No Ram temple agitation till UP polls: Togadia
Patna, Sep 6 (IANS) The VHP won’t launch any agitation to build a grand Ram temple in Ayodhya till assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh get over next year, its leader Pravin Togadia said on Tuesday….
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Rahul begins month-long Kisan Yatra from UP
Amethi: Anganwadi workers stop Congress vice president and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi’s convoy in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh on Sept 2, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Rudrapur (Deoria), Sep 6 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday…
Explosions rocks Kabul, 3 terrorists killed
Kabul, Sep 6 (IANS) A massive, third explosion was heard in the Kabul city late Monday night, hours after back-to-back explosions left at least 30 persons dead and over 90 wounded. Security sources said the…
Shutdown in Karnataka town against Cauvery water release
Bengaluru, Sep 6 (IANS) A day-long protest shutdown is being observed at Mandya town in Karnataka against releasing of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu on the Supreme Court’s directive to the state government. The…
IISc Bangalore remains India’s top university, global ranking drops
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Even as the Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore remains the country’s top university, its global ranking has dropped two notches to 152 in the latest QS World University Rankings 2016-17 released…
No Obama-Duterte bilateral meeting in Laos: US
Vientiane, Sep 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama and his Philippines counterpart Rodrigo Duterte will not meet in Laos on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit and East Asia Summit, the US Embassy here confirmed…
Toll rises to 75, Kashmir closed for 59th consecutive day
Srinagar, Sep 6 (IANS) The authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in the old city areas of Srinagar and some other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday as the toll in ongoing unrest rose to 75,…
Facebook ties up with Samaritans to prevent suicides
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Ahead of the World Suicide Prevention Day which falls on September 10, social networking giant Facebook has joined hands with support service Samaritans to launch a series of suicide prevention tools….
Markets open on higher note on Tuesday
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Tuesday opened on a higher note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 28,631.27 points soon shot…
Samsung Australia recalls over 50,000 Galaxy Note 7
Sydney, Sep 6 (IANS) As part of its global recall of Galaxy Note 7 after reports of battery explosion surfaced, Samsung Australia has formally recalled 51,060 such devices. “Samsung Electronics Australia advises all customers who…
Venus Williams knocked off in US Open fourth round
New York, Sep 6 (IANS) The sixth-seeded Venus Williams lost 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) to 10th-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in the fourth round of the US Open here on Monday. “I was…
Pakistan army resorts to unprovoked firing on LoC in Poonch
Jammu, Sep 6 (IANS) Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked, indiscriminate firing on Indian positions on the line of control (LoC) in Poonch district on Tuesday. “Pakistani soldiers initiated indiscriminate firing at midnight on Indian Army…
LeT bomb-maker was to join IS attack on Paris: CNN
New York, Sep 6 (IANS) An alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) bomb-maker with a penchant for pornography was to have participated in the Islamic State (IS) terrorist strike on Paris in November, 2015, CNN reported on Monday….
US Open: Bopanna out of mixed doubles, Sania win
New York, Sep 6 (IANS) India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski went down fighting in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles but Sania Mirza maintained her march in the women’s doubles at…
Obama backs NFL player Colin Kaepernick’s right to snub anthem
Washington, Sep 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Monday said NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who refused to stand for the US national anthem, was exercising his constitutional right to make a point. Speaking in…
Philippines president to Obama: ‘I’m no American puppet’
Washington/Manila, Sep 6 (IANS) US President Barack Obama had better think twice about raising the issue of Philippine extra-judicial killings, warned the country’s confrontational leader on Monday. The US president and his Philippines counterpart, Rodrigo…
Hong Kong elects youth protest leaders to 6th Legislative Council
Hong Kong, Sep 6 (IANS) A new generation of pro-democracy activists has won seats on Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo). The young leaders want greater autonomy and changes to the way Hong Kong is governed…
IS claims responsibility for Syria’s serial bombings
Damascus, Sep 6 (IANS) The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the six bombings that rocked key Syrian cities and killed at least 48 people earlier on Monday. In a statement carried by the…
Protests in Karnataka over SC order to release Cauvery water
Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Hundreds of people, especially farmers on Monday staged protest demonstrations in the Mysuru region against the Supreme Court order to Karnataka for releasing 15,000 cusecs of water daily for 10 days…
‘Roka’ a social evil, says HC
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has said that “Roka”, a traditional Punjabi pre-marital ceremony, is a “social evil that needs to be condemned”. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and…