By Preetha Nair Thimphu, Aug 27 (IANS) It may be wrong to say that the first day of the Mountain Echoes Literature Festival here began on a “positive note” as renowned author Amitav Ghosh painted…
Gurgaon, Aug 27 (IANS) About 50 people were arrested here for passing inappropriate comments on women or misbehaving with them in a special drive called “Majnu Returns”, police said on Saturday. The drive was conducted…
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Bangladesh police on Saturday said they have killed the mastermind of last month’s terror attack on a Dhaka cafe and two other militants during a raid on a house outside the…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday slammed Pakistan and separatist leaders for fuelling unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and hoped that a “very concerned” Prime Minister Narendra Modi would get…
By Mohit Dubey Varanasi, Aug 27 (IANS) Lakhs of people have been affected by the raging floods in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Varanasi parliamentary constituency but this hasn’t detered a mixed group of 49 corporators…
Chennai, Aug 27 (IANS) India’s foreign exchange reserves went up to $367.16 billion as on August 19, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Saturday. According to the foreign exchange data released by the…
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IANS) Curfew and restrictions continued for the 50th day across the Kashmir Valley on Saturday with no let up in separatist-called shutdown as the death toll rose to 71 after the body…
Rajgir (Bihar), Aug 27 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday attended the maiden convocation ceremony of Nalanda University and launched the ground-breaking ceremony for construction of the sprawling university campus here, an official said. President…
Patna, Aug 27 (IANS) Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw on Saturday arrived at Bodh Gaya in Bihar to offer prayers at the revered Mahabodhi temple amid tight security, officials said. Gaya District Magistrate Kumar Ravi…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday blamed Pakistan for instigating unrest in Jammu and Kashmir. Mehbooba told reporter after her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi here that youth in…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday and said she was happy the central government was reaching out to all stakeholders…
Dhaka, Aug 27 (IANS) Mastermind of the Dhaka cafe attack along with two other militants were killed on Saturday during a raid in the Bangladeshi capital, officials said. Monirul Islam, chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police…
Srinagar, Aug 27 (IANS) Curfew and restrictions continued for the 58th day across Kashmir on Saturday, as the death toll rose to 72 in the ongoing unrest. Militants killed a police constable identified as Khurshid…
Chennai, Aug 27 (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to test its scramjet engine on Sunday while the launch of weather satellite INSAT-3DR with the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV-MkII) has…
Shimla, Aug 27 (IANS) Three low-intensity earthquake quakes hit Himachal Pradesh on Saturday but there were no reports of damage to life or property, an official told IANS. In Rampur subdivision, all educational institutes were…
Athens, Aug 27 (IANS) A Syrian refugee who is living, working and training in Greece will be one of the two refugees who will compete at the Rio Paralympics in September, forming the Independent Paralympic…
Manila, Aug 27 (IANS) A five-year-old girl has become the youngest reported victim of the war on drugs in the Philippines, a media report said on Saturday. Danica May Garcia was shot to death in…
Rio De Janeiro, Aug 27 (IANS) Rio De Janeiro authorities will distribute free tickets for next month’s Paralympic Games to over 30,000 school children. Under a joint initiative between the state government and the Rio…
Rome, Aug 27 (IANS) A day of national mourning began in Italy on Saturday for the people who died when a powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the mountainous central regions. The official death toll stands at…
Shimla, Aug 27 (IANS) Two mild quakes hit Himachal Pradesh on Saturday morning, authorities said. The first quake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale hit the state at 6.44 a.m. and the second 4.3 magnitude…