Lahore, Aug 2 (IANS) A caravan of relief material mobilized by the JuD in Pakistan for distribution in the Kashmir Valley was halted on Tuesday near the Line of Control (LoC), triggering protests, officials said….
Kolkata, Aug 2 (IANS) Amid reports of deaths caused by dengue and high fever, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee chaired a high-level meeting on Tuesday, following which an advisory was issued, warning against stagnant…
Mumbai, Aug 2 (IANS) A Special MCOCA Court on Tuesday sentenced Lashkar-e-Taiba operative and 26/11 Mumbai terror attack plotter Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal and six others to life imprisonment till death in the…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The government on Tuesday appeared confident of getting through Rajya Sabha the constitutional amendment bill that would pave way for introduction of Goods and Services Tax in the country. Parliamentary…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Three Lok Sabha members have written to the Lok Sabha panel probing AAP MP Bhagwant Mann’s reported breach of parliament security, demanding he should be sent to a rehabilitation centre…
Hyderabad, Aug 2 (IANS) The Telangana government on Tuesday scrapped the TS EAMCET-II 2016 examination in wake of leakage of the question paper last month and announced schedule for fresh exam for admission to medical…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday adopted a resolution under which the Railway Ministry has questioned the practice of railways paying dividend to the government. Pushing hard for unanimous adoption of…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday demanded a CBI probe into the Bulandshahr gang-rape in Uttar Pradesh and the resignation of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav over the “failure” of…
Moscow, Aug 2 (IANS) The US, the European Union and other Western countries suffer a loss of around $8.6 billion every year due to introduction of a food embargo by Russia, the Economic Development Ministry…
Islamabad, Aug 2 (IANS) Visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday reiterated his country’s request that a chain of “Gulen-run” schools operating in Pakistan should be closed down. The request by Turkey is part…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Delhi government to soon ban Chinese kite string and permit string made only of cotton or other natural fibre. A division bench…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which manages Aadhaar, granted undue favour to IT services major Wipro in a maintenance contract to the tune of Rs 4.92 crore, a…
Dhaka, Aug 2 (IANS) Five of the nine militants killed here were members of a suicide squad of the banned Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), police said. After being trained in Gaibandha district in northern Bangladesh,…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) Parliament on Tuesday accorded approval to the Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2016, to set new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in Tirupati, Palakkad, Goa, Dharwar, Bhilai, and Jammu with…
Ankara, Aug 2 (IANS) The failed bid to overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has cost Turkey $100 billion (300 billion lira), according to Customs and Trade Minister Bulent Tufenkci. “When we consider…
Ankara, Aug 2 (IANS) Turkey has sent a second request to the US for the extradition of US-based cleric Fetullah Gulen, who is blamed for the failed July 15 coup attempt, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag…
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A parliamentary panel has expressed concern over “deterioration” in the quality of recruits to the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and said it is “imperative” that only the best are selected….
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) A member of parliament from Punjab on Tuesday sought the Centre’s intervention to secure the release of three Punjabis allegedly held hostage by their employers in Libya. Shiromani Akali Dal’s…
Rome, Aug 2 (IANS/AKI) Authorities have deported a Pakistani man accused of seeking to stage a terrorist attack in Italy for the Islamic State (IS) group, Ansa news agency said. Farook Aftab, 26, a warehouse…
Panaji, Aug 2 (IANS) Badgered by numerous websites advertising escort services and prostitution in Goa, the Crime Branch has written to the Delhi-based Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) to block websites and disable popular keyword…