Kolkata, April 8 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday filed her nomination papers for the West Bengal assembly elections from the Bhowanipore constituency in South Kolkata district. A…
Srinagar, April 8 (IANS) Non-local students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here on Friday tried to take out a march, demanding action against policemen who assaulted them, but police disallowed them. A senior…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) A day after Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit said that talks between India and Pakistan were “suspended”, the Congress on Friday took pot shots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policy…
Washington, April 8 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry has called on Iran to stop its destabilising behaviour and work with its neighbours in the Middle East to end the wars in Yemen and…
Damascus, April 8 (IANS) The Islamic State terrorist group has kidnapped more than 300 workers of a cement company which is located north east of Abu al-Shamat area in Damascus countryside. A group affiliated to…
London, April 8 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron has admitted that he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father Ian Cameron. After three days of stalling and four partial…
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday questioned the language of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in berating the West Bengal government for the Kolkata flyover tragedy. “Journos who questioned my…
Islamabad, April 8 (IANS) Pakistani law enforcement agencies have yet to ascertain the identity of the bomber who blew himself up at the Gulshan-e-Iqbal park in Lahore, killing at least 72 people and injuring scores…
Lucknow: BSP leader Mayawati addresses a press conference in Lucknow on Jan 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Lucknow, April 8 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has effected a reshuffle in the party, changing responsibilities…
Vienna, April 8 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) is running out of money and will as a result no longer exist as a territorial state in three years, a German political scientist claimed. Shrinking oil…
Paris, April 8 (IANS) Migration and terrorism were the hot topics of discussion at the 18th Franco-German summit in Metz, France where President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met to boost bilateral ties….
Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday shared the stage during an election rally with convicted legislator Sohrab Ali of her Trinamool Congress, and claimed he was “framed” by the…
Howrah: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee with Vaishali Dalmiya, daughter of Jagmohan Dalmiya and cricketer turned politician Laxmi Ratan Shukla during an election campaign in Howrah of West Bengal on…
Jammu, April 7 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday ordered improvement in work environment at the civil secretariat to enhance efficiency of staff in the apex administrative complex. Making her first…
Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) Despite higher devolution of taxes as recommended by the Fourteenth Finance Commission, there was a decline in central transfers to states by 0.3 percent of GDP in 2015-16, said a report…
Damascus, April 7 (IANS/AKI) The Islamic State militant group has abducted more than 300 workers from a cement factory near Damascus, Syria’s state-run news agency SANA reported on Thursday. Managers of the factory located near…
Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) CPI-M leader Mohammed Salim on Thursday landed in a controversy by warning that the Left Front will take account of all “murderers and executioners” who ran amok during the Trinamool Congress…
Hyderabad, April 7 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh is all set to introduce rotavirus vaccine to combat diarrhoeal deaths among children, an official said on Thursday. The state has received 460,000 doses of rotavac, the country’s first…
Chandigarh, April 7 (IANS) Senior Haryana-cadre IAS officer Ashok Khemka was on Thursday transferred again by the Haryana government — the 47th transfer for the officer in nearly 25 years of service. Khemka, who was…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have hiked the annual fees for undergraduate courses from Rs.90,000 to Rs.2 lakh, official sources said on Thursday. Many felt the hike was too…