Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) The much-awaited Spanish-made Talgo high-speed train reached the Mumbai Central Terminus from New Delhi on its third and final trial run, an official said on Tuesday. The train, which left New…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday that the central government at present has no proposal to impose liquor prohibition across the country. Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj…
Vijayawada, Aug 2 (IANS) A day-long shutdown called by opposition parties in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday to demand special status to the state evoked near total response. Buses of the state-owned Andhra Pradesh State Road…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for about 15 minutes on Tuesday during question hour when Telugu Desam Party (TDP) members protested demanding special status for Andhra Pradesh. As the disruption…
Lucknow, Aug 2 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Mohammad Azam Khan on Tuesday created a controversy by alleging that a “political conspiracy” might be involved in the gang rape of a Noida-based mother and daughter…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) In the wake of the food crisis facing Indian workers laid off by Saudi companies, Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh will leave for Saudi Arabia on Tuesday…
Panaji, Aug 2 (IANS) Hands of those people accused of corruption should be chopped off, opposition MLA Naresh Sawal said on Tuesday said. He made the demand in the Goa assembly. “If the government is…
By Vikas Datta Title: Crisis; Author: Frank Gardner; Publisher: Bantam Press/Penguin Random House; Pages: 460; Price: Rs 599 For decades now, the world is so fixated with the peril from Islamist terror that the earlier,…
Srinagar, Aug 2 (IANS) Separatists attacked the house of Jammu and Kashmir Education Minister Naeem Akhtar with two petrol bombs here late on Monday but no one was hurt, police said on Tuesday. The attack…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Aug 2 (IANS) In an attempt mainly to protect its topline regardless of profitability, the four public sector general insurance companies are considering re-appointing retiring development officers and marketing executives on…
Chennai, Aug 2 (IANS) Indian drug major Sun Pharmacuetical Industries Ltd on Tuesday said it will launch the generic version of Glumetza, Metformin Hydrochloride tablets – a diabetes drug – soon in the US. The…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Wrestler Narsingh Yadav on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day after being cleared of doping charges by National Anti Doping Agency (NADA). “The Prime Minister blessed me and…
By M.R. Narayan Swamy Title: Bhagat Singh’s ‘Jail Note Book’: Its Context and Relevance; Editors: Malwinder Jit Singh Waraich and Harish Jain; Publisher: Unistar; Pages: 378; Price: Rs 495. In prison, as he awaited execution,…
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) US Ambassador Richard Verma visited Sai Hospital in Mumbai’s Dharavi slum as part of an international initiative, an official said here on Tuesday. Verma was informed about US Agency for International…
By Monica Lazeetta After more than 50 years, the Colombian government led by President Juan Manuel Santos put an end to the armed conflict through negotiations and the signing of a definite and bilateral ceasefire…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered additional compensation to the victims of 2008 anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal district in Odisha. The bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Uday…
Jammu, Aug 2 (IANS) The annual Amarnath Yatra continued as another batch of 265 pilgrims left Jammu on Monday evening for Kashmir. “Another batch of 265 Yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu on…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) It was a cloudy, humid Tuesday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded 23 degree celsius, a notch below the season’s average. The Met has forecast rain…
Srinagar, Aug 2 (IANS) Authorities continued curfew and restrictions on Tuesday as Kashmir remained shut for the 25th consecutive day. Police said the curfew would continue in some areas of south Kashmir while restrictions under…
Aizawl, Aug 2 (IANS) The Mizoram government has taken preventive measures to thwart the outbreak of Japanese encephalitis following reports of the disease in neighbouring Mnaipur, officials said here on Tuesday. “Senior health department officials…