Istanbul, July 18 (IANS) Around 1,800 Special Forces troops joined Turkey police in securing Istanbul on Monday, as part of strong measures enacted in the aftermath of a failed military coup, the media reported. Extraordinary…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed the chargesheet against six suspected Islamic State (IS) terror operatives, court sources said on Monday. During in-camera proceedings, the NIA filed the chargesheet before…
New Delhi: Congress leader Kapil Sibal and BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu at Parliament in New Delhi, on July 18, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, who resigned…
Bengaluru, July 18 (IANS) The Karnataka legislature comprising the assembly and council was adjourned on Monday till 4 p.m. amid a ruckus as opposition lawmakers insisted on the resignation of a minister and a CBI…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday refuted Congress’ charge that Jammu and Kashmir was disturbed because of the PDP-BJP coalition government failed to handle the situation, and instead blamed Pakistan…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Trinamool Congress parliamentarians led by the party’s floor leader in the Lok Sabha Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Monday staged a demonstration in the Parliament House complex against rising prices of essential…
Islamabad, July 18 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who returned to the country from London on July 7, on Monday failed to reach Islamabad due to health problems. Sharif could not travel to Islamabad…
ISTANBUL, July 15, 2016 (Xinhua) — Turkey’s gendarmerie guard a bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 15, 2016. Turkey’s gendarmerie on Friday night closed the two bridges that connect Istanbul’s Asian and European parts over…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday lashed out at the ruling BJP, saying the party was a “misfit” for Jammu and Kashmir and blamed it…
Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) The police said on Monday 123 crude bombs have been recovered from a house in Burdwan district of West Bengal and 13 persons detained for questioning. The bombs were seized from…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The government on Monday said the battle in Kashmir was between the country and the separatists and that violence fometed from across the border will not be tolerated. Participating in…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) A verbal spat between BSP leader Mayawati and union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu was witnessed on Monday in the Rajya Sabha as she blamed the Centre for what she dubbed…
Mumbai: Former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu during the trailer launch of Sony TV new show, The Kapil Sharma Show, in Mumbai, on March 1, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) BJP leader Navjot…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday demanded an all-party meeting should be held to discuss the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir. “Governments are run…
Mumbai, July 18 (IANS) Amid uproarious scenes in the Maharashtra assembly, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday made a detailed statement on the gang-rape and murder of a schoolgirl which evoked memories of the abhoring…
Panaji, July 18 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to not go by the state’s small size and its paltry population when it comes to taking care of its…
Srinagar, July 18 (IANS) A ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker was seriously injured on Monday when his vehicle met with an accident following an alleged mob attack in the restive Kashmir Valley where curfew…
Lucknow, July 18 (IANS) The government has been riding roughshod over the farmers while acquiring land in Chandauli and Mirzapur districts of Uttar Pradesh for the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor rail project, an extreme Left…
Dhaka, July 18 (IANS) Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday held eight Al-Badr men guilty of crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War and sentenced three of them to death. Five others were…
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday hit out at the Centre over “brutalities” inflicted on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, asking if civilians should…