The carcass of a rhino, suspected to have been killed by poachers, with its horn removed was recovered from the Kaziranga National Park on Tuesday.
A source said projects will be considered on a case to case basis for restructuring of premiums.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma made the statements while he was replying to supplementary queries raised by opposition leaders
The Bombay High Court today asked police to produce jailed former SIMI functionary and POTA detenu Saquib Nachan before it on October 21 in connection with his petition seeking discharge in the 2003 bomb blasts case, in which he is prime accused.
Chhatradhar Mahato, former convenor and spokesman of the People`s Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCPA), was today granted bail by a local court in connection with a case of ransacking a CPI(M) leader's house.
Patnaik said above 50 lakh poor households had already been organised into women Self-Help Groups through Mission Shakti movement.
The Central University of Bihar is among the 16 newly-established central universities by the Central government under the Central Universities Act.
The discovery of a South American sucker-mouth armored catfish at the picturesque Umiam Lake near Shillong has baffled not only local fishermen but scientists alike in Meghalaya.
The total length of the road will be about 209.89 km, out of which 119.7 km will be four laned and 90.19 km will be two laned with paved shoulders, a release said.
Raising the issue of cross border terrorism during his first visit to Turkey, a traditional ally of Pakistan, President Pranab Mukherjee today said the menace must be dealt with both "individually and collectively" as it was a threat to global peace.
According to police, the security guard at the complex said he had heard sounds of loud arguments emanating from the airhostess' apartment on Sunday night.
The Bill, which seeks to punish bribe-givers and confiscate illicit gains from government employees, was introduced in Rajya Sabha on 19 August.
The Election Commission rejected the ministry's proposal to launch its two new schemes in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram.
Irate local residents today ransacked the godman's ashram in Kardhani area of Jhotwara.
The cadres were nabbed during a combing operation by a joint BSF and police team.
Suspected pro-Inner Line Permit activists torched a warehouse of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) in the city outskirts damaging property estimated over Rs 40 crore, police said.
"Some people are pointlessly criticising his (Modi's) remarks," Ramdev told reporters here. "Both toilets and temples are needed in the country. Temples are our culture and toilets are an absolute necessity."
President Pranab Mukherjee today left for Turkey, the second leg of his tour, after he finished his four-day visit to Belgium where he attended a host of state events.
The Bihar chief minister said that an additional 2000 MW would be generated from the thermal power plant at Nabi Nagar
The rebels decided to return to the mainstream as they were harassed by senior ultras, police said.
Marking a key step in bilateral co-operation, India will start supplying electricity to Bangladesh from Saturday through the new transmission line between the two nations.
The GoAir flight had got the go-ahead from the air traffic controller and was preparing to take off when the pilots spotted the IAF plane on the same runway.
To control the irate mob, police resorted to lathicharge and bursting tear gas shells before firing 15 rounds in the air, the sources said.
With the postal stamps on the letters received in the past not readable, police could not ascertain the place from where they originated.
India has adopted a landmark UN General Assembly's document aimed at inclusion of disabled persons in all aspects of development and giving them due consideration in the post-2015 UN development agenda.
Goa government has towed away the casino ship of a firm belonging to former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, accused of abetting suicide of an ex-airhostess, for failing to pay Rs 12 crore fees to authorities.
At least 28 people including women and children were killed and nine injured in a road accident in Assam's Barpeta district on Thursday morning, police said.
Noted historian Rajmohan Gandhi sees a parallel between the lack of leadership in undivided Punjab that led to the horrific massacres during the partition of the sub-continent in 1947 and the current upheaval in the Indian political system, saying course correction can happen only when different groups make "honourable" compromises and settlements.
The Jat community in Haryana has threatened to block all entry points into Delhi next February if their demand for reservations for the community is not met by the central government by Dec 23.
Thirty-one Indian fishermen arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy two months ago for allegedly breaching the country's maritime boundary were on Tuesday freed by a court.