Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti during a meeting in Srinagar on March 24, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar, May 5 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday hit out at those…
Lucknow, May 5 (IANS) A case was registered against BJP’s Lok Sabha member Sachidanand Hari Sakshi, better known as Sakshi Maharaj, in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday on charges of trying to incite party workers and…
Madurai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa addresses during an election rally in Madurai on April 15, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, May 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday…
Patidar Anamat Sanghursh Samiti (PASS) leader Hardik Patel. (File Photo: IANS) Ahmedabad, May 5 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Thursday opposed the bail application of quota agitation leader Hardik Patel in the Gujarat High Court,…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) Led by enthusiastic centenarians and sprightly youngsters, thousands of people from the erstwhile enclaves in Cooch Behar made history as they exercised their right to vote for the first time in…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Emphasising that cattle trading was not prohibited in India, the Narendra Modi government on Thursday said that 21 incidents of cow and beef transportation resulted in communal riots during the…
Ankara, May 5 (IANS) Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu declared on Thursday that he will not seek mandate at an extraordinary congress on May 22 when Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will choose…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Thursday gave its nod to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, that seeks to improve the ease of doing business in the country. The measure seeks…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he was anguished over the “loss of lives” at the Kumbh Mela in Ujjain following heavy…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, May 5 (IANS) Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister K.P. Oli on Thursday addressed Parliament and assured political parties that he was not going to recommend dissolution of the House, after the Maoists…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) BJD members from Odisha on Thursday staged a noisy protest against the central government’s stance on the Polavaram irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh just before the Lok Sabha passed the…
Copenhagen, May 5 (IANS) An adult education centre in a Copenhagen suburb has told Muslim students that they can no longer attend classes unless they remove the niqab face veil. The controversial move was an…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met Han Zheng, member of the politburo of the Communist Party of China and party secretary of Shanghai, who is on a visit to…
Ghaziabad, May 5 (IANS) The hearing on bail plea of the BSP’s Rajya Sabha member Narendra Kashyap, who was arrested in the case of his daughter-in-law’s alleged dowry death, was on Thursday adjourned by a…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) Rapturous with excitement after their first vote, a group of youngsters in the erstwhile enclaves of West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district have once again turned to the World Wide Web to…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) India is closely monitoring the political situation in neighbouring Nepal following reports that the government of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli was facing instability, a senior government official said on…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Several members of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday sought Bharat Ratna for hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. The issue was raised by Chandrapal Singh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party during…
Ranchi, May 5 (IANS) The mineral-rich state of Jharkhand has failed to attract both domestic and global investors as the investments attracted by the state have declined continuously since 2010-11 till the last fiscal year…
Kutch: Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli arrives in Kutch of Gujarat on Feb 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Anil Giri Kathmandu, May 5 (IANS) A day after giving a call for a national…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The army has restructured its requirements for land in Jammu and Kashmir and would free land not required for operational reasons, the home ministry said here in a statement. This…