Heavy rain, storm lash Kolkata
Kolkata, Aug 17 (IANS) Vehicular movement in the city was thrown out of gear on Wednesday following persistent rain and a storm in the evening. While the continuous rain caused water-logging in several parts of…
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Army chief reviews security in Jammu region
Jammu, Aug 17 (IANS) Amid the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley, Indian Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh on Wednesday reviewed the security situation in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir along with senior…
Solve Kashmir issue first by starting dialogue: Azad
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to start a dialogue with the Kashmiris to ensure peace in the Valley before talking about other things like “Balochistan”. “The…
Odisha to source raw material to Vedanta from Kodingamali bauxite reserves
Bhubaneswar, Aug 17 (IANS) The Odisha government is planning to provide raw material linkage to Vedanta Alumina from Kodingamali bauxite reserves in Koraput district. Vedanta would get bauxite from the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), which…
Judge bars US swimmers Lochte, Feigen from leaving Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) A Brazilian judge reportedly barred American swimmers Ryan Lochte and James Feigen from leaving the country on Wednesday amid an ongoing investigation into their being robbed during the Rio…
Irish IOC member remanded to custody in Brazil over ticket scalping
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Irishman Patrick Hickey, a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) executive board, has been remanded to custody in Brazil for his alleged role in a purported scalping scheme,…
Vinesh injured, Sakshi disappoints at Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Women wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat lost their respective quarter-final bouts in contrasting fashion to dent India’s medal chances in the category at the Rio Olympics here on…
BJP hits out at Nitish over liquor deaths
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Hitting out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the deaths in Bihar’s Gopalganj district due to consumption of spurious liquor, the BJP on Wednesday accused his government of covering…
Srikanth happy with performance after losing in quarters
By Hardev Sanotra Rio de janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth is happy with his performance after losing in the quarter-finals to two-time defending champion Lin Dan of China at the Olympics Games…
Pink is not a film about rape, says Amitabh Bachchan
Mumbai: Actor Amitabh Bachchan during the trailer launch of film Pink in Mumbai, on August 9, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Aug 17 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan who will be seen playing a lawyer in Shoojit…
Border slams Australian team after Sri Lanka Test whitewash
Melbourne, Aug 17 (IANS) Australian legend Allan Border has hit out at his country’s cricket team saying that finding a solution to the side’s woes on the subcontinent is “the million-dollar question” after they suffered…
Delhi government approves 50% hike in minimum wages, AAP’s traders’ wing unhappy
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party government on Wednesday approved the revision of minimum wages by about 50 per cent in the national capital but the ruling party’s traders’ wing voiced unhappiness…
REC serves show cause to UP on Nagla Fatela electrification
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) State-run Rural Electrification Corp (REC) on Wednesday sent a show cause notice to the Uttar Pradesh government-run utility Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (DVVNL) on the status of Nagla Fatela…
Sakshi loses women’s 58kg quarter-final bout in Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) India’s Sakshi Malik lost 2-9 to Russia’s Valeria Koblova in the women’s Freestyle 58kg category quarter-final at the Rio Olympics here on Wednesday. Sakshi, who trailed 0-1 after the…
Railways rope in states for plantation along tracks
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Indian Railways is roping in the forest departments of Haryana and Punjab for planting trees on railway land alongside tracks. The zonal railways have also been asked to replicate…
SC seeks Gujarat’s reply on freezing bank accounts of Teesta, husband
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the Gujarat government two weeks to respond to rights activist Teesta Setalvad’s plea challenging the freezing of her and her husband’s bank accounts and…
Jamia students call off stir after VC’s assurance
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Students of Jamia Millia Islamia University on Wednesday evening called off their four-day long agitation against the “unauthorised presence” of some police personnel in plainclothes outside the boys hostel after…
Congress to launch second phase of campaigning for UP on Aug 21
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) As the Congress prepares to launch its second phase of campaigning for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections from August 21, the party is clear about not engaging in a pre-poll…
Rape accused criminal rearrested in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) A 19-year-old criminal was rearrested here in connection with the brutal gang rape and murder of a girl in Bihar in 2011, Delhi Police said on Wednesday. Accused Arjun Mahto…
US chip supplier sets up back office in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Aug 17 (IANS) US-based global supplier of semiconductor chips and electronic components Mouser Electronics opened its customer service centre and back office in this tech hub on Wednesday. “The new full-service centre underscores our…