New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and a number of other prominent Muslim organisations on Thursday rejected the Law Commission’s questionnaire on the Uniform Civil Code, calling it…
Panaji, Oct 13 (IANS) Goa Police Constable Jeevan Gaonkar, deployed on BRICS Summit duty, on Thursday suffered a cardiac arrest and was admitted in a hospital. A senior police official said Gaonkar collapsed while on…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Indian Railways on Thursday said that it will collaborate with Germany on high-speed trains. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and German Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure Alexander Dobrindt are expected…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) A cabinet panel on Thursday approved a new market-based mechanism for revising the price of ethanol used for blending in petrol, resulting in a fall in prices by Rs 3…
Shanghai, Oct 13 (IANS) English tennis star Andy Murray on Thursday qualified for the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters after an easy win against France’s Lucas Pouille here. Murray defeated Pouille 6-1, 6-3 to continue…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Ace designer Payal Pratap’s latest collection aptly titled Twist in my Sobriety lit up the runway at the 28th edition of Amazon India Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2017. The designer showcased…
Panaji, Oct 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Goa on Friday for the upcoming two-day BRICS Summit, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said, adding that both Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin would…
Bhopal, Oct 13 (IANS) The mother of a martyred Army Captain on Thursday accused Shahpur police in Madhya Pradesh of demanding a bribe to make efforts to trace the bravery medals of her son that…
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) At least six children were killed when a five-storey building collapsed in Behrampada slums in Bandra East here on Thursday afternoon, officials said. Another five persons, including some adults sustained injuries…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) India took the first steps on Thursday towards creating a domestic network of irradiation centres for food products as an agreement between Indian agriculture association Hindustan Agro Co-op. Ltd. and…
Kolkata, Oct 13 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said it has taken custody of five accused involved in the Burdwan blast case. It said that the persons taken on remand include Moulana…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Former law minister and senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily on Thursday said that it would be difficult to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in a country as diverse as…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) A seven-year-old tigress, Durga, died at the Thrissur Zoo in Kerala on Thursday, becoming the 100th Indian tiger to die this year. Durga hailed from the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in…
Hyderabad, Oct 13 (IANS) YSR Congress Party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make public the list of individuals who declared their undisclosed income under Income Declaration Scheme 2016….
Bhubaneswar, Oct 13 (IANS) The Congress legislators of Odisha led by Leader of Opposition Narasingh Mishra on Thursday urged President Pranab Mukherjee to direct the Union government to constitute an inter-state water dispute tribunal to…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The Delhi government on Thursday announced the launch of an “anti-firecracker campaign” for this Diwali and alerted the state machinery to check import and sale of harmful crackers. “The Delhi…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao on Thursday reaffirmed the company’s commitment to India and requested for a predictable policy regime. Colao, who met Union Communications Minister Manoj Sinha here, said:…
Shanghai, Oct 13 (IANS) The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) announced on Thursday that Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has been fined $16,500 for his intentional defeat a day earlier at the Shanghai Masters. ATP…