Srinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) Two policemen and a civilian were injured when unidentified assailants threw a petrol bomb on a police party here on Saturday evening, police said. The attack occurred in Dalgate area of…
Mumbai, Aug 12 (IANS) The new Haj Policy-2018, aiming to make the annual pilgrimage process more “smooth and transparent”, will be unveiled later this month, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi…
Bhopal, Aug 12 (IANS) Bhopal is set to host the India-Asean Youth Summit from August 14 to 19, Public Relations and Water Resources Minister Narottam Mishra said here on Saturday. The summit will be inaugurated…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) To maintain the air quality and check pollution in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain has written to his counterparts in four neighbouring states to check crop stubble…
Bhopal/Dhar, Aug 12 (IANS) Social activist Medha Patkar on Saturday ended her 17-day fast to protest against the government’s ‘apathy’ towards resettlement of those affected by the increase in the height of the Sardar Sarovar…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) A full-fledged intense war between nuclear armed India and China is unlikely, but chances of a skirmish cannot be ruled out, former Army Chief General V.P. Malik said. As India…
Shillong, Aug 12 (IANS) Incessant rain for the last five days has wreaked havoc in Meghalaya and claimed three lives, with two persons injured on Saturday, after a tree inside Raj Bhavan fell and crushed…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Hours after the death of two brothers while cleaning a sewage treatment plant of a city mall, Delhi Water Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam directed the department officials to form a…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Two All India Students Association (AISA) activists were allegedly attacked by members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the AISA…
New Delhi/Patna, Aug 12 (IANS) Marking a deep rift in the party, the Nitish Kumar faction on Saturday removed senior leader and former party president Sharad Yadav as head of its parliamentary party in the…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 12 (IANS) Amid talks of a leadership change in the Odisha unit of the Congress, a three-member team of observers appointed by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) chief Sonia Gandhi, on Saturday…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Real Estate major DLF Limited on Saturday reported a 58 per cent decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs 110 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2017 as…
Jammu, Aug 12 (IANS) A woman and an army JCO were killed on Saturday in unprovoked breach of the LoC ceasefire by Pakistani soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. Ruqia Bibi was…
Panaji, Aug 12 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said that he would finish the first round of campaigning for the upcoming Panaji bypolls by August 15, adding that his campaign strategy involved…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Union Forest Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday launched a 15-month-long campaign — Gaj Yatra — to raise awareness about the shrinking space for India’s wild elephants and their corridors. Over…
New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) Janata Dal-United rebel MP Ali Anwar Ansari, who was suspended from the parliamentary party for taking part in a meeting of opposition parties, on Saturday said the Sharad Yadav-led faction…
Kolkata, Aug 12 (IANS) The number of tax slabs in the Goods and Services Tax (GST)regime would be reduced with improvement in revenue, Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal…
Gurugram, Aug 12 (IANS) Police have arrested a man for raping his wife, officials said on Saturday. The two were living separately after a dispute. The woman, in her mid-twenties, registered a case of rape…
Dharamsala, Aug 12 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has cancelled his proposed visit to African nation Botswana next week, citing “exhaustion” as the reason. The Dalai Lama, who is alleged by the Chinese…
Gorakhpur, Aug 12 (IANS) Under all-round attack, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday suspended the head of the hospital over the deaths of 63 children in five days, even as Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and…