Shillong, Aug 25 (IANS) For the first time in over three years, Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma effected a minor rejig in the Congress-led Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA-II) government by axing two cabinet ministers. Senior…
Hyderabad, Aug 25 (IANS) The Joint Action Committee for Social Justice, an umbrella body of students’ groups at University of Hyderabad, has condemned the report by a one-man judicial commission that research scholar Rohith Vemula,…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Exhorting youths to unite against terrorism, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that “bankrupt shops of terrorism” are to be destroyed to stop “evil business of bloodshed”…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the most followed Indian on micro-blogging site Twitter with 22.1 million followers when he surpassed Bollywood actor Amitabh…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states will give presentation on any of the prominent schemes they are running in their respective states targeting the party’s vision of “Antyodaya” at a conclave…
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) Continuing the exodus from opposition parties to the Trinamool Congress, a host of Congress leaders and elected representatives switched over to West Bengal’s ruling party on Thursday. Former state Congress president…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will visit Bihar on August 27 to address the first convocation of Nalanda University, a Rashtrapati Bhawan release said on Thursday. Mukherjee will also lay the foundation…
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) A religious leader of the Jain community will on Friday address the Haryana assembly here, state Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma said on Thursday. Sharma said famous Jain Muni, Tarun Sagar…
Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) Several organisations in Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai celebrated Krishna Janmashtami on Thursday, flouting the Supreme Court order on ‘Dahi Handi’ height and expressing their protest with black bands. The popular…
PHILADELPHIA, July 29, 2016 (Xinhua) — U.S. Democratic Nominee for President Hillary Clinton speaks on the last day of the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States, July 28, 2016. Former U.S….
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said the passengers of an Air India (AI) flight diverted to Kazakhstan are safe and there was no reason to worry. She said…
Srinagar, Aug 25 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday made a passionate appeal for peace in the Kashmir valley, saying India’s future was incomplete without a peaceful Kashmir but it cut no ice…
Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 25 (IANS) Non-signatory armed groups of the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord (NCA) in Myanmar on Thursday decided to attend the 21st Century Panglong Ethnic Conference here on August 31, authorities said. All…
Sarwar Kashani and Sheikh Qayoom New Delhi/Srinagar, Aug 25 (IANS) When Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was asked to justify the Kashmir killings in the ongoing bloody unrest, she angrily walked out of the press conference…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) A day after telling the Supreme Court he had not blamed the RSS as an organisation for Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination but only people linked to it, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi…
Islamabad, Aug 25 (IANS) Pakistan has asked Afghanistan to restrain India from using its soil against Islamabad, Radio Pakistan reported on Thursday. “Such cooperation should not be to the detriment of Pakistan,” Foreign Office spokesman…
Agartala, Aug 25 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Thursday said that people with “vested interests” were through rumors and social networking sites trying to whip up ethnic tension in Tripura in the wake…
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Countering Rahul Gandhi’s stand on Nathuram Godse killing Mahatma Gandhi, the BJP on Thursday asked the Congress Vice-President if he can be blamed for the crimes committed by Congressmen. Citing…
Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) The West Bengal government has kept the agriculture sector, middle class and below poverty line (BPL) consumers out from power tariff hike, state Power Minister Shobandeb Chattopadhyay said on Thursday. “I…
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) With the Punjab Police having failed to nab the attackers of RSS leader Brigadier (retd) Jagdish Gagneja earlier this month, the state government, hinting at a foreign hand, asked the Central…