One injured in Manipur bombing
Imphal, Aug 10 (IANS) A four-year-old girl was injured when insurgents attacked a Border Security Force patrol at Maphou village in Imphal on Wednesday. The BSF personnel who were deployed to guard the Maphou dam…
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Pharmexcil swings into action to contain drop in pharma exports
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Pharma exports in the first quarter of fiscal 2016-17 have come down by 4-5 percent, causing concern among Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) and ministry of…
Fire in Agra hotel, tourists escape
Agra, Aug 10 (IANS) A hotel in the heart of the Taj city was devastated by a fire on Wednesday morning but all tourists, foreigners included, were evacuated safely, authorities said. A dozen fire tenders…
NGT slams Agra administration over encroachment
Agra, Aug 10 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has slammed the Agra administration and government agencies for submitting wrong details pertaining to encroachment in the flood plains of the Yamuna here. A petitioner. D.K….
Carpenter crafts cyber content using ancient mobile
By Frederick Noronha Chandigarh, Aug 10 (IANS) A youngster from a carpenter’s family might not seem a likely candidate to craft cyberspace. But this is exactly what Raju Suthar has been doing, one mobile keypad…
Police bust ATM heist, Romanian in custody
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10 (IANS) A Romanian man involved in a sensational ATM heist from an SBI kiosk here has been arrested in Mumbai and he has admitted to being a part of a Romanian gang….
It is nationalism vs separatism in Kashmir: BJP
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Don’t forget about people of Jammu while discussing problems in Kashmir where a battle is raging between nationalism and separatism, a BJP MP told Parliament on Wednesday. Shamsher Singh Manhas,…
Woman gang-raped in Gurgaon, one held
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) A Delhi woman in her 30s was gang-raped in Gurgaon by two of her friends while returning from a party, police said on Wednesday. One of the accused has been…
Rajya Sabha discusses Kashmir violence
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday took up for discussion the continued Kashmir unrest with Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s absence in the house during…
Khalistan terror module busted, 3 arrested in Punjab
Chandigarh, Aug 10 (IANS) The Punjab Police busted a terror module in Hoshiarpur district and arrested three suspects on Wednesday. The police also recovered three pistols, ammunitions and 15 bullet proof jackets from their hideout….
LinkedIn crosses 100-mn members in Asia-Pacific region
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Professional networking website LinkedIn on Wednesday announced that it has crossed the 100-million member mark in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC), and with 37 million members, India is its largest market in…
One dies, 16 injured in Jammu school bus accident
Jammu, Aug 10 (IANS) A girl student was killed and 16 injured when a school bus went out of the driver’s control in Jammu district on Wednesday. Khushboo, 12, died and 16 were injured as…
Cloudy Wednesday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) It was a humid and cloudy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.5 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. “There will be a generally cloudy…
Markets open on higher note on Wednesday
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday, after opening on a positive note, moved to negative during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at…
Security beefed up in Uttarakhand ahead of Independence Day
Dehradun, Aug 10 (IANS) Security has been heightened at public places in Uttarakhand ahead of the Independence Day celebrations, a police official said on Wednesday. While there were no immediate inputs from intelligence agencies of…
33rd day of lockdown paralyzes life in Kashmir
Srinagar, Aug 10 (IANS) Authorities continued curfew and restrictions in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday for the 33rd consecutive day as separatists did not relent on shutdown and protests. “Curfew will remain in force in Anantnag…
Ayushmann Khurrana wants to show his muscles
Mumbai: Actor Ayushmann Khurrana during the promotion of Arrow Shirts in Mumbai on April 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) Actor Ayushmann Khurrana says that he wants to show his muscles in films,…
Five Mumbai hospital doctors held in kidney sale racket
Mumbai, Aug 10 (IANS) In a major swoop, Mumbai police late on Tuesday arrested five top medicos of the reputed Dr L.H. Hiranandani Hospital here in connection with a kidney sale racket. Contacted for comment,…
Congress attacks BJP over MP tribals advertisement
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Attacking the central government for forgetting to observe the World Tribal Day, a Congress MP on Tuesday also pointed out a mistake in an advertisement released by BJP in Madhya…
Central government wants independent judiciary: Prasad
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Stressing that the Narendra Modi government wants an “independent judiciary” in India, Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said that weaker communities must have representation in the…