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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to continue with its investigation into the gangrape of a minor girl and her mother on the national…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) Sep 8 (IANS) An Indian rocket with an over two tonne INSAT-3DR advanced weather satellite blasted off from the Sriharikota spaceport here on Thursday afternoon. At precisely 4.50 p.m….
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday gave his assent to the landmark Goods and Services Tax bill, an official said. The President has given his approval for the GST Bill, the…