Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the “alleged conspiracy” against Narsingh Yadav, which led to a four-year ban…
Bhopal, Aug 21 (IANS) The widespread devastation in Madhya Pradesh following heavy rains can be traced to the loot of natural resources and ecocidal model of development, ‘Waterman’ Rajendra Singh said on Sunday. “The loot…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Gujarat Congress leaders on Sunday submitted a memorandum to President Pranab Mukherjee highlighting “atrocities” against Dalits in the state, and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “having the time to…
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) The appointment of Urjit Patel, as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), effective from September 4, has naturally raised expectation among those who were critical of outgoing Governor Raghuram…
Kathmandu, Aug 21 (IANS) Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” will leave here on September 15 for a three-day visit to India during which an agreement on a major project is likely to be…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) A delegation of opposition lawmakers from Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi here and discussed ways and means to contain the prevailing unrest in the…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 21 (IANS) Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt lost his men’s freestyle 65 kg qualification match 0-3 against Mongolia’s Mandakhnaran Ganzorig at the Rio Olympics here on Sunday. Yogeshwar, the 2012 Olympics bronze…
Baghdad, Aug 21 (IANS) Iraqi authorities on Sunday executed 36 insurgents of the Islamic State (IS) militant group held guilty of the 2014 Camp Speicher massacre in which close to 1,700 air force cadets were…
Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) The Border Security Force has recovered four kg heroin along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Amritsar sector, an official said on Sunday. The heroin, which is valued at Rs 20 crore…
Chennai, Aug 21 (IANS) Global credit rating agencies on Sunday welcomed the appointment of Urjit Patel as the next Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and hoped for continuity of the existing monetary policies….
Dhaka, Aug 21 (IANS) Five people were killed and more than 50 others injured when the roof of a jute factory collapsed in Bangladesh’s central Faridpur district on Sunday afternoon, police said. “The roof of…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) India’s information technology hub Bengaluru is host to the largest number of technology-driven start-ups, followed by the National Capital Region (NCR) and Mumbai while Hyderabad and Chennai have also become…
Aizawl, Aug 21 (IANS) First dengue case has been detected in Mizoram. The infected person arrived in Aizawl from Kolkata, an official said here on Sunday. “A dengue screening centre was set up at the…
Mogadishu, Aug 21 (IANS) At least 15 persons were killed when two suicide car bombers detonated themselves in Somalia’s Galkayo town on Sunday, the police said. “Two car bomb blasts targeted the local government headquarters,”…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) At least five persons, who were wanted in several criminal cases, were arrested here on Sunday morning following a shootout with the police, an official said. A Delhi Police constable…
Dhaka, Aug 21 (IANS) At least 12 persons were trapped when a fire broke out at the Bashundhara City shopping mall here on Sunday, authorities said. They were stranded on the rooftop of the building…
Ankara, Aug 21 (IANS) At least 50 people were killed and over 90 others injured in an explosion at a wedding in the Turkish city of Gaziantep, the media reported on Sunday. At least 17…
Bhopal, Aug 21 (IANS) With several days of continuous downpour in the Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh, about 100 villages in Rewa and Satna district have been devastated by floods, officials said on Sunday. They…
Dhaka, Aug 21 (IANS) At least five persons were killed and a score others injured after a jute factory collapsed in Bangladesh on Sunday, the police said. The factory was located in Faridpur district, around…
Jakarta, Aug 21 (IANS) At least 10 persons were killed, two injured and five went missing when a boat capsized in western Indonesia on Sunday, navy spokesman said. The boat carried 17 persons and overturned…