Ranchi, May 17 (IANS) BJP legislator Ganesh Ganjhu’s aide and two others have been arrested in connection with the murder of journalist Akhilesh Singh alias Indradeo Yadav in Chatra district, Jharkhand Police said on Tuesday….
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik on Tuesday moved a breach of privilege notice against BJP member Subramanian Swamy on the alleged use of web-based content to level charges in…
By Sheikh Manzoor New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The chorus against ‘triple talaq’ is growing as Muslim intellectuals and scholars have now urged the All India Muslim Personal Law Board to take corrective measures to…
Chandigarh, May 17 (IANS) The Haryana government on Tuesday removed state Home Secretary P.K. Das from the post and replaced with senior IAS officer Ram Niwas. Six other senior Indian Administrative Service officers have been…
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Insisting that the Olympics are more important than any other tournament, Indian hockey team skipper Sardar Singh said he is happy with the selection committee’s decision to rest him from…
Washington, May 17 (IANS) In a jolt to video live-streaming efforts on social media, news and entertainment company Buzzfeed’s interview with US President Barack Obama suffered a technical glitch, leading to a black out within…
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Indian consumers were the most confident in the world in the first quarter of 2016 as their confidence index touched a nine-year high during this period, American performance management company…
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) BJP’s newly nominated Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, saying “he is mentally not fully Indian”. In a two-page…
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The BJP suffered losses in the civic bypolls in Delhi, retaining only three of 13 seats with the Aam Aadmi Party winning five in its maiden outing and Congress improving…
Baghdad, May 17 (IANS) At least 44 people were killed and more than 90 injured in two bomb attacks in Baghdad on Tuesday, media reports said. A suicide blast at an outdoor market in the…
Hyderabad, May 17 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Cooperative Bank (APCOB) chairman and former minister P. Venkateswara Rao was injured while his wife and driver were killed when their car overturned on the outskirts of Hyderabad early…
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) The Bombay High Court will hear the case of actress Jiah Khan’s suicide from June 7, following a Supreme Court directive to expedite the matter, her mother Rabiya Khan said…
Islamabad, May 17 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday expressed “serious concern” to the United Nations over the Indian government’s efforts to pass a bill which aims to restrict geographical depiction of India and the “disputed” region…
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) The Bombay High Court will hear the actress Jiah Khan case from June 7, following a Supreme Court directive to expedite it, her mother Rabiya Khan said here on Tuesday….
Colombo, May 17 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed and four went missing in Sri Lanka due to flash floods and landslides overnight, the Disaster Management Centre said. Rescue efforts were hampered on Tuesday…
Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) Positive global indices, along with higher crude oil prices and expectations of better quarterly results, buoyed the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. Consequently, key indices provisionally closed the day’s trade in…
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) BJP’s newly nominated Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan. In a three-page letter to Modi…
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) When renowned author Ranjit Lal penned “Smitten”, a book for young adults in 2013, it’s original story line was about sexual abuse with the father as the…
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay a CBI probe into the murder of a Muslim youth of Uttar Pradesh allegedly by activists of a cow protection group while…
Baghdad, May 17 (IANS) At least 13 people were killed and 40 others injured in two bomb attacks here on Tuesday, media reported. A blast at an outdoor market in the northern district of al-Shaab…