New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan greeted the nation on Eid-ul-Zuha with a message of peace and harmony. “On the occasion of Eid-ul-Zuha,…
London, Sep 12 (IANS) Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has stood down as a Tory MP, triggering a by-election in his Oxfordshire seat of Witney. Cameron, who resigned as Prime Minister after June’s European…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday suspended Delhi legislator Devinder Sehrawat from the party for “anti-party activities”. “The disciplinary committee of AAP’s Delhi unit has decided to suspend Devinder…
Greater Noida, Sep 12 (IANS) India Blue inched closer to clinch the Duleep Trophy tournament after taking a massive 337-run lead in the first innings against India Red on the penultimate day of the summit…
By Nishant Arora Boston (Massachusetts), Sep 12 (IANS) In the largest ever print acquisition in HP Inc’s history to accelerate growth opportunities in the copier segment, the company on Monday announced to acquire Samsung Electronics…
Chennai, Sep 12 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa on Monday expressed serious concern at the mob violence targeting Tamils in Karnataka and urged the neighbouring state’s government to provide them with necessary security. In…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 12 (IANS) Shot putter Deepa Malik, who on Monday became the maiden Indian woman Paralympic medallist when she clinched silver at the 2016 Rio Games, said she wants to use the…
Patna, Sep 12 (IANS) The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Monday demanded that the Crime Control Act (CCA) be slapped against former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammad Shahabuddin who was released from Bhagalpur…
Bengaluru/New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Widespread violence broke out in southern Karnataka on Monday over the apex court order to release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu, with angry Kannadiga protesters torching over 30 buses…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) No agreement could be reached between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on water sharing at a meeting of the Cauvery Supervisory Committee on Monday. It was however decided that the Central…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Cauvery Supervisory Committee met here on Monday, but no decision on a figure for release of water to Tamil Nadu could be taken, an official statement said. The committee…
Srinagar, Sep 12 (IANS) With mobile and broadband services suspended on Monday, curfew to be re-imposed and few signs of any celebrations, the Kashmir Valley braced for a tense Eid on Tuesday with separatists calling…
Srinagar, Sep 12 (IANS) One person was killed and 17 others, including seven policemen, injured as militants lobbed a grenade at a police station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag town on Monday evening, police said….
Mumbai, Sep 12 (IANS) Clearing the last major hurdle in the proposed merger of mining major Vedanta Ltd and its subsidiary energy firm Cairn India, public shareholders of the latter voted on Monday in favour…
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 12 (IANS) India’s Deepa Malik on Monday bagged a silver medal in the Women’s Shot Put – F53 event at the 2016 Rio Paralympics Games here, clinching the silver with a…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa, who had refused to step down from his post as Arunachal Pradesh Governor, was on Monday removed by President Pranab Mukherjee. Meghalaya Governor V. Shanmuganathan has been…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) Refuting media reports of gold medallist Mariyappan Thangavelu being selected to carry the tricolour at the Rio Paralympics closing ceremony on September 18, Paralympics Committee of India (PCI) vice president…
Srinagar, Sep 12 (IANS) Curfew will be imposed across Kashmir Valley on Eid on Tuesday while all mobile phone services, save BSNL post-paid connections, and internet services have been already been suspended, officials said. Curfew…
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) India’s annual retail inflation eased by 100 basis points to 5.05 per cent in August, but factory output again dipped to a negative growth of (-)2.4 per cent in July…
Kathmandu, Sep 12 (IANS) Nepal on Monday announced the four-day state visit of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ to India from Thursday — his first foreign visit after taking over as prime minister last…