Lucknow/New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Over four months after taking over as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath on Saturday resigned from his Gorakhpur parliamentary constituency. He quit the seat he has held for…
Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in his first interaction with the media a week after he was disqualified by the Supreme Court, on Saturday asked if any court in the…
By Porisma P. Gogoi Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices extended gains for the fifth consecutive week and scaled new record highs on the back of healthy quarterly earnings as well as…
Kochi, Aug 5 (IANS) A 47-year-old activist of a radical Muslim group was arrested here on Saturday by the NIA for alleged involvement in the chopping off of the palm of a college professor seven…
Chennai, Aug 5 (IANS) The AIADMK faction led by General Secretary V.K. Sasikala and Deputy General Secretary T.T.V. Dinakaran on Saturday suffered a setback when three MLAs declined to accept party posts offered by them….
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Smartphones with manual shooting modes, better sensors and more megapixels have already spelt doom for compact digital cameras (CDCs). Will smartphones replace digital single-reflex (DSLR) cameras too? No, says Nikon…
Chandigarh, Aug 5 (IANS) The Chandigarh Police have arrested the son of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala along with another person for allegedly stalking a senior state IAS officer’s daughter, police said on Saturday. Vikas…
Kohima, Aug 5 (IANS) Nagaland Chief Minister T. Zeliang on Saturday said he has sought the disqualification of 10 rebel Naga Peoples Front (NPF) MLAs from the state assembly who owe allegiance to party supremo…
Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) The Trump administration has taken another step towards exiting the Paris climate agreement, notifying the UN of its decision to leave the deal even as it pledges to stay engaged on…
Ahmedabad, Aug 5 (IANS) A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth wing leader was arrested on Saturday in connection with the attack on Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s car when he was visiting north Gujarat’s flood-affected…
By Ajit Jain Toronto, Aug 5 (IANS) Rana Sarkar, an Indo-Canadian who was till recently national director for high growth markets at the Toronto-based multi-national KPMG, has been named by Prime Minister Justin Trudeaus Liberal…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) An unreleased Episode 4 of ‘Game of Thrones’ (GoT) Season 7 — to be shown on HBO on the night of August 6 — has been leaked online from Star…
Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) Investigators working for special counsel Robert Muller have asked the White House for documents on former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn as they examine whether he was secretly paid by the…
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) The Shiv Sena on Saturday trained its guns on ally BJP’s New Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari for his recent ‘street-level’ performance in Varanasi and gyrating to “an awful Bhojpuri number”. “It…
London, Aug 5 (IANS) An unreleased Episode 4 of ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 — to be shown on HBO on the night of August 6 — has been leaked and it is not from…
Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Pakistan’s disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has “smartly deprived” his younger brother Shahbaz Sharif of an opportunity to become premier, PML-N members in Punjab province believe. Many Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) A court here on Saturday sent Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Delhi Cantonment, Surender Singh, to judicial custody for defacing public property. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ashu Garg remanded Singh…
United Nations, Aug 5 (IANS) The UN Security Council will vote on a resolution on Saturday over new sanctions on North Korea in response to its recent inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests. According to the…
Colombo, Aug 5 (IANS) Ravichandran Ashwin clinched a five-wicket haul as India bowled out Sri Lanka for 183 runs in the first innings to take a massive lead of 439 runs at lunch on the…
Vijayawada, Aug 5 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has asked the Election Commission to take action against YSR Congress Party chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy for his controversial remark that “there is nothing wrong if…