CPI-M legislator in Tripura dead
Agartala, Aug 28 (IANS) Prominent communist leader and sitting CPI-M legislator Samir Deb Sarkar died here on Sunday after a protracted illness. He was 67. Party sources said that Sarkar died at the government run…
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Curfew, restrictions continue in Kashmir for 51st day
Srinagar, Aug 28 (IANS) Authorities on Sunday continued curfew and restrictions in Kashmir for the 51st consecutive day. Police said curfew will remain imposed only in Anantnag town while restrictions under section 144 of the…
US flight makes emergency landing after engine fails
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) A Southwest Airlines flight from New Orleans to Orlando was forced to make an emergency landing when one of the engines failed, the US airline said. The plane, Southwest Flight 3472,…
Colombia peace deal to be signed in late September
Bogota, Aug 28 (IANS) The signing ceremony for a peace deal that Colombia’s government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) militant group finalised this week will take place late September. Defence Minister Luis…
ISRO tests scramjet engine
Chennai, Aug 28 (IANS) India on Sunday morning successfully tested its own scramjet or the air breathing engine with the launch of a big sounding rocket, said a senior official of Indian Space Research Organisation…
Italy mourns quake victims, death toll rises to 291
Rome, Aug 28 (IANS) Italy on Saturday observed a day of national mourning for the people who died when a powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the mountainous central regions claiming the lives of 291 persons. Flags…
Gupta family wants to sell all shareholding in S. Africa
Cape Town, Aug 28 (IANS) Implicated in a corruption scandal, the wealthy Indian Gupta family on Saturday announced its intention to sell all of its shareholding in South Africa by the end of the year….
Reap demographic dividend by skilling youth: President
Bengaluru, Aug 28 (IANS) India should reap demographic dividend by educating and skilling the youth, especially children, said President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday. Our children should be educated and healthy. India can reap the demographic…
Burhan Wani’s father meets Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Bengaluru, Aug 27 (IANS) The father of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani whose death on July 8 sparked off the current violent unrest in Kashmir Valley has met spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at…
Pawan Kalyan trains gun on BJP, declares fight to get special status for Andhra
Tirupati, Aug 27 (IANS) Training his guns on BJP, popular Telugu actor and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan on Saturday declared that he will fight to get special category status for Andhra Pradesh. Addressing…
Dissident Bengal Congress lawmaker demands state chief’s axing
Kolkata, Aug 27 (IANS) Dissident Congress legislator Manas Bhunia on Saturday sought immediate sacking of state party chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, saying he would write to Party President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi…
Windies sneak past India by 1 run in first T20I
Lauderhill (Florida), Aug 27 (IANS) Promising batsman Lokesh Rahul’s 110 not out went in vain as West Indies managed to sneak past India by one run in the nail-biting first T20 International at the Central…
Modi asks BJP CMs to implement schemes in ‘mission mode’
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Asking BJP Chief Ministers to work on “mission mode” for better implementation of central government schemes in their states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday set up a party committee…
Radio Kashmir goes off air due to technical snag
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IANS) Radio Kashmir suddenly went off air on Saturday evening, fuelling strong speculations in the Valley till authorities clarified it was a technical snag in the station’s transmitter situated in city outskirts….
Dhaka cafe attack planner killed in police raid
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Bangladesh police stormed a militant hideout near Dhaka on Saturday, shooting dead three alleged Islamist extremists, including the suspected mastermind of the cafe attack that killed 22 mostly foreign hostages last…
Rampal power project won’t affect Sundarbans: Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the Rampal power plant project, being jointly built with India, will not affect the world’s largest mangrove forest Sundarbans. The agreement to…
Pakistan to send special envoys to highlight Kashmir issue internationally
Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Pakistan on Saturday decided to escalate its diplomatic lobbying on Kashmir, with 22 parliamentarians to go as special envoys to various countries to apprise them about the “brutalities and human rights…
Centurion Lewis takes Windies to 245/6 in first T20I vs India
Lauderhill (Florida), Aug 27 (IANS) Riding on opener Evin Lewis’ century, West Indies posted 245/6 in the first T20 International against India at the Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground here on Saturday. Down…
Father who abandoned two girls, also drowned 2-year-old son
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) In a tale of extreme parental cruelty, an alcoholic father flung to death his two-year-old ailing son into a Delhi canal, just three days after he abandoned his two starving…
Sakshi, Sindhu, Dipa, Gopi to be gifted BMW cars
Hyderabad, Aug 27 (IANS) India’s Rio Olympics medallists P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, gymnast Dipa Karmakar and badminton coach Pullela Gopichand will be gifted BMW cars at a function to be held here on Sunday….