Gandhinagar, July 21 (IANS) After months of discussions and haggling over his role in the coming Assembly elections, maverick Gujarat Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela on Friday quit the party with the same sinking sense of…
Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) The first phase of India’s much-awaited fast breeder nuclear reactor in Kalpakkam is likely to be commissioned by the end of this year, India’s atomic power regulator said on Friday. “It…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The government has rejected the Election Commission’s demand to confer on it powers to initiate contempt proceedings against those maligning its image as “inconsistent” with law, parliament was told on…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after a case of molestation was lodged against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Prakash Jarwal, saying he…
Jaipur, July 21 (IANS) Of the 1,650 political parties registered with the Election Commission, only the BJP and the Communists to an extent have upheld internal democracy, BJP President Amit Shah said on Friday. “All…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Televangelist Zakir Naik’s organisation Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) on Friday approached the Delhi High Court against a tribunal’s order which had upheld the central government’s decision to ban it under…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha Secretariat is in the process of issuing show-cause notice to a TV news channel and a few newspapers which telecast and published the remarks by an MP…
Panaji, July 21 (IANS) Police evoke no fear today, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday, claiming that when he was young he would even avoid walking on the same footpath which passed by…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Friday said India needs to take help from the US or China to settle the Kashmir issue,…
Chennai, July 21 (IANS) Opposition party leaders in Tamil Nadu on Friday slammed the state government for concealing from the Madras High Court the letter from the Income Tax Department in connection with the alleged…
Puducherry, July 21 (IANS) The fight between the ruling Congress party in Puducherry and Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi turned further ugly with the party putting up posters likening her to Adolf Hitler. Curiously, Bedi has…
Bhubaneswar, July 21 (IANS) Paradip in Odisha would be developed into a smart port and smart city with an investment of Rs 40,000 crore, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday. “For smart port and…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Riding on its $78.51 billion revenue, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei has been ranked 83rd in the 2017 Fortune 500 list released by Fortune business magazine, the company announced on Friday….
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The CAG has picked several holes in the crop insurance schemes including Narendra Modi government’s flagship Pradhan Manti Fasal Bima Yojana (PMBFY), saying delays in release of compensation by states…
Dehradun, July 21 (IANS) Two persons, including a woman were killed and more than three dozen injured on Friday evening when their bus fell into a deep gorge in Karnprayag area of Chamoli, police said….
Ranchi, July 21 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad appeared before a special CBI court of Ranchi for the second consecutive day on Friday in connection with a multi-million-rupee fodder scam case. The former Bihar Chief…
Pune (Maharashtra), July 21 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has nabbed a former top bank officer and a director of a Gujarat-based logistics company in a Rs 836 crore scam, an official said…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) A court here on Friday ordered the de-sealing of Room 345 of Hotel Leela Palace where former union minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in January 2014,…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The CAG on Friday said it found gaps in financial management, compliance, monitoring and evaluation of Right To Education (RTE) Act 2009. Also, teachers were deployed for non-educational purposes in…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government faced a little embarrassment in the Rajya Sabha on Friday as it took up a Bill for passage but could not muster the necessary quorum. Minister…