BSP to be largest party in fractured UP house: Survey
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The BSP, with 169 seats, will emerge as the largest party in a hung Uttar Pradesh assembly after state elections in six months — followed by the Bharatiya Janata Party…
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Karnataka braces for Friday shutdown over water release
Bengaluru, Sep 8 (IANS) Karnataka will shut down on Friday to protest against the state government releasing Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu on a Supreme Court directive amid deficit rains. With political parties also…
Demand for mosquito repellents, insecticides up by 45-50%: Survey
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The demand for mosquito repellents and insecticides has sharply increased by 45-50 percent in the last few weeks due to fast rising cases of dengue and chikungunya, an Associated Chambers…
No parliamentary secretary in Delhi now, says AAP
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The AAP on Thursday said there are no parliamentary secretaries in Delhi following the Delhi High Court’s order quashing their appointments. Delhi’s ruling party noted that the verdict was based…
India’s first death verdict in acid attack case
Mumbai, Sep 8 (IANS) In a historic verdict, a Mumbai Special Court on Thursday awarded death penalty to a Delhi man, Ankur Narayanlal Panwar, for hurling acid at Preeti A. Rathi, leading to her death…
Donald Trump not qualified to be US president, says Obama
Vientiane, Sep 8 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Thursday called Donald Trump “wacky” and “uninformed” after the Republican candidate said Russia’s President Putin was a better leader. Speaking in Laos, according to BBC, Obama…
Value buying lifts equity markets to new closing highs
Mumbai, Sep 8 (IANS) Value buying at lower levels, healthy quarterly results, consistent buying by foreign funds and a rise in global crude oil prices buoyed the Indian equity markets on Thursday. Both the key…
Police searching for ‘dustbin’ clue in rape case against Delhi Minister
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Delhi Police on Thursday told the court that it is searching for the dustbin where sacked AAP Minister Sandeep Kumar has thrown a recording device used for making a sex…
ISRO puts one more rocket into global satellite launch market
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) Sep 8 (IANS) The operationalisation of India’s heavier rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk II (GSLV-Mk II) opens up more launch service revenue opportunity, said a top official of…
Kejriwal wanted me only to campaign, not contest polls: Sidhu
Chandigarh, Sep 8 (IANS) Spilling the beans on why his much speculated association with the AAP never happened, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday said that its chief Arvind Kejriwal had asked him not to…
Goel to conduct post-mortem of India’s Rio performance
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Thursday sought feedback from the athletes, who participated in the recently-concluded Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, to review and work on improving India’s performance in…
J&K cabinet recommends extension for police chief
Srinagar, Sep 8 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, on Thursday decided to extend the services of state Director General of Police K. Rajendra Kumar. Kumar was set to…
SC to hear plea for stopping government funding of Kashmir separatist groups
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The supreme Court has agreed to hear a PIL seeking to prohibit the Central and the Jammu and Kashmir government from funding separatist groups and their leaders who were spearheading…
Assam upgrades world’s largest river island Majuli to district
Majuli, Sep 8 (IANS) The world’s largest river Island Majuli became India’s first and only island district after the Assam government on Thursday gave approval for its upgradation. The 352 square km island was till…
Opposition wants railway fare hike rolled back
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Opposition parties — the Congress, the AAP and CPI-M — on Thursday slammed the surge pricing in railway fares on premium trains and demanded its rollback. The Congress termed the…
Rs 3 crore of BJP money seized – and released
Ghaziabad/Lucknow, Sep 8 (IANS) Cash amounting to Rs 3 crore was seized from a car in Ghaziabad on Thursday but it was released after the BJP claimed the money and said it was being taken…
After president’s nod, next steps ahead on GST
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) After the nod from President Pranab Mukherjee to the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Second Amendment) Bill, 2014, and its Gazette notification, the process remains long in implementing the pan-India Goods…
India seeks ‘strongest action’ against state sponsors of terror
Vientiane (Laos), Sep 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday advocated the strongest action against states that use terrorism as an instrument of state policy while outlining India’s principled stand on the South China…
Court hands death to Delhi man for 2013 acid attack
Mumbai, Sep 8 (IANS) In a first, a Special Court on Thursday awarded the death penalty to Delhi resident Ankur Narayanlal Panwar for a fatal acid attack his neighbour Preeti Rathi as she stepped off…
Pakistan accuses India of ‘financing terror’
Islamabad, Sep 8 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday accused India of “financing terrorism” on its soil, saying “open evidence is available of India’s involvement in subversive activities”. The statement comes days after Indian Prime Minister Narendra…