Jammu, Sep 14 (IANS) Tension gripped Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Wednesday as some members of the Muslim community were beaten up by unidentified assailants for slaughtering a camel on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha,…
Mumbai, Sep 14 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday offered to help a British couple facing hassles in taking their five-month-old surrogate daughter Lily to the UK as her British passport is not…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday suggested the setting up of an Afghan-India Task Force by both governments and chambers of commerce to take forward the India-Afghanistan strategic relationship….
Geneva/New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) As the Valley unrest neared 70 days, the UN Human Rights chief said that an international probe was “needed crucially” in Kashmir, even as India hit back saying the violence…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) A nine-month baby girl suffering from dengue symptoms died after being denied admission in a prominent Delhi government hospital, her father said on Wednesday. The father, Dharmendra, a security guard…
Mumbai, Sep 14 (IANS) Stock exchange major BSE on Wednesday said that its “BSE Bond” platform has managed bond issuance of NTPC and HUDCO, respectively. “Today on September 14, 2016, NTPC Limited and HUDCO Limited…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and the Delhi government to list out the steps to curb burning of stubble after harvesting of crops, which was leading…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party government on Wednesday asserted in the Delhi High Court that less number of dengue and chikungunya cases were reported in the national capital this year compared…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices touched a two-year high in August at 3.74 per cent from 3.55 per cent in the month before, said official data…
Washington/Bengaluru, Sep 14 (IANS) Two Indo-American scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been conferred with prestigious awards for their path-breaking inventions. Nasik-born Ramesh Raskar, an imaging scientist and inventor at MIT, has been…
Shillong, Sep 14 (IANS) An opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion against the Mukul Sangma-led Congress government was admitted in the Meghalaya Assembly on Wednesday for its “failure on all fronts”. Speaker Abu Taher Mondal said the censure…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) With most of the 10 chikungunya deaths in the national capital being of elderly people, health experts say there are more chances of elderly patients succumbing to the vector-borne disease…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday underwent a five-hour throat surgery in Bengaluru, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government said. “Doctors say all parameters are normal,” a Delhi government…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) At least seven telecom service providers, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Reliance Jio and Idea Cellular, have submitted their applications to participate in India’s biggest-ever telecom spectrum auction that will…
Mumbai, Sep 14 (IANS) Taking cognisance of media reports on malnutrition in Palghar in Maharashtra, Governor C.V. Rao on Wednesday told the state government to take urgent remedial steps, officials said. Addressing a meeting of…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari will lead the Indian delegation at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Venezuela this month, it was announced on Wednesday. This will be the first time…
Singur (West Bengal), Sep 14 (IANS) Reaching out to the Tatas again, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday suggested the group set up an auto hub over 1000 acres in Goaltor of West…
Mumbai, Sep 14 (IANS) The Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) will launch its second destroyer ship of the Project 15B – Vishakhapatnam Class, with higher level of indigenisation and increased stealth, ahead of schedule here…
Singur (West Bengal), Sep 14 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who on Wednesday returned land to Singur farmers, recalled late Bengali writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi’s unwavering support to the land movement…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Wednesday remained non-committal on a similar policy for Paralympic medallists to be conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award — the highest sporting honour in…