Lucknow, Aug 22 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati received yet another jolt on Monday when her trusted lieutenant Brajesh Pathak, who spearheaded the assimilation of Brahmins in the party fold, joined the Bharatiya…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday attacked the central government for playing with the future of thousand of students of the Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) and demanded…
Budapest, Aug 22 (IANS) Severed pigs’ heads should be hung along Hungary’s border to deter Muslim refugees and migrants from entering the country, an MEP has suggested. Gyorgy Schopflin, a member of the right-wing government…
Dhaka, Aug 22 (IANS) A Bangladeshi-British national, Hasnat Reza Karim, believed to be one of the masterminds of the deadly Dhaka cafe terror attack which killed 20 persons, was sent to jail on Monday. Metropolitan…
London, Aug 22 (IANS) The British government recommends establishing special units for Islamist extremists within prisons in England and Wales to prevent them from radicalising other prisoners, a report said on Monday. The report, which…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told Jammu and Kashmir opposition parties that “there has to be a dialogue” to end the weeks-long unrest in the valley but any solution…
Ankara, Aug 22 (IANS) More than half of at least 54 persons killed in an attack on a Kurdish wedding party in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep were children, Turkish officials indicated on Monday….
Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 (IANS) The Centre on Monday sanctioned Rs 236 crore to the Odisha government under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA). Union Forest and Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave sanctioned the…
Islamabad, Aug 22 (IANS) Pakistan police on Monday registered five cases against three separatist Baloch leaders for allegedly supporting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statements on Balochistan, media reports said. The cases were registered against…
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday suggested the West Bengal government convert two of the state’s old power plants into super-critical base plants. He also said the Centre would take…
Guwahati, Aug 22 (IANS) The anti-talk faction of Ulfa militants on Monday released video footage of a youth abducted from Assam and demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore. They released a video showing Kuldip…
Panaji, Aug 22 (IANS) India is making all efforts to ensure friendly relations with neighbouring countries, but some countries like Pakistan and China have “sin” in their minds, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) India has sought the release of 39 Indians abducted in Iraq while expressing support for “unity and territorial integrity of Iraq”, the External Affairs Ministry said on Monday. Minister of…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Congress on Monday questioned the “contradictory policy” of the government on Jammu and Kashmir and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley were “not on…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Demanding that the central government put an immediate ban on the import of “killer Chinese manjha” (kite string), Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday targetted the Prime Minister,…
Guwahati, Aug 22 (IANS) The anti-talk faction of Ulfa militants on Monday released video footage of a youth abducted from Assam and demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore. They released a video showing Kuldip…
Kolkata, Aug 22 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday suggested that the West Bengal government form a five-member committee to look at the high 25 per cent cess being imposed on coal by…
Shimla, Aug 22 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh assembly on Monday unanimously ratified the Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST) that was passed by Parliament this month. The Bill was introduced by Chief…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) BSP leader Brajesh Pathak on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here. Pathak joined the party in the presence of BJP President Amit Shah. He was elected in 2008…
Panaji, Aug 22 (IANS) Poor sports administration is the key reason for the failure of Indian athletes to win medals at international sporting events, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said here on Monday. Kejriwal met…