New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and US Secretary of State John Kerry will lead their respective sides at the 2nd India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue here later on Tuesday to…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Heavy monsoon showers on Monday led to waterlogging in many areas and massive traffic jams across the national capital, leading to people stuck for long hours on the roads. Traffic…
Gurgaon, Aug 29 (IANS) Gurgaon battled slow traffic movement for hours after heavy rain on Monday afternoon brought the millennium city to a standstill again, even as city police chief Sandeep Khirwar supervised the traffic…
Bengaluru, Aug 29 (IANS) Five people, including a small-time Kannada actor were arrested on Monday for allegedly abducting the teenage son of noted industrialist Vijay Kirloskar for ransom but then abandoning him last week, police…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Australia’s Supreme Court has placed a temporary ban on newspaper The Australian on publishing any more of the leaked documents from French company DCNS, reports said on Monday. DCNS, which…
Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) The Haryana assembly on Monday ratified the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill. Finance Minister Abhimanyu, who had moved the motion to this effect, said that the passage of the GST…
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) Hours after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged people to oppose the general strike called by the central trade unions on September 2, the West Bengal government on Monday came out with…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) India’s biggest-ever telecom spectrum auction has been deferred by two days,to October 1 from September 29, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said in a revised Notice Inviting Application (NIA) for…
Bhopal, Aug 29 (IANS) Gaurav Tiwari, Superintendent of Police of Katni district, in Madhya Pradesh, is garnering praise for reaching out to the people by using a cycle to commute and meet people and also…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in New Delhi on a wet Monday evening and there were reports that his cavalcade got stuck in a traffic jam on a…
Ghaziabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Delhi Public School (Vasundhara) in Ghaziabad has expelled a class 7 student after her father filed a petition in Allahabad High Court against an “arbitrary” fee hike by the school, alleged…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Home Ministry-appointed expert committee, which was to explore alternatives to pellet guns as non-lethal weapons to deal with protestors in the Kashmir Valley, submitted its report to the central…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) India and the UK on Monday discussed ways to boost bilateral trade in a new scenario following Britain’s decision to leave the European Union (EU). Talks were held here between…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) In his first comments on the Scorpene data leak, Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Monday said the Navy is taking it “very seriously” and that “mitigation measures” will…
Paris, Aug 29 (IANS) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday said he will change the constitution to ban the burkini if he is re-elected as President of France. His comments come in response to…
Srinagar, Aug 29 (IANS) After 51 long days, the Kashmir Valley on Monday saw curfew lifted from most places as police said the overall law and order situation generally remained calm. The development comes ahead…
Greater Noida, Aug 29 (IANS) India Blue were 105 for no loss when incessant rain forced an early close of play on the opening day of the second Duleep Trophy match against India Red at…
Patna, Aug 29 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday requested the central government to send a team to assess the damage and destruction caused by one of the worst floods in the state…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) India’s renowned mountaineer Harbhajan Singh was on Monday honoured with the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award for Lifetime Achievement by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function held at Rashtrapati…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A three-member NIA team, headed by a Deputy Inspector General (DIG), has been probing “suspicious” funds transaction in over a dozen bank accounts in Jammu and Kashmir that are suspected…