Chandigarh, Sep 2 (IANS) Terming former BJP parliamentarian Navjot Singh Sidhu’s new political front ‘Awaaz-e-Punjab’ as comprising of ‘disgruntled’ leaders, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday said it would hardly have any impact…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it is “unfortunate” that any developmental work is invariably linked to polls and strongly pitched for three-tier simultaneous polls for parliament, state assemblies…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday defended the practice of triple talaq and polygamy, professing that polygamy is a social need and a blessing and not…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Works of masters like S.H. Raza, K.G. Subramanyan, F.N. Souza, Tyeb Mehta and M.F. Husain, among others, will go under the hammer here on Saturday. Organised by Art Deal auction…
Srinagar, Sep 2 (IANS) Over 50 people were injured in clashes between stone-pelting mobs and security forces in the Kashmir Valley on Friday even as strict curfew was imposed to foil separatist-called protest rallies, police…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed an investigation report in a coal block allocation case involving former Congress MP and industrialist Naveen Jindal, ex-Minister of State for…
Colombo, Sep 2 (IANS) Hundreds of relatives of those missing during and after Sri Lanka’s 30-year-long civil conflict on Friday urged UN Chief Ban Ki-moon to launch an international probe to find their whereabouts. The…
Chennai, Sep 2 (IANS) Declaring that the continuous decline in Indian exports since last year had finally been arrested, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said growth in exports will now be slow and steady….
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Reaffirming their resolve to strengthen cooperation in combating terrorism at all levels, India and Egypt on Friday strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. The two countries, in…
Dhaka, Sep 2 (IANS) Bangladesh war criminal and death row convict Mir Quasem Ali has decided not to seek presidential clemency, the last option to avoid the gallows. The 63-year-old Jamaat-e-Islami leader and business tycoon…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Arvind Kejriwal government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it was withdrawing its suit seeking declaration of Delhi as a state because it had already filed six petitions…
Rajgir, Sep 2 (IANS) Private donors from Thailand gave $27,000 for the School of Buddhist Studies, Philosophy and Comparative Religions at Nalanda University, a varsity official said on Friday. “On August 27, 2016, the Thai…
Chennai, Sep 2 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the fall in exports has been arrested and 12 sectors have logged export growth in value terms. Speaking at the Regional…
Jaipur, Sep 2 (IANS) The Rajasthan Assembly on Friday unanimously ratified the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Constitution (122nd) Amendment Bill 2016 here. The resolution in support of the bill was moved by Urban Development…
Aizawl, Sep 2 (IANS) The nation-wide shutdown called by 10 central trade unions on Friday to protest the NDA government’s “anti-labour” policies evoked no response in Congress-ruled Mizoram. Markets, business establishments, banks and financial institutions,…
Kolkata, Sep 2 (IANS) Train and flight services were unaffected, vehicles plied on the streets but fewer people ventured out and many shops remained closed as the general strike called by the central trade unions…
Patna, Sep 2 (IANS) The flood-hit people of Bihar’s Bhagalpur district on Friday pasted posters of their local Lok Sabha MP as “Missing” and announced a reward of Rs 500 in cash to those who…
Chandigarh, Sep 2 (IANS) Former BJP parliamentarian Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday floated a new political front ‘Awaaz-e-Punjab’ online – putting an end to all speculation of his joining the Aam Aadmi Party. Hockey Olympian…
Gurgaon, Sep 2 (IANS) Gurgaon gangster Sandeep Gadoli, who was allegedly killed in a staged gun fight by Haryana Police crime branch team in Mumbai on February 7, was cremated on Friday in his native…
Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that for the benefits of growth to percolate down to the last man, especially minorities, it is important that the growth rate is high…