Islamabad, Dec 27 (IANS) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Wednesday branded former President Pervez Musharraf as the “killer” of his mother Benazir Bhutto as the country observed her 10th death anniversary. Reiterating…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for its “inhuman” handling of the meeting between Kulbhushan Jadhav and his family in Islamabad, saying it had hurt the sentiments…
Moscow, Dec 27 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday submitted his application for registration as an independent candidate in the 2018 Russian presidential election. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) accepted the documents, which included…
By Pardeep Singh Gurugram, Dec 27 (IANS) With the authorities turning a blind eye to the ongoing depredation, the Aravalli forest region is fast becoming a land of poaching and illegal construction as well as…
Amaravati, Dec 27 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday inaugurated the Andhra Pradesh Fibre Grid project under which internet, television and telephone services will be available to every household for Rs 149 per month….
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said Union Minister Anant Kumar Hegde “does not believe in the Constitution” and should apologise in both Houses for…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The CBI has arrested an assistant programmer working with the probe agency and another person for developing and selling a software for booking railway tickets by “duping the Tatkal ticket…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The two houses of Parliament faced repeated disruptions on Wednesday over Minister of State for Skill Development Anant Kumar Hegde’s “amend the Constitution” remarks as the government stressed it was…
Srinagar, Dec 27 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir government’s order to its employees to avoid controversial engagements on social media on Wednesday evoked adverse reaction both from the separatist and mainstream leaders. Senior separatist leader Mirwaiz…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Facebook has begun testing a feature with a set of new users in India where they are being asked to enter names as per their Aadhaar details. The social media…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) To check burning in the open and other practices that cause air pollution, the Delhi government on Wednesday announced deployment of home guard volunteers as environment marshals. Fourteen Home Guards…
Shimla, Dec 27 (IANS) The four-day winter session of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly, the first of the new BJP government, will be held next month in Dharamsala town and those re-employed by the previous Congress…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The BJP is believed to have issued a three-line whip to its MPs asking them to be present in the Lok Sabha on Thursday when the government plans to introduce…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The CBI has arrested an assistant programmer working with the probe agency and another person for developing and selling a software for booking railway tickets by “duping the Tatkal ticket…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The government will undertake additional market borrowing of Rs 50,000 crore in the remaining period of the current fiscal to meet expenditure, according to its issuance calendar released on Wednesday….
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Global terror network Al Qaeda that formally announced its affiliate in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this year has said targeting Indian cities and sidelining Pakistan and its army were key…
Lucknow, Dec 27 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government kicked up a political storm on Wednesday with the process of withdrawal of 20,000 ‘political cases’ being initiated, including eight against present Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. According…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The week-long impasse in the Rajya Sabha over Narendra Modi’s attack against his predecessor Manmohan Singh during the Gujarat polls ended on Wednesday with the government making a climbdown saying…
Mumbai, Dec 27 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices, which touched fresh highs intra-day on Wednesday, slipped into the negative territory during the last hour of trade as investors booked profits ahead of derivatives expiry…
Ghaziabad, Dec 27 (IANS) The ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh has removed its Ghaziabad city president Ajay Sharma after he, along with over a hundred others, clashed with police over the marriage of a Hindu…