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NCP supremo Sharad Pawar meets N Chandrababu Naidu in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar met Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday in a bid to step up efforts to form a non-BJP regime in the post-poll scenario.
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J-K: Tourism dept organises heritage walk to ancient Buddhist site in Akhn
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Akhnoor (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 19 (ANI): In a bid to attract tourists here, Tourism Department on Saturday organised a heritage walk to the ancient Buddhist site of Ambaran on the occasion of Budh Purnima.
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Sweden set to ban outdoor smoking
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], May 19 (ANI): Sweden is set to ban outdoor smoking from July this year, in a bid to prevent diseases associated with smoking and passive smoking, such as cancer, according to the Minister for Health and Social Affairs.
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Bihar gets polling booth with creche, breastfeeding room
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 18 (ANI): In a bid to lure more and more voters to exercise their franchise at polling stations and to make them more citizen-friendly, a polling booth in Bihar's capital Patna is offering a unique experience to the electorates as special arrangements such as crech
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Trump proposes points-based immigration system, DACA remains unresolved
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [USA], May 17 (ANI): In a bid to overhaul the existing American immigration system, US President Donald Trump on Thursday outlined his plan for a merit-based immigration system, which would see the proportion of highly-skilled immigration go up to 57 percent from the existing 1
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Sonia Gandhi invites non-NDA parties for meet on May 23
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Expecting BJP to fall short of majority considerably, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is convening a meeting of leaders of non-NDA parties on May 23, the day of counting of votes in the Lok Sabha elections, in a bid to keep the saffron party out of power.
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LS Polls 2019: Modi, Rahul to address marathon rallies today
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): In the run-up to the final phase of polling in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will address multiple rallies on Tuesday in a bid to woo voters.
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Army to shift its Training Command Headquarters to Meerut
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 13 (ANI) In a bid to save funds and ensure better connectivity with the Army headquarters, the Indian Army is planning to shift its training command headquarters from Shimla in Himachal Pradesh to Meerut, Uttar Pradesh in the near future.
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China dreaming that Sleepy Joe Biden gets elected in 2020: Trump
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [United States], May 13 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has claimed that China is desperate for "sleepy" Joe Biden presidency to "rip off" America.
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AAP candidate Raghav Chadha alleges "bogus voting" in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): AAP's South Delhi candidate Raghav Chadha accused BJP workers of casting "bogus votes" in Sangam Vihar during the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Sunday.
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187 countries pledge to restrict global plastic waste, US not part of pact
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): In a bid to curb plastic crisis around the globe, governments of 187 countries have agreed to control the movement of plastic waste between their national borders. The United States, however, is not part of the pact.
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BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri tears into Kejriwal for playing 'dirty politics', sta
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) south Delhi candidate Ramesh Bidhuri on Thursday accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of playing "dirty politics" and asserted that he still stands firm on his comment that the latter is a "pimp" (bhadwa).
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