PM pitches for non-disruptive Parliament at all-party meet (2nd Lead)
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) A day ahead of the commencement of Budget session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged floor leaders of different …
Sri Lanka complain to ICC about ‘unfair’ pitches
London, June 14 (IANS) Sri Lanka manager Ashantha de Mel on Friday complained to the International Cricket Council (ICC) about the “unfair” pitches provided for …
State-run AAI pitches for adding its airports for foreign flights
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) wants more of its airports included as point of call in the bilateral …
Salman goes shirtless, pitches for ‘Swachch, fit Bharat’
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) After congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his “decisive victory”, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan went shirtless in a bid to urge …
Trinamool’s Nusrat pitches message of ‘love’ in Basirhat
Basirhat (West Bengal), May 2 (IANS) Tollywood star and Trinamool Congress candidate from West Bengal’s communally-sensitive Basirhat Lok Sabha seat, Nusrat Jahan says she is …
BJP manifesto pitches for smart fencing on all borders
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The BJP on Monday promised smart fencing on all borders with maximum use of technology to make the country’s security …
Modi pitches for security, development as main themes
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the BJP’s poll campaign for the coming Lok Sabha elections identifying national security …
LG Display pitches superiority of OLED over Samsung’s competing panel
Seoul, March 2 (IANS) LG Display took a jab at industry rival Samsung Electronics by arguing in favour of the superiority of its OLED panel …
Kejriwal pitches for full-fledged state, says Modi lied to people
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday while demanding to declare Delhi a full-fledged state, attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi …
Lockheed Martin pitches F-16 Falcon fighter in new avatar for Indian order
Bengaluru, Feb 21 (IANS) With the competition for an IAF order of 110 combat jets hotting up, US aerospace major Lockheed Martin has presented its …
Lockheed Martin pitches for India order with new fighter
Bengaluru, Feb 20 (IANS) Eyeing an Indian order, US aerospace major Lockheed Martin on Wednesday showcased its F-21 multirole fighter that it says is configured …
Farooq Abdullah pitches for early polls in J&K
Srinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday pitched for early elections to the …
Vijay feels Australian pitches will help him bat better
Sydney, Dec 1 (IANS) India opener Murali Vijay feels his game will flourish on the bouncy pitches in Australia after scoring a fine 129 on …
Aamir pitches in for TN cyclone Gaja survivors
Mumbai, Dec 1 (IANS) Superstar Aamir Khan is saddened knowing about the devastation Cyclone Gaja wrought on Tamil Nadu and has urged his fans and …
Odisha CM pitches for 33% reservation for women in assemblies, Parliament
Bhubaneswar, Nov 20 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday moved a resolution in the Assembly for providing 33 per cent reservation for women …
Bhagwat pitches for legally constructing Ram temple
Nagpur, Oct 18 (IANS) Highlighting the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya as a matter of national interest, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday pitched …
Holder rues heavy defeats despite batting-friendly pitches
Hyderabad, Oct 14 (IANS) West Indies captain Jason Holder on Sunday said the manner of defeats in India hurt the team considering the fact that …
Gen Mathson pitches for ‘battlefield tourism’ in Rajasthan
Bharatpur, Sep 13 (IANS) Lt. General Cherish Mathson, Army Commander, South-Western Command, on Thursday pitched for ‘battlefield tourism’, saying the government should allow tourists access …
Chinese official pitches for Kunming-Kolkata bullet train service
Kolkata, Sep 12 (IANS) Chinese Consul General in Kolkata, Ma Zhanwu, on Wednesday suggested a bullet train service between Kunming and Kolkata through Myanmar and …
Assam CM pitches for strong immigration policy
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday strongly pitched for a strong immigration policy in the country and rolling out …
Shah pitches for simultaneous polls before law panel
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Upping the ante on the demand for simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha polls, BJP President Amit Shah has told the …
Chidamabaram pitches for more alliances
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Former Union Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday told the Congress Working Committee that the party can win at least 150 …
Chinese envoy pitches for India-China-Pakistan trilateral meet
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) With India and Pakistan being made full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui …
Chamling pitches for ST status for 11 Sikkimese Nepali communities (Reissuing, correcting organiser’s details in Para 3)
Gangtok, May 4 (IANS) Making a strong pitch for granting of Scheduled Tribe status to 11 Sikkimese Nepali communities, an issue which has been lying …
India pitches for small island nations’ development at Commonwealth summit
London, April 20 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday pitched India’s interest for the development of small island nations at the Commonwealth Heads …
Mamata pitches for one-to-one contest against BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday initiated efforts to forge a common front against the BJP in the …
Modi pitches for transforming 115 districts to change HDI ranking
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said hardcore politics of agitation were not as relevant as in the past and …
Modi pitches for growth to change India’s HDI ranking
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for fine tuning India’s development model for delivering progress at the grassroots and …
Brett Lee pitches for mandatory hearing loss screening for newborns
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Nearly sixty per cent cases of hearing loss in children are preventable with early intervention, says former Australian cricket sensation …
Windies pitches not good for attractive cricket: Skipper Holder
Port of Spain, Jan 21 (IANS) West Indies Test captain Jason Holder has said the standard of pitches in the Caribbean needs to improve if …
Envoy meets Tollywood’s who’s who, pitches Norway for film shoots
Hyderabad, Jan.18 (ANI): Norwegian Ambassador to India Nils Ragnar Kamsvag hosted a dinner meeting with the who’s who of Tollywood in Hyderabad on Sunday. The …
“The Air Seller” campaign pitches citizens of Delhi NCR
New Delhi, Jan 12 (ANI-NewsVoir): It all started when a four year old rubbished the idea of firing crackers this Diwali and educated five adults …
Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh pitches against secrecy of general Budget
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Pitching against the secrecy of General Budget, the RSS affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Monday demanded a total revamp …