Beni Prasad quits Congress, returns to SP
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) Former union steel minister and senior Congress leader Beni Prasad Verma on Friday quit the Congress and returned to the Samajwadi Party (SP), of which he was one of the founding…
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India unveils new, modern intellectual property protection
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) India has unveiled a new National Intellectual Property Rights Policy to safeguard commercial interests arising from creativity — like music, books, industrial drawings, software and even drugs and pharmaceuticals. The…
HC stays disciplinary action against JNU students, asks them to end strike
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed all disciplinary action, including rustication orders, against JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and others, on the condition that…
Clean chit to Sadhvi, Malegaon bombing terror charges dropped
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday gave a clean chit to Malegaon blast key accused Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur and five others and dropped terror charges against them thus paving…
BJP will think twice before imposing Article 356: Harish Rawat
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Reinstated as the chief minister of Uttarakhand, Harish Rawat said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would think twice before imposing President’s Rule under Article 356 in any state. “What was…
Nirankari spiritual head dies in accident in Canada
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Baba Hardev Singh, spiritual head of Sant Nirankari Mission, died in a road accident in Montreal in Canada, an official of the organisation said here on Friday. Kripasagar, press and…
Trouble in Kerala film actors’ lobby over Mohanlal campaign
Kochi, May 13 (IANS) Trouble has broken out in the Kerala film actors lobby AMMA with national award-winning actor Salim Kumar quitting the body in protest against the election campaign by superstar Mohanlal for Left…
Facebook refutes allegations of manipulating ‘Trending Topics’
Washington, May 13 (IANS) Amid allegations that a team of editors at Facebook is manipulating the popular “Trending Topics” by “injecting” selected articles to promote a particular perspective, the social media giant has reiterated that…
Prime accused in Bengal student lynching remanded to custody
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Trinamool Congress leader Tapas Mallik, prime accused in the lynching of a 24-year-old student in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, was arrested and remanded to custody on Friday, police said….
Cabinet approves National IPR Policy: Jaitley
New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley addresses a press conference regarding cabinet decisions taken on 12th May, 2016, in New Delhi on May 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB)…
Sadhvi, five others get clean chit in Malegaon bombing case
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday gave a clean chit and removed Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur and five others from the list of…
Ministry will not interfere in Sushil’s case: Sonowal
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday reiterated that he will not interfere in the controversy surrounding double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar’s insistence for a trial to secure a berth in…
Modi trying to undermine judiciary: Suresh Mehta
Ahmedabad, May 13 (IANS) Former Gujarat Chief Minister Suresh Mehta has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to undermine the judiciary’s independence. In a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, made available to IANS,…
World’s largest cargo aircraft lands at Hyderabad airport
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) The world’s largest cargo aircraft AN-225 Myria landed at Hyderabad airport for a stopover on way to Perth in Australia from Turkmenistan in Central Asia. The aircraft of Antonov Airlines of…
Disappointing macro-data, profit booking dent markets
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Disappointing macro-economic data, along with profit booking, dragged the Indian equity markets lower on Friday. Consequently, the key indices provisionally closed the day’s trade deep in the red. The wider 51-scrip…
Malegaon 2008 blasts: Sadhvi, three others dropped as accused
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency on Friday dropped the names of Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur and four others as ‘accused’ in the September 2008 Malegaon blasts case, in its charge-sheet filed before…
Disappointing macro-data, profit booking dent markets
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Disappointing macro-economic data, along with profit booking, dragged the Indian equity markets lower on Friday. Consequently, the key indices traded deep in the red during the late-afternoon session. The wider 51-scrip…
Kumble re-appointed ICC cricket panel chief; Dravid to debut
Dubai, May 13 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday re-appointed former India skipper Anil Kumble as its cricket committee chairman while his teammate Rahul Dravid was added as a member of the panel…
Aditya Sachdeva murder: Bihar legislator seeks anticipatory bail
Patna, May 13 (IANS) Manorama Devi, a Janata Dal-United legislator and mother of murder accused Rocky Yadav, on Friday filed an anticipatory bail plea in Bihar’s Gaya civil court, even as authorities prepared to confiscate…
Not qualified to be BCCI president: Ganguly
Kolkata: CAB chief Sourav Ganguly addresses a press conference in Kolkata, on March 9, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Former India captain and incumbent Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly…