Bengaluru, Aug 19 (IANS) The police on Friday caned about 100 Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists and took 40 of them into preventive custody for attempting to barge into Amnesty International India office here…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday deferred till August 29 the hearing on the clarifications of 21 Aam Aadmi Party legislators on their appointment as Parliamentary Secretaries by…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Indian Railways on Friday said it has entered into an agreement with Maharaja Sayajirao (MS) University, based in Vadodara, for enabling its probationary officers to pursue management education. According to…
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Friday extended the interim stay on the West Bengal government ordered probe into the Narada sting operation in which several leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Domestic air passenger traffic increased by 25.82 per cent during July to 85.08 lakh, budget carrier SpiceJet leading the flock with over 90 per cent capacity utilisation, official data showed…
Jammu, Aug 19 (IANS) Lieutenant General D.S. Hooda, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) of the Army’s Northern Command, on Friday said the army will soon resume anti-militancy operations in south Kashmir areas that were suspended due…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) After Turkey requested India to take action against oganisations and educational institutions in India which are affiliated to Fethullah Gulen, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday briefed External Affairs…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Nearly 75 per cent of dispensaries, 60 per cent of hospitals and 80 per cent of doctors are located in urban areas, serving only 28 per cent of the Indian…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Congress on Friday demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remark that BJP leaders suffered more after Independence “than what Congress did under the British”, saying…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday paid floral tributes to former President Shankar Dayal Sharma on the occasion of his birth anniversary. “The President, family members of Shankar Dayal Sharma, officers…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) India has formally requested UN agency World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to open an office in the country and is ready to offer premises free of cost for this purpose,…
Satara (Maharashtra), Aug 19 (IANS) Self-confessed killer medico Santosh Pol on Friday revealed that the body of the sixth victim — Vanita N. Gaikwad — was also buried in his poultry farmhouse complex and not…
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) Bengali TV actress Madhumita Chakraborty on Friday approached the police seeking action against certain Bangladeshi portals for circulating news that claimed she was arrested in Goa for being involved in a…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 19 (IANS) Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja has sought a probe into an incident where surgeons at a hospital allegedly forgot a surgical instrument in the abdominal cavity of a woman during a…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) leader Kanhaiya Kumar and two others on Friday moved applications for regular bail before a Delhi court, which will be heard on Saturday. The…
Ghaziabad/New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma on Friday apologised for the threashing his personal staff gave to a society watchman in Ghaziabad where he had gone to visit his sister on…
Jaipur: Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan perform at the `Music in The Park` organised by the Department of Tourism in Jaipur, on Feb 13, 2016. (Photo: Ravi Shankar Vyas/IANS) By Subhash K. Jha New Delhi,…
Jammu, Aug 19 (IANS) The Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Friday called for a voluntary shutdown on August 20 in Jammu to protest against what it dubbed “anti-national elements destroying peace and harmony…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 19 (IANS) Malaysian Lee Chong Wei scripted history by defeating two-time reigning Olympics champion Lin Dan of China 15-21, 21-11, 22-20 in the semi-finals of the men’s singles event of Badminton…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The government on Friday announced that a team would be set up to advise on how to further improve India’a ranking in the global index of countries in the sphere…