Panaji, Sep 9 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said he wants the Indian Coast Guard to extend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission to the seas. Speaking during a commissioning ceremony…
Kathmandu, Sep 9 (IANS) Ahead of the state visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ to India, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Prakash Sharan Mahat will travel to New Delhi on Sunday to lay the ground…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay a Delhi High Court verdict giving primacy to Lt Governor Najeeb Jung in Delhi’s administrative affairs but sought the Centre’s response on…
Patna, Sep 9 (IANS) Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Friday said Bihar is on the path to becoming a developed state and it has registered skill development on a large scale. “Bihar is on…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The CPI-M on Friday condemned a move by the Haryana government to collect samples of Biriyani in Mewat area ahead of Bakri-Id festival to know if they contain beef. The…
Kolkata, Sep 9 (IANS) Former West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra was on Friday granted bail by a court here, over 21 months after his arrest in the multi-crore rupee Saradha chit…
Bengaluru, Sep 9 (IANS) Karnataka shut down on Friday to protest against the release of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, with hundreds of IT firms and multinationals crippled in India’s technology hub Bengaluru. Global…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) The US has urged India and Pakistan to hold dialogue to de-escalate tensions, saying they don’t want the relations to worsen and “lead to some kind of incident”. The response from…
Panaji, Sep 9 (IANS) Precautionary measures are being taken vis-a-vis information about the making of the Scorpene submarines which is said to have been leaked by an Australian newspaper last month, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) India and Nepal have reviewed security cooperation between the two neighbours and agreed to strengthen it further, it was announced on Friday. “The India-Nepal Home Secretary-level talks were held on…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) The US has refuted reports that relation between Washington and Islamabad had hit a low point and said that the ties between the two countries were “in fact strong”. State Department…
Seoul, Sep 9 (IANS) North Korea on Friday said it “successfully” conducted a nuclear test, its fifth and the “most powerful” test so far, Yonhap news agency reported. The North Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station…
Cotonou, Sep 9 (IANS) At least 100 people were killed and more than 200 injured in an explosion at a waste-burning site in Benin’s largest city and economic capital Cotonou, the media reported on Friday….
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Former Bollywood actress Mamta Kulkarni, an accused in a Rs 2,000 crore narcotics drugs case, on Friday denied all allegations against her, saying she was a “yogini” and “innocent”. “I am…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan was on Friday ruled out of the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series against India with a pelvis injury. “Mitch is out with a pelvis…
Lucknow, Sep 9 (IANS) At a time when the issue of triple “talaq” is pending adjudication before the Supreme Court, the All-India Shia Personal law Board on Friday came up with what it called a…
Mumbai, Sep 9 (IANS) Profit booking, coupled with negative global markets and lower crude oil prices, dragged the Indian equity markets lower on Friday. Both the key equity indices provisionally closed the day’s trade in…
Panaji, Sep 9 (IANS) The increase in deployment of troops in the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir is only for sealing the India-Pakistan border so as to prevent infiltration and not to tackle ongoing…
Bengaluru, Sep 9 (IANS) India’s technology capital shut down on Friday, as hundreds of IT firms, back offices and multinationals logged out to protest Karnataka releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu on the Supreme…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) The US encourages “stronger relations” between India and Pakistan and desires that both countries work to de-escalate tensions, deputy spokesperson of the State Department Mark Toner has said. Responding to a…