By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Feb 2 (IANS) Goa, conventionally associated with feni, beer and wine when it comes to beverages, appears to be heading for a milk war. The state government’s decision to allow Gujarat-based…
Jaipur, Feb 3 (IANS) Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar on Wednesday said that exposing those who show tolerance for terrorism is one of steps to fight this global scourge. Even as we work to advance the…
Agartala, Feb 3 (IANS) The CPI-M central leadership would decide about the party’s electoral alliance with the Congress in the forthcoming West Bengal assembly polls during its three-day politburo and central committee meetings in New…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the eviction of Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from a government bungalow in south Delhi’s Moti Bagh neighbourhood. Chowdhury, a Lok…
By Fakir Balaji Bengaluru, Feb 3 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is working overtime to provide an eco-system for global investments and rapid socio-economic growth across the state to bring it back into reckoning as…
(160120) — CHARSADDA, Jan. 20, 2016 (Xinhua) — Pakistani army soldiers cordon off Bacha Khan University following an attack by gunmen in northwest Pakistan’s Charsadda, Jan. 20, 2016. A splinter group of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)…
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) Ahead of the next presidential battle in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both saw victory in their razor-thin contest in Iowa, while Donald Trump, though much mellowed, insisted his…
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely (Photo: IANS) Bengaluru, Feb 3 (IANS) Lauding Karnataka for grooming first-rate human resource in the country, union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday urged the state government to boost the…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrives to meet critically ill veteran Left leader and Forward Bloc party Chief Ashok Ghosh at a Kolkata Hospital on Feb 2, 2016. Also seen West Bengal ministers…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha speaker and Congress veteran Balram Jakhar died here on Wednesday morning, his son Sunil Jakhar said. He was 92. He breathed his last around 7 a.m. at…
Seoul, Feb 3 (IANS) South Korea on Wednesday warned a harsh price against North Korea’s long-range ballistic missile launch after Pyongyang’s notification of its plan to launch a satellite. “If North Korea pushes ahead with…
Kakinada (AP), Feb 2 (PTI) YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy today met family members of a man, belonging to the Kapu community, who allegedly committed suicide in support of reservation demand for the…
United Nations, Feb 3 (IANS) Three United Nations entities have been informed of the intentions of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to launch an earth observation satellite between February 8-25, said a UN…
Patidar Anamat Sanghursh Samiti (PASS) leader Hardik Patel. (File Photo: IANS) Ahmedabad, Feb 2 (IANS) For the first time in six months, Patel reservation agitation spearhead Hardik Patel was on Tuesday granted bail by a…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday hit out at the Centre over minister Maneka Gandhi’s statement on female foeticide, saying it reflected the government’s insensitivity, complete lack of awareness and understanding of…
Anantapur, Feb 2 (IANS) Former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday targeted Narendra Modi government for not granting special status to Andhra Pradesh. Addressing a public meeting in Bandlapalli village…
Rome, Feb 2 (IANS/AKI) The American-led coalition fighting the IS has pushed back the jihadist group in Syria and Iraq but it is a growing threat in Libya, where it could seize its oil wealth,…
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Both the government and the Congress on Tuesday sought to take credit for work under the rural employment guarantee scheme, with minister Birender Singh saying allocation has gone up and…
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) Former Bollywood actress and BJP Lok Sabha member Hema Malini, currently under fire over a land allotment, has now been accused of destroying mangroves on a plot allotted to her in…
Jammu: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti meets Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra at Raj Bhavan in Jammu on Feb 2, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Jammu, Feb 2 (IANS) With PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti setting conditions for…