Lift clampdown, let all-party team visit J&K: Congress
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday hit out at the Modi government over its “hurried decision” to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution from Jammu and Kashmir and urged it to lift…
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Teenager assaults elder sister over buying Rs 100 suit
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) A 17-year-old boy assaulted elder sister, 20, and injured her eyes in Dwarka of West Delhi over buying of a Rs 100 suit by her without his permission, a police…
Prohibitory orders being relaxed on assessment, I-Day rehearsals on: Official
Srinagar, Aug 13 (IANS) Prohibitory orders are being further relaxed across Kashmir Valley in a phased manner based on local assessment, a senior Jammu and Kashmir government official said on Tuesday. Rohit Kansal, government spokesman…
Rahul urges Modi to install early warning system
Wayanad, Aug 13 (IANS) Following several deaths due to floods and landslides in many parts of Kerala, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to install early warning systems in…
Delhi Police terms I-Day as R-Day, high court moved
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) A petition was filed in Delhi High Court on Tuesday against the Delhi Police regarding mistake in its Independence Day advisory. The south district Delhi Police has mentioned ‘Republic Day’…
Goa official refers to I-Day as R-Day, Congress demands action
Panaji, Aug 13 (IANS) The Congress in Goa on Tuesday demanded action against a state government joint secretary, after the official accidentally referred to Independence Day as Republic Day in a circular regarding sale of…
FinMin notifies partial credit guarantee scheme to PSBs
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Finance Ministry on Tuesday notified the partial credit guarantee scheme to PSBs for purchasing high-rated pooled assets from financially sound NBFCs and HFCs to operationalise the Budget announcement with…
111 snakes rescued during Shravan in UP
Agra/Mathura, Aug 13 (IANS) The month of Shravan has won laurels for the UP Forest department’s anti-poaching drive, which supported by Wildlife SOS, has rescued 111 snakes from snake charmers in this area. On the…
Fire at Delhi garments market, no casualties
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) A fire broke out at the Gandhi Nagar market in the national capital on Tuesday. Twenty-one fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. There were no reports of any…
SC orders to secure NRC data on lines of Aadhaar
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that data collected for publishing in the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam shall be kept as secure as the Aadhaar data. Spelling…
Sweeper held for sexually assaulting kid in South Delhi school
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) A 45-year-old sweeper was arrested for sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl inside a toilet of a school in Greater Kailash Part-II of South Delhi, a police officer said on Tuesday….
Burdwan blast: NIA arrests JMB operative from Indore
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday said it has arrested an absconding Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operative, wanted in the 2014 Burdwan blast case, from Madhya Pradesh’s Indore. The JMB operative…
RInfra’s Q1 consolidated net profit rises 211%
Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) on Tuesday reported a year-on-year rise of 211 per cent in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter of 2019-20. According to the company, its consolidated net…
Gold hits record high of Rs 38,666 per 10 gram
Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Demand for safe haven assets amid uncertain global business environment took the gold price to fresh highs on Tuesday. The precious metal hit a life-time high of Rs 38,666 per 10…
India, Pakistan to mark I-Day with key events in Kashmir
New Delhi/Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) India and Pakistan will mark their respective Independence Days with events emphasising their territorial stamp on the two divided parts of Kashmir. While Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will spend…
Police mock drill passed off as army atrocities in Kashmir
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) People opposed to abrogation of Article 370 have again been found to be sharing fake videos on social media. A video of a mock drill by the police in Maharashtra’s…
CBI not upto standards of judicial scrutiny: CJI
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Tuesday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enjoys tremendous trust among the citizens but in a number of high-profile and politically sensitive cases…
Arrest warrant against Tharoor over ‘Hindu Pakistan’ remark
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) A Kolkata court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against Congress leader and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor in a case filed over his remark last year that BJP’s victory in…
Centre now admits ‘incident’ of protest in Kashmir
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Three days after denying media reports that there were large-scale protests after Friday prayers in the Valley, the government on Tuesday acknowledged that there was an “incident” at Soura in…
MP government on a borrowing spree to offset farm loan waiver
By Chandrakant Naidu Bhopal, Aug 13 (IANS) The Kamal Nath-led Madhya Pradesh government has borrowed heavily to come to terms with the financial crunch caused by farm loan waivers. While it borrowed Rs 1,000 crore…