India

Kolkata, May 20: It's been a year since the day Mamata Banerjee ended 34 years of the Left rule and came to power in West Bengal, and she has found a clever way to commemorate it. After the red rule of the Left and the green wave of 'Poriborton', Mamata is painting Kolkata blue. The state Chief Minister has decreed that the city needs a neutral uniform colour code. Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee

Kolkata, May 20: Moments after walking off the stage where a discussion hosted by a television channel on Friday evening was being recorded, an angry West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee instructed the police to take photographs of those in the audience who had asked questions which did not go down well with her. The police, according to unofficial reports on Saturday, have begun enquiries

Hyderabad, May 20: The custodians of the 17th century Makkah Masjid, a popular tourist destination here, have prescribed a dress code for women visitors. Women wearing jeans, sleeveless tops and skirts would not be allowed inside the historic mosque. The authorities of the mosque said women visitors must dress appropriately keeping in view the sanctity of the place. “Women visiting the mosque

New Delhi, May 19: A day after the Italian Ambassador to India was recalled for "consultations", Italian Foreign Ministry today summoned Indian Ambassador in Rome Dabarata Saha in connection with detention of two of its marines charged with murder of two fishermen in Kerala. It was announced in Italy yesterday that it is recalling its Ambassador here, Giacomo Sanfelice, for consultations soon

Thiruvananthapuram, May 19: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy hopes that the long-pending dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar Dam could be resolved through legal processes, as the neighbouring state has not come forward for talks. “We are always ready for talks, either bilateral or through the Centre’s mediation. But Tamil Nadu has not agreed for that. In this situation

New Delhi, May 19: Italy's recall of its envoy from New Delhi is aimed at signalling its "strong displeasure" with the Indian government's handling of a case involving two Italian sailors charged with murder, a top Italian official said on Saturday. The ambassador's recall on Friday escalated an increasingly tense diplomatic spat between Italy and India. The two naval guards, members of a military

Mumbai, May 19: Each year boys max out seats at the Indian Institutes of Technology. But the count of girls who secured JEE ranks has doubled to 2,886 since the last edition of the exam. Yet, the tech schools will on another front continue to be an unequal world: students from the IIT-Bombay zone (home to Kota) dominate the list of selected candidates. But the southern zone has bagged the credit

Srinagar, May 19: After starting a floating post office, Jammu and Kashmir government has started a floating healthcare unit for the people living in and around the Dal Lake. "Initially two Shikaras (boats) equipped with medicines and other diagnostic equipments will be pressed into service with three doctors and para-medics, which will cover the entire Dal area and provide medical services to the

?Kolkata, May 19: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday stormed out of a CNN-IBN show on one year of Trinamool Congress rule, after accusing the audience, which consisted of students, to be Maoists and CPM cadre. The Trinamool Congress chief lost her cool and stormed out of the interactive TV session when members of the audience questioned her on the arrest of Jadavpur University

Ranchi, May 18: The CBI on Friday conducted raids at the premises of 15 Jharkhand MLAs as part of its investigation into the allegations of horse trading that led to countermanding of the March 30 Rajya Sabha polls. In the early morning raids, 36 teams swooped down upon the residences of MLAs of Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Hazaribagh, Godda, Bihar’s Banka district and Giridih, a CBI said. The MLAs belong