Lucknow, Oct 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday appointed Swati Singh, wife of its expelled leader Daya Shankar Singh, as the chief of its Uttar Pradesh unit’s women wing. Party spokesman Chandra…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 7 (IANS) Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday asked the state government to take action against Tourism Department officials for their rude behaviour towards renowned sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan….
Ahmedabad, Oct 7 (IANS) India sufferred a shock defeat in the innaugural match of the ongoing Kabaddi World Cup as they were upstaged 32-34 by South Korea here on Friday. The Koreans, who were trailing…
Srinagar, Oct 7 (IANS) A policeman was killed and two other persons, including a civilian, were injured Friday in a guerrilla attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. The attack ensued as militants…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The BJP and the Congress indulged in a bitter war of words on Friday over the Indian Army’s surgical strikes across the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir with latter accusing…
Solapur (Maharashtra), Oct 7 (IANS) Three contract labourers from Punjab were crushed to death on Friday morning when a 100-tonne girder, being fitted in the upcoming power station of the NTPC here, fell on them,…
Panaji, Oct 7 (IANS) Cooperative engagement is essential for promoting security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), the Indian Navy chief, Admiral Sunil Lanba, said here on Friday. The navy’s consistent approach on maritime security…
Mumbai Oct 7 (IANS) Diego Forlan scored from the spot in the second half as Mumbai City FC snapped NorthEast United FC’s two-match winning run in an Indian Super League (ISL) match at the Mumbai…
Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday arrived on a five-day visit to West Bengal to celebrate Durga Puja at his ancestral house in Mirati in Birbhum district. Mukherjee flew in a helicopter…
Rome, Oct 7 (IANS/AKI) A Rome court on Friday acquitted the city’s former Mayor Ignazio Marino of embezzlement over his expenses and fraud, allegations that forced him out of office last October. “I expected this…
Kolkata, Oct 7 (IANS) Notwithstanding intermittent showers, thousands of men, women and children, turned up in their best on the streets of the metropolis making rounds of the marquees as the five-day Durga Puja festival…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 7 (IANS) Ailing former Malayalam actress Sreelatha Menon, suffering from a rare bone disease for long, passed away here on Friday night, her family said. The 51-year-old — known for films like “Perumthachan”…
Bengaluru, Oct 7 (IANS) The expert team, deputed by the Union government to assess the ground realities across the Cauvery river basin, on Friday favoured judicious sharing of the scarce resource by Karnataka and Tamil…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday registered a case and started probe into the unsuccessful terrorist attack on Rashtriya Rifles (RR) camp in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district in which…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Indirectly targetting the central government, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that obstacles are being created because the Delhi government is doing “good work” for the public. “Agricultural…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) The length of national highways is slated to double from 95,000 km to 2,00,000 km, as part of India’s infrastructural reforms, Minister of Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari…
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Indian actress Priyanka Chopra, who features in American TV series “Quantico”, says she has been always “apolitical” but finds it “extremely cool” that there is a female presidential candidate for…
Ragusa (Italy), Oct 7 (IANS/AKI) Police said on Friday they arrested three people trafficking suspects who arrived at the Sicilian port of Pozzallo with 428 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean. The suspects are two 18-year-old…
Rome, Oct 7 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s national anti-corruption chief Raffaele Cantone on Friday vowed to wage war on nepotism, cronyism and graft in the country’s universities. “We are going to tackle this problem head-on and involve…
Mumbai, Oct 7 (IANS) In line with its aim to reduce the company’s greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent over the next three years, Mahindra & Mahindra on Friday announced its internal carbon price…