Srinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) National Conference President and Lok Sabha member Farooq Abdullah on Monday warned of an “uprising” if Article 35A of the Constitution was abrogated. Speaking to the media at his residence after…
Agartala, Aug 7 (IANS) Tripura Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan teachers on Monday called off their indefinite hunger strike on the seventh day after the state Governor assured that talks would be held to resolve their demand…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Sports utility vehicles (SUVs), racing cars, station wagons and 10-seater cars, which includes some high-end cars and also cars used for rentals, may soon become more expensive as the GST…
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) FMCG major Britannia Industries plans to set up its largest plant at Ranjangaon Food Park in Maharashtra, company Chairman Nusli Wadia said on Monday. “The company is planning to set up…
Agartala, Aug 7 (IANS) India is setting up an energy cooperation network with neighbouring countries Myanmar, Bangladesh and Nepal and huge pipelines would be laid as part of the ambitious project, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Bimal Jalan says anti-defection law should be amended to reduce the built-in incentive for the fragmentation of parties and to improve governance by making…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Congress on Monday accused the Union Home Ministry of trying to protect the son of Haryana BJP President Subhash Barala, accused of stalking and trying to abduct a young…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Enabling more customers to sell their used and new products with Amazon’s facilitating delivery payments, Amazon India on Monday expanded “Local Finds” service to three more cities. “Local Finds” was…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) TCS iON, a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), on Monday announced its partnership with Laghu Udyog Bharati, an association of small and micro industrial units, to launch GST-related…
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Two persons died in a road accident here on Monday, police said. The accident occurred in the Mahipalpur area of south Delhi and only one victim has been identified so…
New Delhi/Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) BJP Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy on Monday said that he is going to file a public interest litigation (PIL) in the case of “attempted abduction of a IAS officer’s…
Attari, Aug 7 (IANS) Women and girls from across Punjab converged at the Attari check post along the international border between India and Pakistan on Monday to tie ‘rakhis’ on BSF personnel. Marking the Raksha…
Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) The United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) has given notice of their decision to go on nationwide strike on August 22 to protest reforms in the banking sector and other issues,…
Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) Haryana Police are investigating a complaint from the family of a patient who died after the ambulance carrying him was allegedly stopped by a BJP leader in Fatehabad town following a…
By Sapna Gopal As reports of the border stand-off between India and China continue to hog headlines, one of the concerns raised is whether this would have a bearing on the solar sector in India…
Kolkata, Aug 7 (IANS) Low-cost carrier Go Air is evaluating the launch of overseas operations from October, a top company official said on Monday. “We are evaluating ‘October launch’ for overseas operations”, the company’s Managing…
Srinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) The 40-day-long Amarnath Yatra ended on Monday with the arrival of the ‘Chari Mubarak’ (Lord Shiva’s Mace) at the cave shrine where final prayers were performed. Swami Dipendra Giri, the custodian…
Srinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) The bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad in the divided Jammu and Kashmir resumed on Monday, with 116 passengers leaving from here. “Of these, 110 are returning to Muzaffarabad after visiting…
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Noyonika Chatterjee doesn’t see the supermodel era making a comeback in India anytime soon, and blames designers for it. The supermodel says the designers have started treating…
Chennai, Aug 7 (IANS) Infrastructure major Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) on Monday said it has secured an order worth Rs 763.57 crore from Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) for construction of a Fast…