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…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the death of Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej. “The people of India and I join the people of Thailand in grieving the loss of…
Guwahati, Oct 13 (IANS) The Assam government on Thursday deported ten Bangladeshi nationals, including two minors and a woman, through a border checkpost along the India-Bangladesh border in Assam’s Barak Valley. The ten were arrested…
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) Global software major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday reported Rs 6,586 crore net profit for the second quarter (July-September), registering 8.8 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth over the like period…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) A senior RSS member on Thursday sought redressal of the problems faced by residents of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions and ending of what he called regional discrimination in the…
Kolkata Oct 13 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condoled the death of Thailand King Bhumibol Adulyadej. “My condolences to the people of Thailand on the passing away of His Royal highness…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The Defence Ministry has asked the anomaly committee of the 7th Pay Commission to continue with the percentage-based system for calculating disability pensions for armed forces, an official statement said…
Mumbai, Oct 13 (IANS) Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd (RIIL) on Thursday reported a 19.33 percent fall in net profit for the second quarter (Q2) of 2016-17. The company’s net profit stood at Rs 338 crore…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) With India receiving 97 per cent rainfall between June and September, the monsoon was “normal” this year, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday. While monsoon has ended in…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday said All India Muslim Personal Law Board’s (AIMPLB) stand on the Uniform Civil Code was an insult to the judiciary. “The Muslim organisations…