Mumbai/Lucknow, July 17 (IANS) A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, believed to be involved in the 2008 attack on a CRPF camp in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, was nabbed from Mumbai Airport as he arrived from the UAE,…
Darjeeling, July 17 (IANS) Sporadic incidents of violence and rallies were witnessed in the northern West Bengal hills on Monday as the pro-Gorkhaland supporters demanded that internet services be restored. A group of Gorkha Janamukti…
Ahmedabad, July 17 (IANS) The Gujarat High Court on Monday dismissed Essar Steel’s writ petition challenging the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directive to a consortium of banks to initiate insolvency proceedings against the company…
Itanagar, July 17 (IANS) As many as 59 legislators in BJP-ruled Arunachal Pradesh on Monday exercised their franchise to elect India’s 14th President, including Health and Family Welfare Minister Jomde Kena who voted in New…
Gurugram, July 17 (IANS) Students of the Government College for Girls here protested on Monday over the institute’s decision not to admit those students to the next class, who failed in half of their subjects….
Guwahati, July 17 (IANS) The death toll in Assam’s ravaging floods touched 65 on Monday as Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal told Deputy Commissioners to ensure that every affected family was provided relief material without delay….
Ghaziabad, July 17 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) on Monday ordered fire audit of all commercial and residential multi-storey buildings in the city. In view of some major recent incidents of fire, the GDA…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) A court here on Monday said it will consider a chargesheet against AIADMK Deputy General Secretary T.T.V. Dinakaran’s aide Sukesh Chandershekhar in a bribery case on July 25. Special Judge…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) A man and his son who led a gang of pickpockets have been arrested and Rs two lakh, 11 laptops and 54 mobile phones seized from them in west Delhi’s…
Chandigarh, July 17 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has sought GST exemption on “langar” (community kitchen) and “prasad” (food distributed to devotees) given at various religious institutions. The Chief Minister has written to Union…
New Delhi/Jammu, July 17 (IANS) The armies of India and Pakistan on Monday warned each other of retaliation against any military aggression along the Line of Control (LoC) as border tension escalated after a five-year-old…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said corruption was “deep-rooted” in Arunachal Prdesh and some time would be needed to root it out. “Corruption is deep-rooted (in Arunachal Pradesh) and…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Praising India’s role as the largest contributor to UN peacekeeping operations, especially in Africa, the US on Monday said the designation of New Delhi as Washington’s major defence partner further…
Kochi, July 17 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday granted interim bail to former state police chief T.P. Senkumar in a case of making “anti-minority comments”. Senkumar had filed an anticipatory bail plea after…
Chandigarh, July 17 (IANS) The Punjab government will review the provision of extension of retirement age for two years, over and above the age of 58 years, for government employees. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh told…
Srinagar, July 17 (IANS) An Indian soldier was injured on Monday after Pakistan Army targeted Indian army positions with mortars and automatic weapons on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri sector, a…
Agartala, July 17 (IANS) Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday informed Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar that he will hold talks with a tribal party on Tuesday regarding the demand for a separate tribal state,…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir accounted for 49.5 per cent of the human rights violation complaints against the armed forces between 2012 and 2016, revealed an RTI reply. Meanwhile, the state’s share…
Hyderabad/Amaravati, July 17 (IANS) All 174 legislators in Andhra Pradesh and 117 of 119 legislators in Telangana voted on Monday to elect the country’s 14th President. One seat is vacant in the 175-member Andhra Pradesh…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Assuring steps have been taken to weed out sub-standard institutes, the government on Monday said that a large number of teacher training colleges had failed to provide details of their…