives of the UPA government was with an eye to next year's general elections.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The government Monday came out with a slew of guidelines for the Indira Awas Yojna scheme for building houses for rural poor, including increased allocations and a requirement for constructing compulsory toilets for each unit.
Bangalore, May 13 (ANI): Hours after being sworn in as Karnataka's 22nd chief minister, K. Siddaramaiah on Monday announced a Rs.4409.81 crore bonanza for the poor, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Minorities.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is offering a masters programme on rural development from the 2013 session, an official said Monday.
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) called on the Lt. Governor of Delhi, Tejinder Khanna, on Tuesday, and reiterated their objection and protest over a Delhi magisterial court's verdict to acquit Congress Party leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
New Delhi, May 6 (ANI): Protests broke out once again in Delhi against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): Outraged at the acquittal of Sajjan Kumar in one of the cases relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, a large number of people staged a protest in the national capital on Friday and lashed out at the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre.
New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): Sikhs staged protests outside the official 10, Janpath residence of Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday, forcing the authorities to deploy police personnel around the venue.
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): In wake of the massive protests in the national capital over Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's acquittal in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday said this issue should not be politicised.
New Delhi, May 1 (ANI): Sikh groups staged protests in Delhi's Subhash Nagar and Tilak Nagar areas on Wednesday, a day after a Delhi court acquitted former Congress Member of Parliament Sajjan Kumar in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case.
New Delhi/Chandigarh, April 30 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son and the state's Deputy Chief Minister, Sukhbir Singh Badal, on Tuesday, described the acquittal of former Congress Member of Parlaiment Sajjan Kumar in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, as one of the saddest days in Indian history.
New Delhi, April 30 (ANI): Reacting to a Delhi district's decision to acquit Congress leader Sajjan Kumar of all the charges that were levelled against him in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, a verdit that left various Sikh groups in a state of anguish and anger, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Tuesday said that it hoped the Supreme Court would reopen the case against the former.
New Delhi, April 30 (ANI): Personnel of the Rapid Action Force (RAF) were moved in to secure a Delhi district court on Tuesday after the presiding judge acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar of all the charges that were levelled against him in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, leaving various Sikh groups in a state of anguish and anger.
New Delhi, April 30 (ANI): A Delhi district court on Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar of all the charges that were levelled against him in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, leaving various Sikh groups in a state of anguish and anger.
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
New Delhi, April 30 (ANI): A Delhi district court will pronounce its judgment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and five others are accused today.
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The amount given to landless poor for building homes will be doubled from this month, the government said Friday.
Toronto, April 26 (IANS) Sikhs in the city of Surrey in British Columbia are flocking to a local movie theatre to watch the Punjabi film "Sadda Haq" that ran into controversy back home.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Offering an informed glimpse into India's rich heritage, spanning the pre-historical to modern era, the National Museum would be starting free guided tours of from Tuesday, it was announced here.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A 26-year-old woman was found strangled to death at her house in the city, police said Thursday, and indicated her husband was a prime suspect since his statements in the matter were inconsistent.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Amit Ahuja, 32, is at an age when a man is usually at his productive best. But haemophilia, a genetic blood disorder, has left him frail and confined to his bed.
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The names of Debdulal Bandyopadhyay and Nilima Sanyal may not ring a bell with today's generation, but they were hugely popular in India and the then East Pakistan during 1971 with thousands tuning in to listen to them on AIR for the latest developments in the runup to the war of liberation that led to birth of Bangladesh.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday expressed concern over India's low enrolment rate of youths in higher education as compared to Germany and the US, stressing the need to make higher education accessible to students in remote areas.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday expressed concern over India's low enrolment rate of youths in higher education as compared to Germany and the US.
New Delhi, April 12 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee attended the 26th Convocation of Indira Gandhi National Open University on Friday.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) India needs more quality educational institutes particularly in remote areas, President Pranab Mukherjee said Friday.
New Delhi, Apr. 11 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday welcomed the Delhi Court's order to reopen the 1984 anti-Sikhs riots case against Jagdish Tytler, saying it clearly indicated that the Congress Party-ruled government had protected its leaders.
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, facing re-investigation in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, said Thursday there was nothing against him as yet to prove that he was present at the scene and that a witness was put under pressure to give a statement against him.
New Delhi, Apr 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday accused the Congress Party of being responsible for 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
New Delhi, Apr. 10 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will study the Delhi Court's verdict in which it has ordered reopening of a 1984 anti-Sikhs riots case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler.
New Delhi, Apr 10 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Wednesday set aside the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) closure report on Jagdish Tytler, and ordered the reopening of the case against the Congress leader in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
New Delhi, Apr 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirti Azad on Wednesday said if former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's offer to her Pakistani counterpart Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in 1974 to share nuclear technology is found true, then it tantamounts to treason.
New Delhi, Apr. 8 (ANI): Former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh on Monday described former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as one of the very prominent international figures of the second half of the 20th century.
London, April 8 (IANS) Margaret Thatcher, a grocer's daughter who became Britain's only woman prime minister, died Monday after suffering a stroke, her family announced. She was 87. An admirer of Indira Gandhi, Thatcher was called the "Iron Lady".
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Margaret Thatcher did not approve of the state of emergency in force during her visit to India in 1976. But she was so touched by a gesture of her host and prime minister Indira Gandhi that she made it a point to mention it in her memoirs.
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) With similar temperaments, Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first woman prime minister, was an undisguised admirer of Indira Gandhi, another woman politician known for her toughness.
The recent reaffirmation by the Congress of its governing model of dual centres of power, notwithstanding party general secretary Digvijaya Singh's caveat, was further substantiated by Manmohan Singh's and Rahul Gandhi's addresses to the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday directed 23 states and five union territories to file status report on the implementation of the notification issued by them banning the sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco or nicotine.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday directed 23 states and five union territories to file status report on the implementation of the notification issued by them banning the sale of gutka and pan masala containing tobacco or nicotine.
New Delhi, Mar 31 (ANI): A motorbike race was hosted in New Delhi on Sunday with the sole aim to promote motor sports in India.
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), March 31 (IANS) The number of people killed in the 16-storey under construction building collapse in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam has risen to 20, police said Saturday.
Dar es Salam, March 30 (IANS) At least three people died and 17 seriously injured when a 16-storey underconstruction building collapsed in Tanzania's commercial capital city of Dar es Salaam Friday, Xinhua reported.
Hyderabad, March 26 (IANS) Police Tuesday night arrested the leaders of Left parties, who were on indefinite hunger strike here to protest the proposed hike in electricity tariff and electricity cuts.
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Professor M. Aslam has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), an official statement said Wednesday.
Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) Bangladesh's Minister of Information Hasanul Haq Inu Friday said film buffs in India and Bangladesh can now look forward to seeing movies filmed in each other's countries.
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) In a first, Cycling Federation of India (CFI) president Parminder Singh Dhindsa has been nominated to be on the executive board of the Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC).
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's proposed visit to the UAE en route to Durban in South Africa for the BRICS summit March 26-27 is not taking place due to "scheduling" issues.
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) International Cycling Union (UCI) chief Pat McQuaid feels that India should have grown faster in the sport after getting a launchpad like the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Pakistani cycling officials say the sport is one of the most neglected ones in the country, especially in the case of women.
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) On the third day of the Asian Cycling Championship, Deborah from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, assured India a historic second medal in the Asian Cycling Championship Saturday.
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) An eight-member Pakistani team arrived here Saturday to participate in the Hero Asian Cycling Championship being held at the Indira Gandhi Velodrome.
New Delhi, Mar 8 (ANI): Union Culture Minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch today announced that Zonal Cultural Centers under her ministry will launch a year-long campaign on 'Cultural Barriers in Women's Health' in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA).
Dhaka, March 4 (IANS) Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, a "true friend of Bangladesh", was Monday conferred the Liberation War Honour Award for his "outstanding contribution" to the 1971 war even as the country sees a massive youth-led uprising for "justice" for those who died in the conflict.
Dhaka, Mar. 3 (ANI): Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni on Sunday said that the Boundary Agreement 1974 with India will be placed before parliament for approval soon.
Shimla, Mar 1 (IANS) The "Queen of Hills", as this state capital was fondly called by the British, is in the grip of jaundice. More than 100 cases have been reported from the town in the last few days, officials said Friday.
Chennai, Feb 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday inducted three new faces into her cabinet while dropping three ministers.
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The central government increased the plan outlay for health by 13.9 percent to Rs.3,04,777 crore in 2012-13, the Economic Survey said Wednesday.
Just a day after the scare of finding bags regarding the hoax bomb in capital,now it was turns of another hoax bomb call at Indira Gandhi International Airport. Autohrity has received a call regarding the hoax call about a bomb on an airlines flight..................
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) A day after three suspicion-evoking bags created panic in the capital at separate places, security officials at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport were in a tizzy Tuesday after receiving a warning about a bomb on an Indigo airlines flight. The call turned out to be a hoax.
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Over 450 Tihar inmates will be completing educational courses in multiple disciplines in coming years, a jail official said Friday.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Cycling Federation of India (CFI) is confident of setting up a professional academy in collaboration with world body Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) by the end of 2013.
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherkjee Monday said here that gender disparity can be tackled only through economic empowerment of women and improving their role in governance.
New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2011 to Ela Ramesh Bhatt of Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) A US Sikh rights group has met State Department officials in support of its petition to the Obama administration to recognise the violence against Sikhs in India in November 1984 as "genocide".
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Airports developer and operator GMR Infrastructure, a part of GMR Group, Wednesday said it received Rs.415 crore from national carrier Air India on account of airport charges for both Delhi and Hyderabad.
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Around 100 stranded Jet Airways passengers travelling from Delhi to Leh protested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here Wednesday, demanding accommodation and other facilities.
New Delhi, Feb 6 (ANI): 'Dirty Picture' fame Vidya Balan has confirmed that she will be doing another biopic movie.
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) TV actress Rati Pandey, who is seen in the double role of Zara and Indira in daily soap "Hitler Didi", says playing two roles has been a learning experience, but at the same time it is hectic too.
New Delhi, Feb 1 (ANI): Dense fog and dip in temperature on Friday disrupted the normal life, affecting air, rail and road traffic this morning.
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) It's a clash of the titans at the box-office this Friday as "Vishwaroop", the Hindi version of Kamal Haasan's controversial Tamil film "Vishwaroopam", hits the Indian screens along with Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children", based on Salamn Rushdie's Booker Prize-winning controversial novel of the same name.
Hyderabad, Jan 28 (IANS) A day after the central government indefinitely postponed its decision on Telangana issue, the region was on the boil Monday as protestors demanding separate state took to streets.
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) A day before the central government's own deadline to announce a decision on Telangana issue ends, hundreds of people demanding a separate state gathered Sunday after police granted permission to the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) to hold demonstration in the city.
Hyderabad, Jan. 27 (ANI): Police personnel fired teargas shells and baton charged protesting pro-Telangana students outside the Osmania University campus here on Sunday.
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) After arrests of Telangana leaders and activists, Hyderabad police Sunday granted permission to the Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) to hold demonstrations in the city. The police said the JAC can stage protests at Indira Park till Monday evening.
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (IANS) TRS leaders were arrested here Sunday for defying police ban to stage a protest demanding separate statehood to Telangana.
Panaji, Jan 23 (IANS) Throwing a sarcastic barb at the Congress-led central government, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said here Wednesday that the Income-Tax department "allowed" BJP leader Nitin Gadkari to wash away proof by delaying raids.
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Wednesday ended on a chilly note with the minimum temperature dipping to three notches below average at 4.4 degrees Celsius. Similar conditions will prevail Thursday.
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Wednesday started chilly and foggy in the national capital with the minimum temperature at 4.4 degrees Celsius, three notches below average. But the skies cleared up as the day advanced, offering some respite.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (ANI): Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Tuesday met children who won the National Bravery Awards-2012.
Minister for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath has said that Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) provides comprehensive and effective civil remedies with criminal procedures to ensure effective protection and relief to victims of domestic violence.
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (IANS) Concerned over indications that the central government has decided to carve out Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh, ruling Congress party leaders from Rayalaseema and Andhra regions Thursday said the state's division is unacceptable to them.
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) A light mist enveloped the capital Wednesday morning, resulting in several trains being delayed. Flights, however, remained unaffected.
New Delhi, Jan 15 (ANI): A thick blanket of fog enveloped the national capital on Tuesday morning, reducing visibility on the streets and severely disrupting air and rail traffic.
New Delhi, Jan 14 (ANI): A thick blanket of fog enveloped the national capital on Monday morning, reducing visibility on the streets and severely disrupting air traffic.
Making par with skyrocketing inflation, the Central government Thursday announce to increase the fund allocation under its flagship rural housing scheme Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY) from Rs.45,000 to Rs.70,000..............
Amritsar, Jan 6 (IANS) Two assassins of prime minister Indira Gandhi were Sunday honoured by a senior Sikh clergyman to mark the 24th anniversary of their hanging.
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Many homeless people made a beeline for night shelters as icy winds kept temperatures below average for the past few days. The Met office has forecast a cold and foggy weekend in Delhi.
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Thursday announced Jan 10 as the last date to apply for its various management programmes.
New Delhi, Jan.2 (ANI): India has banned journalistic activities by foreigners visiting the country on tourist visa.
New Delhi, Jan 2 (ANI): People across India face the wrath of dipping mercury, as the cold wave further intensified in several parts of the country with minimum temperature dropping to 4.8 degrees Celsius in the national capital Delhi.
New Delhi, Jan 1 (ANI): A thick blanket of fog enveloped the national capital on Tuesday morning, reducing visibility on the streets and severely disrupting air traffic.
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will not celebrate New Year as a tribute to the 23-year-old rape victim who died Saturday, and instead hold a candle-light march, a varsity statement said Monday.
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Immediate reforms are needed in the police and the judiciary along with sensitised courts and witness protection programmes to end incidents of rape, lawyers here said Saturday.
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Over 2,500 rapes reported in five years in the national capital and only 190 people convicted: behind the low conviction rate of 7.6 percent is the sorry tale of lengthy trials, desensitised courts and witnesses turning hostile.
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Delhi shivered Tuesday with the maximum temperature dipping five notches below average at 16.2 degree Celsius. The same temperature is expected Wednesday.
New Delhi, Dec.25 (ANI): Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) greeted former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 88th birthday on Tuesday and celebrated it as a good governance day.
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Deepa Mehta has received flak for showing former prime minister Indira Gandhi in "poor light" as well as for using the country's map without Jammu and Kashmir in "Midnight's Children". But she assures the movie has nothing "historically inaccurate", and that she will make the necessary changes to the map.
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Wednesday said that it would soon be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Pakistani university to increase cooperation in education between the two nations.
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Deepa Mehta's film "Midnight's Children" has been cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), and without any cuts. The filmmaker is "thrilled".
Srinagar, Dec 13 (IANS) For nearly 37 years, Jammu and Kashmir's regional National Conference (NC) has been criticizing the central government for not implementing the terms of the 1975 Indira-Abdullah accord. All of a sudden, some elements of the NC leadership now say there was no accord.
