Srinagar, Sep 8 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Thursday decided to extend the services of state Director General of Police K. Rajendra Kumar. Kumar was set to…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The supreme Court has agreed to hear a PIL seeking to prohibit the Central and the Jammu and Kashmir government from funding separatist groups and their leaders who were spearheading…
Majuli, Sep 8 (IANS) The world’s largest river Island Majuli became India’s first and only island district after the Assam government on Thursday gave approval for its upgradation. The 352 square km island was till…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Opposition parties — the Congress, the AAP and CPI-M — on Thursday slammed the surge pricing in railway fares on premium trains and demanded its rollback. The Congress termed the…
Ghaziabad/Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) Cash amounting to Rs 3 crore was seized from a car in Ghaziabad on Thursday but it was released after the BJP claimed the money and said it was being taken…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) After the nod from President Pranab Mukherjee to the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Second Amendment) Bill, 2014, and its Gazette notification, the process remains long in implementing the pan-India Goods…
Vientiane (Laos), Sep 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday advocated the strongest action against states that use terrorism as an instrument of state policy while outlining India’s principled stand on the South China…
Mumbai, Sep 8 (IANS) In a first, a Special Court on Thursday awarded the death penalty to Delhi resident Ankur Narayanlal Panwar for a fatal acid attack his neighbour Preeti Rathi as she stepped off…
Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday accused India of “financing terrorism” on its soil, saying “open evidence is available of India’s involvement in subversive activities”. The statement comes days after Indian Prime Minister Narendra…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue with its investigation into the gangrape of a minor girl and her mother on the national…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) Sep 8 (IANS) An Indian rocket with an over two tonne INSAT-3DR advanced weather satellite blasted off from the Sriharikota spaceport here on Thursday afternoon. At precisely 4.50 p.m….
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday gave his assent to the landmark Goods and Services Tax bill, an official said. The President has given his approval for the GST Bill, the…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) A court on Thursday extended till September 9 the police custody of sacked AAP Minister Sandeep Kumar, arrested on charges of rape following a complaint by a woman who figured…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) A court on Thursday extended till September 9 the police custody of sacked AAP Minister Sandeep Kumar, arrested on charges of rape following a complaint by a woman who figured…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) A court on Thursday extended till September 9 the police custody of sacked AAP Minister Sandeep Kumar, arrested on charges of rape following a complaint by a woman who figured…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The third One-Day International (ODI) between India and New Zealand, scheduled to be held on October 19 at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium here, was on Thursday postponed by a day…
Vientiane (Laos), Sep 8 (IANS) Completing a series of multilateral and bilateral engagements here, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi left Laos for New Delhi on Thursday. “The Prime Minister emplanes for Delhi after productive multilateral…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The third One-Day International (ODI) between India and New Zealand, scheduled to be held on October 1 at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium here, was on Thursday postponed by a day…
Hyderabad, Sep 8 (IANS) The monsoon session of the Andhra Pradesh legislature began on a stormy note on Thursday as the opposition YSR Congress Party stalling the proceedings to protest against what it termed a…
Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said he will soon be announcing more schemes like the distribution of free laptops and smart phones to the people of his state….