Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) A joint session of the Karnataka legislature on Monday unanimously passed a resolution to release water for irrigation purposes to farmers in the state, some of which will flow to Tamil…
Srinagar Oct 3 (IANS) Two women and a man were injured in mortar and small arms firing from across the de facto boundary with Pakistan on Monday as border tension continued amid fresh ceasefire violations…
Hyderabad, Oct 3 (IANS) The British Council has invited applications from scientists, engineers, mathematicians and researchers for FameLab India 2017 — world’s largest science communication platform that it launched in India earlier this year. The…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear, on October 7, the Bihar government’s plea challenging the Patna High Court verdict quashing its policy prohibiting the distribution and consumption of liquor in the…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 3 (IANS) Vector-borne disease Japanese Encephalitis is spreading fast in Odisha’s Malkangiri district with the death toll reaching 27 on Monday. The Mission Director of National Health Mission (NHM) has sanctioned Rs 50…
Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday inaugurated his new office, which will also house offices of some ministers and senior bureaucrats. The Lok Bhawan, just across the sprawling Vidhan…
Lucknow, Oct 3 (IANS) Women relatives of 16 persons arrested in the Dadri lynching case continued to stage their sit-in for the third day on Monday to demand the arrest of Jan Mohammad, a brother…
New Delhi/Jaipur, Oct 3 (IANS) An IAF Jaguar fighter jet crashed in Rajasthan’s Pokhran area on Monday, but both pilots managed to eject safely, an officer said. The aircraft was on a routine sortie and…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Ratings firm Crisil on Monday predicted a strong boost to India’s domestic consumption in 2016-17 led by implementation of 7th pay panel’s recommendations, with reforms like the Goods and Services…
Ferozepur (Punjab), Oct 3 (IANS) At a time when tension between both countries is at its peak, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday repatriated a 12-year-old Pakistani national who had inadvertently crossed into Indian…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The DCW on Monday asked the Delhi Police if an FIR has been filed against those named in the suicide note of senior bureaucrat B.K. Bansal and also pulled up…
Kochi, Oct 3 (IANS) A National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here on Monday sent six youths — suspected to be activists of Islamic State — to the NIA’s custody till October 14. These youths –…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) India and Pakistan troops exchanged fresh border fire on Monday, hours after top security advisors of the two countries spoke with each other in a bid to reduce escalating tension….
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe will arrive here on Tuesday on a three-day visit. He will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday, according to…
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) The National Stock Exchange of India on Monday said that it has gained market share in equity cash segment crossing 86 percent and registered around 99 percent market share in the…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The health condition of spiritual guru Asaram, who is accused of allegedly raping a minor, was “stable”, a medical board set up by AIIMS told the Supreme Court on Monday….
Gurgaon, Oct 3 (IANS) Five faculty members of a government polytechnic in Manesar, in Gurgaon district of Haryana, have been booked on charge of harassing and mentally torturing a staff member due to his caste,…
Nashik (Maharashtra), Oct 3 (IANS) As Maharastra’s former Deputy Chief Minister and senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal marked almost seven months in custody, around two million of his supporters from all over…
Guwahati, Oct 3 (IANS) Expressing apprehension over China’s decision to block a tributary of the Brahmaputra, former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi raised the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the development is a…
Imphal, Oct 3 (IANS) Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javedkar on Monday flayed the Congress government in Manipur for not extending cooperation to the central government. Talking to reporters at the conclusion of his…