Thiruvananthapuram, March 10 (IANS) Congress leader A.K. Antony, M.P. Veerendra Kumar of the JD(U) and K. Somaprasad of the CPI(M) on Thursday filed their Rajya Sabha nominations as three seats from Kerala will fall vacant…
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) The Left Front on Thursday came out with its second list of candidates for the coming assembly elections in West Bengal leaving two seats each to its associates Janata Dal (United)…
Mumbai: Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam leaves after videoconferencing LeT terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley from a US jail before the special TADA court in Mumbai on Feb 9, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, March 10 (IANS)…
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh addresses during the monsoon session of the state assembly in Shimla, on Aug 26, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Shimla, March 10 (IANS) A day after the India-Pakistan World T20…
Damascus, March 10 (IANS) Syrian troops on Thursday killed over 70 militants from the Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front in the country’s central province of Hama, state-run SANA news agency reported. The militants, with armoured vehicles outfitted…
Patna, March 10 (IANS) After the Patna High Court refused to hear his anticipatory bail plea, RJD legislator Raj Ballabh Yadav, accused of raping a schoolgirl, surrendered on Thursday in a court in Bihar, police…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday questioned the government as to how it allowed liquor baron Vijay Mallya to leave the country….
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Amid anxious moments at the sprawling Yamuna plains, the venue of the World Culture Festival, weather officials here on Thursday forecast that heavy rain is “very likely” in and around…
Ranchi, March 10 (IANS) The Jharkhand assembly on Thursday witnessed disruptions over alleged lowering of land rate in Santhal Pargana division to help the Adani group. There are six districts under the division. Jharkhand Mukti…
Beirut, March 10 (IANS) At least eight Islamic State militants were killed in clashes with Lebanese military on Thursday, media reports said. One government soldier was killed and eight others were injured on the outskirts…
V S Achuthanandan (left); Pinarayi Vijayan. New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 10 (IANS) The CPI-M on Thursday gave the nod to both former chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan and his rival Pinarayi Vijayan to contest the coming assembly…
Srinagar/New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday prayed for the speedy recovery of senior Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani shortly after he was admitted in…
Lahore, March 10 (IANS) The national cricket team may depart for the World Twenty20 tournament in India on Friday. According to a report by Geo TV, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to allow…
Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The government on Thursday said “every possible action will be taken” against beleaguered liquor baron Vijay…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The upcoming assembly elections in five states will “have a bearing on the future course of national politics”, the CPI-M said on Thursday. An editorial in the CPI-M journal “People’s…
Panaji, March 10 (IANS) The Congress party on Thursday demanded that Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar must apologise to the armed forces for making them build infrastructure for the Art of Living event in the national…
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday attacked the Congress and the CPI-M, saying both parties have given up their ideologies and adopted the other’s. “CPI-M has given up its…
Patna, March 10 (IANS) There was an uproar in the Bihar legislative assembly on Thursday as legislators slammed Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray and demanded action over his remarks to burn auto-rickshaws of non-Marathis…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) may ban the controversial Art of Living (AoL) cultural event here if it doesn’t pay up the Rs.5 crore fine slapped on it, a lawyer…
By Vivian Fernandes The union agriculture ministry headed by Radha Mohan Singh has notified a sharp, 70 percent reduction in fees payable to Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech (MMBL) for its patented cottonseed technology, disregarding the companys threat…