New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday met President-elect of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly Peter Thomson. “Working together for important session of the UNGA. EAM @SushmaSwaraj…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday asked the consortium of banks led by the SBI to respond to beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s plea seeking recall of the notice of contempt…
Jammu, Aug 29 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday that peace and dialogue is the only way forward to address the Kashmir imbroglio as violence would yield no positive result….
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Union government on Monday defended, before the Delhi High Court, the Indian Penal Code provision that says sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, who is not…
Mumbai: Music composer Vishal Dadlani during the music launch of film Te3n in Mumbai on May 27, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Chandigarh, Aug 29 (IANS) The Haryana Police on Monday booked Bollywood music director Vishal Dadlani…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Indian Railways on Monday dismissed media reports that said that four national women’s hockey players were made to sit on the floor while travelling from Ranchi to Rourkela via…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Rio Olympics silver medallist P.V. Sindhu on Monday said every match at the recently-concluded Games was a challenge for her. World No.10 Sindhu, who was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Sports Day awards at the Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. Rio Olympics medallists shuttler P.V. Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik and gymnast…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on a plea seeking the transfer of a probe into the Bulandshahr gang rape from the state police. The…
Ghaziabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Delhi Public School 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 the father…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) BJP MP Udit Raj on Monday clarified that he did not advocate beef consumption when he quoted Usain Bolt’s coach as advising the Jamaican sprinter to eat beef but his…
Lucknow, Aug 29 (IANS) Nupur Talwar, who is serving a jail term for the murder of her 13-year-old daughter Aarushi Talwar, was granted a three-week parole by the Allahabad High Court on Monday. Talwar was…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said that the government’s decision to send an all-party delegation to Kashmir has come 40 days too late, and added that matters…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of working in tandem with the power discoms to benefit them. “Modiji is in…
Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) Adani Enterprises on Monday said it has overcome one of its last legal hurdles over the $16.5 billion dollar Carmichael coal project in Australia’s Queensland state, and said construction will begin…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Indian states are growing at around 10-11 per cent and a dialogue between them and American investors can help in boosting Indo-US bilateral trade, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured Myanmar, which has newly attained democracy, that India will stand by it every step of the way in its bid to develop as…
Ranchi, Aug 29 (IANS) At least 30 school girls were hospitalised after suspected food poisoning in Jharkhand’s Gumla district on Monday, police said. The students of Kasturba Girls School at Ghaghra, around 130 km from…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 29 (IANS) The coal production and transportation at all mines of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) was affected due to a 48-hour economic blockade launched by a local group in Talcher on Monday. Due…
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed a resolution proposing the name of the state be changed to ‘Bangla’ in Bengali or ‘Bengal’ in English. The government resolution under rule 169…