New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The all-party delegation to violence-hit Jammu and Kashmir will include senior cabinet ministers including Arun Jaitley and Ram Vilas Paswan as well as opposition leaders like Asaduddin Owaisi of AIMIM,…
Bengaluru, Sep 1 (IANS) Making optimal utilisation of its space assets, India will use more satellites to deliver public services and ensure e-governance, said a top official on Thursday. “We are working with about 60…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) As dengue and chikungunya cases continue to soar, affecting hundreds in the national capital, many doctors in the city hospitals have also fallen prey to the vector-borne diseases. Authorities told…
Ahmedabad, Sep 1 (IANS) On a day when a key aide snapped ties with him, Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Thursday directly accused Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani of trying to break up their agitation…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told the Supreme Court that he stood by his remarks blaming the RSS people for assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and was ready to face…
Chandigarh, Sep 1 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized eight kg heroin at the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Abohar sector, an official said on Thursday. The heroin, which is valued at Rs 40…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who arrived here on Thursday on a three-day visit at the invitation of President Pranab Mukherjee, described his country’s ties with India as old…
Panaji, Sep 1 (IANS) Describing BJP MLAs in Goa as ‘asuras’ (demons) and holding Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar responsible for the degeneration of the saffron party in the coastal state, expelled Goa RSS leader Subhash…
Mumbai, Sep 1 (IANS) Veteran trade unionist and socialist leader Sharad Rao died here on Thursday after a two-year fight with chronic ulcers. He was 75. The aggressive union leader breathed his last at Nanavati…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) India, the US and Afghanistan will discuss the situation in the war-torn South Asian nation at a trilateral meeting to be held later this month. “India, as an immediate neigbhour…
Guwahati, Sep 1 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday sought the help of the central government in sealing the porous Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam, and said that sealing of the international border must…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) A court here has awarded 18 months’ imprisonment to Aam Aadmi Party legislator Pawan Sharma in a 2009 case related to the death of a factory worker through negligence. Sharma,…
Washington, Sep 1 (IANS) Marine Le Pen, leader of the right-wing French political party National Front, has backed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and said that Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton would bring “war”, “devastation” and…
Khajuraho, Sep 1 (IANS) BRICS nations should form a permanent working stream on tourism comprising stakeholders from both government and the private sector, South African Tourism Minister D.A. Hanekom said on Thursday. He said this…
Mumbai, Sep 1 (IANS) Nudging the banks to show more progress in the coming year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here on Thursday said they need to make supporting the growth possibilities of the country their…
Panaji, Sep 1 (IANS) In a defiant move, which could put the RSS top brass in a spot, members of the Sangh in Goa on Thursday announced the formation of a new state unit of…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told the Supreme Court that he stood by his remarks blaming the RSS people for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and said he was…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Millions of workers in industrial units, banks, transport, power, and government services across India will take part in a day’s strike on Friday to oppose the NDA government’s “anti-labour” policies…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday said that the Budhadeb Bhattacharya-led CPI-M government had not acquired the Singur land in West Bengal for any “personal gain”, and that…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Lt Gen Bipin Rawat took over as Vice Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army on Thursday. Lt Gen Rawat was commissioned in the Fifth Battalion of the Eleven…