New Delhi/Vijayawada, Sep 7 (IANS) Making it clear that Andhra Pradesh will not be accorded special category status, the Centre on Wednesday said the state will be provided monetary compensation through externally aided projects. After…
Washington/Vientiane, Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama will hold a bilateral meeting on Thursday in Vientiane, Laos, in perhaps one of their last such meetings before Obama demits office…
Ankara, Sep 7 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday suggested Turkey and the US are ready to drive the Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold of al-Raqqa. Erdogan said his US counterpart Barack…
Bengaluru, Sep 7 (IANS) Karnataka will shut down on Friday in protest against the state government releasing Cauvery river waters to Tamil Nadu on the Supreme Court’s order from Wednesday. “The day-long state-wide shutdown is…
Ahmedabad, Sep 7 (IANS) In an important development, the Gujarat Police on Wednesday filed chargesheet against 34 persons in connection with the flogging of Dalits by cow vigilantes on July 11 near Una town in…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Hockey India (HI) has nominated its president, Narinder Batra, for the top job of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), elections for which will be held in November, it was announced…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Terror organisations like the Islamic State (IS) and the Al Qaeda could rise only because governments of different countries funded them at one point of time or the other in…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Appealing to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to “shun the path of violence and resolve all the issues through dialogue and discussion”, the all-party delegation of MPs on Wednesday…
Ahmedabad, Sep 7 (IANS) The daughter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s younger brother Prahladbhai died here on Tuesday following a prolonged heart illness, family sources said on Wednesday. She was 41. Nikunjaben Modi used to…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday dubbed the government’s policy on Pakistan as “confused” and said it was speaking in different voices over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to Islamabad. “In…
Vientiane (Laos), Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India and Shinzo Abe of Japan on Wednesday reviewed progress in the India-Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and the high-speed rail project. Officials said Modi…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Delhi Police have arrested a 52-year-old man and his woman accomplice for running an international human trafficking racket, and rescued 26 women who were to be trafficked to Gulf countries…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 7 (IANS) The Indian men’s team can post a podium finish at the World Chess Olympiad if it continues to maintain its current performance — winning each round even with…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said that it has awarded a project worth Rs 820 crore for development of National Highway (NH) 11A in Rajasthan to PNC Infratech. “The National Highways…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) As the world’s largest technology merger between EMC and Dell formally came into being on Wednesday, the driving force behind the $67 billion marriage, Michael Dell, said that this was…
Bengaluru, Sep 7 (IANS) Beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya will continue to be the chairman of United Breweries Ltd (UBL) though he is out of India since March and has not presided over board meetings,…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to entertain a plea by Bollywood music composer Vishal Dadlani to quash an FIR against him for criticising Jain monk Tarun Sagar who addressed…
Gurgaon, Sep 7 (IANS) Gurgaon traffic police have collected nearly Rs 76.6 lakh from motorists in the last 20 days — an average of almost Rs 400,000 a day — for violating traffic rules, police…
Munich, Sep 7 (IANS) Projecting West Bengal as a preferred destination for investment, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged German investors to put their trust in her state. Addressing an interactive session attended by…
Dubai, Sep 7 (IANS) Under pressure from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and a few other boards, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has on Wednesday decided to shelve the proposed two-tier…