Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) The dressing room in the current Indian Test cricket team is a happy place to be in, India’s wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha said here on Wednesday. “The dressing room atmosphere with the…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal, who is recuperating from a knee surgery feels her career may face an abrupt end. The 26-year-old, who is now eyeing the China…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) A day after a soldier committed suicide over One Rank-One Pension (OROP) issue, veterans protesting at Jantar Mantar for removal of anomalies in the scheme say the major point of…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Firing in the air while celebrating marriages, religious functions or social gatherings is illegal and may result in the cancellation of the licence and initiation of legal action, Delhi Police…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was released after one and a half hours from his second detention at a police station on Wednesday amid high-voltage protests over the suicide of…
Srinagar, Nov 2 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday visited the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. This is the Defence Minister’s first visit to the Valley…
Bhopal, Nov 2 (IANS) A few days before the jailbreak by the 8 undertrial SIMI linked prisoners, Bhopal Central Jail officials had suspected an escape and had hence given specific directions to beef up their…
Kathmandu, Nov 2 (IANS) Ties between Nepal and India are unshakable as the two nations’s friendship is based on a solid foundation, Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda said on Wednesday. In his address…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) In an unprecedented move, police detained Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday after a veteran committed suicide over a…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Wednesday accused the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of interrogating its Chairperson Swati Maliwal at short notice and unduly harassing her. “The Anti-Corruption Branch at…
Bhopal, Nov 2 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh’s anti-terror squad chief Sanjeev Shami on Wednesday stood by his earlier statement that the eight SIMI activists shot dead in Bhopal on Monday were not armed when they were…
Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) A farmers organisation alligned with the CPI-M on Wednesday backed the West Bengal government on proposed direct payment of wages to MGNREGA beneficiaries, saying cooperative federalism must be followed. However, the…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Ahead of the two-day Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meet that is scheduled to begin here on Thursday, industry body CII suggested that the rate of 18 per cent…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has decided to provide Rs 10 lakh for every ‘mandi’ (market) for setting up waste management plants under e-Nam scheme, and to spend…
Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) The All India Organisation of Chemists & Druggists (AIOCD) on Wednesday announced a nationwide strike on November 23 to protest action against what it termed ‘illegal’ online sales of medicines. “We…
Mumbai, Nov 2 (IANS) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is known to celebrate his birthday with the media every year, choose to stay out of the limelight and instead preferred to be with his family….
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The ex-servicemen protesting at the Jantar Mantar here over the ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) issue on Wednesday expressed sorrow over the suicide by retired Subedar Ram Kishan Grewal, but…
Kolkata, Nov 2 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday termed as “unacceptable” the detention of her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal for trying to meet the family of a retired soldier who committed…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) The Railway Ministry on Wednesday appointed Padma Bhushan Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh International, as brand ambassador for its ‘Swachh Rail Mission’. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said Pathak had…
Zhuhai (China), Nov 2 (IANS) British player Johanna Konta defeated Samantha Stosur in her first match of the WTA Elite Trophy tennis tournament here on Wednesday. World No.10 Konta, who is seeded first in the…