Ahmedabad, July 31 (IANS) Gujarat Dalit leaders on Sunday asked the government to give them firearms in view of atrocities by Hindu activists as thousands of Dalits pledged not to lift carcasses from the streets….
Jammu, July 31 (IANS) Two soldiers were killed on Sunday when they accidentally stepped on a mine near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kargil sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region, an army official…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, July 31 (IANS) The Railways will invest Rs 7,000 crore in the current fiscal (2016-17) to develop its network in the seven northeastern states, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Sunday….
Bengaluru, July 31 (IANS) The mortal remains of Rakesh Siddaramaiah, elder son of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, will be flown on Monday to Mysuru from Belgium, an official said on Sunday. “The cortege with the…
Bhubaneswar, July 31 (IANS) Odisha is likely to experience heavy rainfall and thunder showers coupled with gusty surface winds in the next 24 hours due to a low pressure area formed over the Bay of…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) The CPI-M on Sunday urged the government to immediately start a dialogue to end the Jammu and Kashmir strife and this must include talks with Pakistan. “Dialogue needs to be…
Srinagar, July 31 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Sunday greeted with anti-India slogans when she visited a common entrance test (CET) centre here. Parents waiting outside the Government Women’s College…
Agartala, July 31 (IANS) The 67 years old popular agitation for railway services to Tripura finally culminated in Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday flagging off the Agartala-Delhi passenger train services on the newly laid…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging off the “Run For Rio”, at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, in New Delhi on July 31, 2016. Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (I/C), Water…
Colombo, July 31 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s “Joint Opposition”, staunch supporters of former President Mahinda Rajapakse, on Sunday said it will defeat President Maithripala Sirisena’s government in the coming months and form a new regime. Joint…
Mogadishu, July 31 (IANS) At least five people were killed and several injured on Sunday in twin car bomb blasts in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Police said the blasts hit the gate of the Criminal Investigation…
Patna, July 31 (IANS) The flood situation in Bihar worsened on Sunday, with many rivers breaching their banks and affecting hundreds of thousands of people, officials said. More than 2.6 million people have been hit…
Thane (Maharashtra), July 31 (IANS) At least eight people were killed when a two-storey dilapidated building collapsed in Thane district’s Bhiwandi town, police said. “So far, we have recorded eight deaths, 22 have been rescued…
Ranchi, July 31 (IANS) The BJP-AJSU government in Jharkhand has left thousands of complainants in the lurch by keeping the posts of Lokayukt and the chief of the State Human Rights Commission vacant for several…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Another AAP legislator, Sharad Chauhan, was arrested along with five others here on Sunday in connection with the suicide by a woman party worker, police said. The woman, Soni, committed…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday chaired a meeting of the India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians (IDF-OI), a philanthropic organisation engaged in supplementing the country’s social development efforts….
Ahmedabad, July 31 (IANS) Thousands of Dalits took a pledge here on Sunday not to lift carcasses in protest against the attacks on Dalits by upper caste Hindu activists. The collective pledge was taken at…
Islamabad, July 31 (IANS) The deaths among a wedding party whose bus was swept away by flash floods in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agency on Saturday, have risen to 26, an official said on Sunday morning….
Gangtok, July 31 (IANS) The Khangchendzonga National Park in Sikkim, home to dozens of lofty mountain peaks, 18 glaciers, lakes, waterfalls and some unique flora and fauna, has been named India’s first “Mixed World Heritage…
Aurangabad, July 31 (IANS) The Director of the Chikhalthana Airport here was arrested while taking a bribe of Rs 10,000, an official said on Sunday. According to a complaint, Alok Varshney demanded a bribe of…