Srinagar, Sep 9 (IANS) Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag on Friday reviewed the security situation on the border with Pakistan and the hinterland in the Kashmir Valley. A defence statement issued here said…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said a three-judge bench will examine the validity of the Gujarat government’s ordinance for 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections which was quashed…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 9 (IANS) At least 19 persons were killed and around 30 injured when a bus fell off a bridge in Odisha’s Angul district on Friday. The tragedy took place near Puruna Manitri in…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The civil aviation regulator on Friday prohibited the use of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone on board aircraft. According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the guidelines on…
Srinagar, Sep 9 (IANS) Dozens of civilians were injured in clashes with security forces in continuing protests in the Kashmir Valley on Friday as the army was set to be deployed in the restive southern…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Contemporary Indian artist Akbar Padamsee set a new high at Saffronart’s auction with his work “Greek Landscape” going under the hammer for Rs 19.19 crore, breaking his earlier record. The…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The Indian telecom regulator on Friday met service providers — Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular — to discuss the issue of mobile network interconnection among various…
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…
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, after starting off on a negative…
Patna, Sep 9 (IANS) Celebrations erupted at former RJD parliamentarian Mohammad Shahabuddin’s native village in Bihar’s Siwan district and elsewhere ahead of his imminent release from jail after nearly 13 years behind bars. The residents…
Geneva, Sep 9 (IANS) Major global powers on Friday expressed concern at North Korea’s testing a nuclear device in contravention of UN sanctions and while the US and Russia demanded that Pyongyang respect UN Security…
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…