Shimla, Aug 8 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Monday directed the state to provide sufficient manpower to the authorities concerned to remove encroachments along the Kalka-Shimla and Shimla-Dharamsala national highways. Taking suo motu…
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of veteran Congress legislator Manas Bhunia who is an accused in the murder of a Trinamool Congress activist in West…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Ahead of Independence Day, an added security concern was keeping Delhi Police on its toes — a Pakistani national missing from his central Delhi hotel room for the past fortnight….
Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) A powerful blast ripped through a crowd in a Quetta hospital on Monday killing 63 people, mainly lawyers, in one of the worst terror attacks in Pakistan this year, officials said….
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has slammed the “over-reporting and incorrect reporting” of crude oil production by the ONGC, and recommended that the company should not include…
QUETTA, Aug. 8, 2016 (Xinhua) — People transfer an injured man from the blast site in Quetta, southwest Pakistan, Aug. 8, 2016. At least 30 people were killed and 50 others injured when a blast…
Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) At least 53 people were killed on Monday when a powerful blast hit a hospital in Quetta in Pakistan when dozens of lawyers were entering it with the body of lawyer…
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) The manager of a school in Allahabad has been arrested and slapped with a sedition case for banning the recital of the national anthem at the school function on August 15,…
Sydney, Aug 8 (IANS) A district court judge in Australia’s New South Wales state has ordered a man to pay $150,000 in damages for writing a defamatory Facebook post that ruined a motel owner’s life….
Ankara, Aug 8 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he would approve the return of the death penalty if it was backed by parliament and the public. He made the remarks during the…
Washinton, Aug 8 (IANS) A muslim woman in the US was fired from her new job at a dental clinic for wearing a hijab to work. Najaf Khan was hired as a dental assistant at…
Raipur, Aug 7 (IANS) Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday inaugurated the Indian Institute of Technology-Raipur on the Government Engineering College campus here and interacted with children from the Maoist-affected areas of…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 7 (IANS) The march-past of Iran’s contingent at the Rio Olympics opening ceremony has become one of the highlights of the event as wheelchair-bound archer Zahra Nemati, already qualified to compete…
London, Aug 7 (IANS) The British government has “abandoned and betrayed” six former soldiers jailed in India for carrying firearms while protecting boats from pirates, the sister of one of the incarcerated men has said….
Harare, Aug 7 (IANS) The Zimbabwean government is drafting a law to penalise the “abusive” usage of social media with five-year jail terms in its latest measures to regulate cyber space law and order, officials…
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) A Delhi court has released on bail a man who was on the run for more than seven years after duping seven men of Rs 4.8…
Rio de Janerio, Aug 7 (IANS) On a high after an impressive 3-2 win over Ireland in its campaign opener, India’s men’s hockey team will aim to keep the winning momentum intact against reigning Olympic…
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 7 (IANS) The first batch of 138 Myanmar nationals detained in Malaysia is set to return home on Monday, official sources said on Sunday. The detainees, who have been issued Certificate of…
Islamabad, Aug 7 (IANS) An Ameri-can citizen, blacklisted and deported from Pakistan in 2011 for espionage, was arrested in Islamabad, the interior ministry said. Matthew Craig Barrett was arrested on Saturday morning, hours after his…
Srinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) Curfew and restrictions continued to be imposed in most place in Kashmir on Sunday to contain violence and protests, leaving the valley paralysed for the 30th consecutive day. Curfew will continue…