New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concern over cow vigilantism, the Home Ministry on Tuesday issued an advisory to the states asking them to punish those taking the…
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) survived a minor hiccup when Maharashtra State Election Commission on Tuesday restored its registration after nearly a month. Maharashtra Election Commissioner J.S. Saharia said that…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Anil Dave on Tuesday informed Parliament that there are an estimated 6,566 to 9,181 leopards in tiger range states. The estimation is based on the camera trap…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The national capital experienced light rain on Tuesday and the maximum temperature settled at 35.5 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the Met office said. Light rain is…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A 55-year-old man was killed and four persons were injured when the roof a single-storey building collapsed on Tuesday in north-east Delhi, police said. The accident occurred in Karawal Nagar…
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court cancelled the election of Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator Ram Singh on Tuesday. Singh’s election from Patti Assembly Constituency was declared illegal by the…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, Aug 9 (IANS) Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila, who has been an international icon for her crusade against the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), on Tuesday ended her 16-year-long fast…
Alirajpur (Madhya Pradesh), Aug 9 (IANS) A day after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti urged New Delhi to take up the peace process that Atal Bihari Vajpayee started, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, which the opposition opposed on the technical ground that the draft bill was not circulated among the…
Kolkata, Aug 9 (IANS) Public sector lender UCO Bank on Tuesday reported a net loss of Rs 440.57 crore in the quarter ended June 30, 2016 as compared to Rs 256.70 crore in the year-ago…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold contempt proceedings against two senior Jammu and Kashmir Police officials for not registering an FIR against a Deputy Superintendent of Police for…
Patna, Aug 9 (IANS) Following communal tension in Bihar’s Saran district, a citizen’s forum for communal harmony and peace on Tuesday met former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, whose RJD is a major ally of the…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) will organise the first two-day national conference of investigation agencies on August 12-13 here to provide them an annual platform to discuss…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) In order to make the Digital India initiative more successful, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Intel India and the Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SINE) at IIT-Bombay have joined…
By Amit Kapoor The fable of the hare being defeated by the tortoise sounds familiar and is near universal. It is also the title of the recent book by T.N. Ninan, who uses it in…
Itanagar, Aug 9 (IANS) A pall of gloom engulfed Arunachal Pradesh as former Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, unseated on July 13 by a Supreme Court ruling, committed suicide, sending shock waves across the country. Pul,…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Tuesday that his statement on Dalits sounded like a movie dialogue, adding…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Colorectal cancer, which is gradually turning to be a major health-concern among the Indian population, can be prevented with early detection using enhanced technology, health experts said at an event…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Aiming to ensure greater transparency and revolutionise government procurement, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday launched the Government e-Marketplace (GeM), an official statement said here. The Directorate General…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 9 (IANS) The development of Jharsuguda airport in Odisha will be completed by June 2018, an official said on Tuesday. Taking a review meeting, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi directed the Airport Authority…