New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) AIADMK Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa said on Monday she was facing a “life threat” and that she was being “compelled to resign”. Sasikala, who hit the headlines for slapping…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav on Monday said the system of hiring contract labour was bypassing the laws and the workers were left without any protection. Yadav, raising the issue…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) In a breather for BJP President Amit Shah, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea by social activist and former bureaucrat Harsh Mander challenging his discharge in the alleged…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi should speak on atrocities on Dalits, Kashmir, farmers suicides and dal prices in his forthcoming Independence Day speech, Delhi Chief Minster Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday….
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) A woman and her two sleeping children were crushed to death in a roof collapse in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area on Monday, fire officials said. The deceased have been…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed six former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh to vacate within two months the accommodation provided to them by the state government. A bench headed…
Kabul, Aug 1 (IANS) One police official and three militants were killed on Monday in a gunfight that erupted after a massive truck bomb struck a guesthouse housing foreigners in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul….
Houston, Aug 1 (IANS) The hot air balloon that crashed in US’ Texas state hit power lines before the accident, federal investigators announced. There was evidence that part of the balloon hit the electrical lines…
Islamabad, Aug 1 (IANS) The former husband of a Pakistani-origin British woman who was allegedly killed for “honour” in Punjab province on July 20, had a criminal record, investigations showed. According to the police investigations,…
Canberra, Aug 1 (IANS) A leading air crash expert on Monday said the missing Malaysia Airlines fight MH370 was likely to have been in controlled flight as it hit the water, giving life to the…
Shimla, Aug 1 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh continued to experience moderate to heavy rainfall on Monday, causing landslides and blocking two major national highways, while all the rivers were in spate, officials said. The National Highway-21…
Chandigarh, Aug 1 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) troopers foiled an intrusion attempt from the Pakistani side in Punjab’s Ferozepur sector and killed one intruder, officials said on Monday. The intrusion attempt was made on…
Lucknow, Aug 1 (IANS) Opposition parties on Monday demanded the resignation of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav over the gang rape of a Noida-based mother and daughter near Bulandshahr and also asked him to…
Washington, Aug 1 (IANS) A near-Earth asteroid that is coming towards our planet after being dislodged by a gravitational pull can indeed strike us and cause massive destruction but according to experts, it has a…
Abu Dhabi, Aug 1 (IANS) Nearly 80 per cent of expatriates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where six major fire accidents occurred in the past one year, are not insured against fire damage. “We…
Mumbai, Aug 1 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices on Monday morning opened in the green following strong Asian markets cues. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading 160.48 points or 0.57 per cent higher…
Kabul, Aug 1 (IANS) A massive truck bomb struck a guesthouse housing foreigners in Kabul on Monday, Afghan officials said. The Taliban has claimed responsibility of the attack describing the blast as a truck-laden suicide…
Srinagar, Aug 1 (IANS) Curfew and restrictions amid protest shutdown called by separatists continued in Kashmir on Monday. Curfew continued in south Kashmir’s Pulwama, Kulgam and parts of Shopian district and restrictions were still imposed…
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 1 (IANS) International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said the Russian doping scandal has not tarnished the image of the up coming Rio 2016 Games. The IOC has said that…
Beijing, Aug 1 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.25 per cent to open at 2,971.95 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.38 per cent lower at…