New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) After almost 25 years, a court here on Friday awarded seven-year jail term to former Haryana assembly Speaker Satbir Singh Kadian, 66, in a 1991 IFFCO case allegedly planned by…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) BJP’s member of parliament Virendra Singh ‘Mast’ on Friday turned down a visa by the US Embassy here after he was asked by embassy officials to remove his ‘pagdi’ or…
Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal said on Friday that it was “shocked” by disclosures made by ousted AAP Punjab unit chief Sucha Singh Chhotepur regarding “anti-Sikh” remarks made by Aam Aadmi…
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) Two more legislators — one each from the Congress and the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) — on Friday switched loyalties and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Pradeep Chowdhary, Congress legislator…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Advising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Benarjee to stop behaving like her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, who usually blames the central government for non-cooperation, the BJP said on Friday that…
Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) In the biggest internal setback for its Punjab unit just six months before the state assembly elections, the AAP removed its Punjab unit chief Sucha Singh Chhotepur from his post on…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday restrained Tamil Nadu Police from arresting expelled AIADMK Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa on a complaint of alleged sexual harassment and ill-treatment by her former…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) India on Friday reiterated the leaked Scorpene documents will not hurt the country’s strategic interests with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar stressing that it was not a “big concern” while the…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee has written a letter to Italian President Sergio Mattarella, conveying his condolences on the loss of lives and destruction of properties in the massive earthquake that struck…
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) Former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Swamy Prasad Maurya, who has since joined the BJP, resigned from the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly on Friday. He claimed he did it to “preserve…
Vijayawada, Aug 26 (IANS) Popular Telugu film actor and Jana Sena Party founder Pawan Kalyan will address a public meeting in Tirupati on Saturday. His decision triggered speculations in political circles about the purpose. This…
Dhaka, 26 Aug (IANS) Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday alleged political patronisation behind the terror attacks on a cafe and an Eid congregation here last month, and said the masterminds will be…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 26 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Odisha human rights panel on Friday issued notices to authorities over the undignified treatment meted out to the bodies of two women in…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday played down the leak in information on Scorpene submarines, saying it is not a big concern. The minister, however, added that assuming the worst…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that a Task Force will be set up to prepare a comprehensive action plan for effective participation of Indian sportspersons in the next…
Paris, Aug 26 (IANS) France’s highest administrative court on Friday suspended a ban on full-body burkini swimsuits, that has outraged Muslims and opened divisions within the government, pending a definitive ruling. The Conseil d’Etat gave…
By Anjali Ojha New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Australian investigative journalist Cameron Stewart, who broke the sensational story on the leak of data on Indian Scorpene submarines, has questioned the Indian Navy’s attempt to downplay…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) India on Friday said that it is concerned about the “gross human rights” situation in Balochistan region of Pakistan and the concern is set to find an expression in its…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) A ‘welcome move’, echoed women activists across the board about the Bombay High Court’s verdict allowing women to enter the Haji Ali Dargah in Mumbai. The verdict came on Friday…
Ludhiana, Aug 26 (IANS) Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday said the AAP was “hand-in-glove” with the extremist elements and separatists. Addressing the media here, Badal alleged…