Man refunds cheated money, court gives him bail
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) A Delhi court has released on bail a man who was on the run for more than seven years after duping seven men of Rs 4.8…
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Translate words into action, Owaisi tells PM
Hyderabad, Aug 7 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must show in action what he said in words on cow vigilantism. Questioning the prime minister over the delay in…
Congress-led UDF splits in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 (IANS) The Congress led UDF on Sunday split as the Kerala Congress (Mani) quit the coalition after blaming a section of the Congress leadership for the assembly election rout.
SU-30 to test drop BrahMos this month, target firing by December
By Anjali Ojha New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The final tests for firing a nuclear-capable Indo-Russian BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from a Sukhoi SU-30 jet — seen as a major force-multiplier for the Indian Air…
Marlos Moreno says one-on-one situations his strong point
A Coruna (Spain), Aug 7 (IANS) Colombian footballer Marlos Moreno, who has joined Manchester City for five seasons, said he thinks that one-on-one situations are his “strong point”. Manchester City on Saturday announced the signing…
Modi congratulates Rupani, Nitin Patel
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Gujarat’s new Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel after they took oath in Gandhinagar. “Congrats to Vijay Rupani, Nitinbhai…
Saving India’s tree diversity, taking the cyberspace route
By Frederick Noronha Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) V.R. Vinayraj is not fascinated by the piles of money sitting close to him but is instead mesmerized by nature’s bounty located not far from the bank in…
India grapples to find a way forward on Wikipedia
By Frederick Noronha Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) Fifteen years after it was born, a dozen years after it became popular and roughly a decade after it began drawing serious attention in India, campaigners building the…
Madhya Pradesh’s Nagchandreshwar temple opens for public
Ujjain, Aug 7 (IANS) The famous Nagchandreshwar temple in this district of Madhya Pradesh was thrown open to the public for 24 hours after the inaugural puja. The temple, which enshrines idols of Lord Shiva…
Landlord couple killed in building crash
Thane, Aug 7 (IANS) A two-storey building collapsed in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Sunday, killing the landlord and his wife, police said. Six people are believed to be trapped under the debris. The building, Mahadev…
Flood alert in Jammu after incessant rains
Jammu, Aug 7 (IANS) Authorities sounded a flood alert on Sunday after incessant rains continued for over 24 hours in Jammu city, causing many rivers and water bodies to swell. “A flood alert has been…
Rosamma, who led Andhra’s anti-liquor movement, dies
Vijayawada, Aug 7 (IANS) Dubagunta Rosamma, the woman who led the famous anti-liquor movement in united Andhra Pradesh in early 1990s, died on Sunday. She was 93. According to family members, she died of ill…
The Cursed Father – Harry Potter and his last outing?
By Vikas Datta It has been over a week since the “last” Harry Potter story came, with the “Boy Who Lived” now an overworked, middle-aged father who can’t seem to get on with his younger,…
Bihar floods force people along Kosi to eat rats
By Anand Singh Saharsa (Bihar), Aug 7 (IANS) At 9 in the morning Gauri Devi is waiting for her 15-year-old son to bring rats. That’s the only food the family now depends on, being surrounded…
Landslides block Jammu-Srinagar national highway
Jammu, Aug 7 (IANS) Strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed on Sunday due to landslides in Ramban sector of the road, a senior police official said here. “Incessant rains in Ramban district triggered landslides at…
‘Climate change can destroy world heritage sites’
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) It’s not just the marauding Islamic State which poses a great threat to the heritage sites like Palmyra, but climate change too can wreak havoc in cities…
Twentyfour Indian monuments ‘missing’, half from UP
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS/IndiaSpend) As many as 24 monuments under the charge of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)– the government agency responsible for national heritage — are “missing”, half from Uttar Pradesh, according…
Rajan to flag last independent monetary policy update by RBI governor Tuesday
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) Raghuram Rajan will on Tuesday conduct what will be his last monetary policy update for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and also, perhaps, the last that a central bank governor…
Sunny Sunday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) It was a warm and sunny Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. “There will be a generally cloudy…
Curfew, separatist shutdown cripple Kashmir for 30th day
Srinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) Curfew and restrictions continued to be imposed in most place in Kashmir on Sunday to contain violence and protests, leaving the valley paralysed for the 30th consecutive day. Curfew will continue…