Bengaluru, Aug 17 (IANS) Akhila Bharatiya Vidharthi Parishad (ABVP) activists continued their protests across Karnataka on Wednesday, stepping up pressure on the state government to arrest Amnesty International India’s representatives and those who raised anti-India…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising the issue of human rights violations in Balochistan during his Independence Day speech cannot be seen as interference in Pakistan’s internal affairs, sources here said…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Aug 17 (IANS) UN Human Rights head Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday expressed regret that his officials were not being allowed into the Kashmir Valley or into the part…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Wife of Union Minister of State for External Affairs General (retd) V.K. Singh has filed a complaint against one person for allegedly blackmailing her and demanding Rs 2 crore as…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) It turned out to be another day of heartbreaks for India at the Rio Olympics with wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s victory march halted by a freak injury and Sakshi Malik…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who had undergone a surgery to fix a dislocated shoulder earlier this month, visited the Ganga Ram Hospital here on Wednesday for a routine check up…
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Aug 17 (IANS) Four Maoist guerrillas were killed in a gunfight with police in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, police said. Two of the deceased Maoists were identified as platoon commander Markam…
Srinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) For the first time since the current unrest started in the Kashmir Valley on July 9, authorities on Wednesday imposed night curfew in Srinagar district. A senior police officer told IANS…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that in the current year no new liquor shop with government license would be opened in the national capital. Communicating the Delhi…
Srinagar, Aug 17 (IANS) A meeting of mainstream opposition parties on Wednesday expressed disappointment at the response of the central and the state governments to the prevailing law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir…
Jammu, Aug 17 (IANS) Amid the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley, Indian Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh on Wednesday reviewed the security situation in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir along with senior…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to start a dialogue with the Kashmiris to ensure peace in the Valley before talking about other things like “Balochistan”. “The…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) Women wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Vinesh Phogat lost their respective quarter-final bouts in contrasting fashion to dent India’s medal chances in the category at the Rio Olympics here on…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Hitting out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the deaths in Bihar’s Gopalganj district due to consumption of spurious liquor, the BJP on Wednesday accused his government of covering…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party government on Wednesday approved the revision of minimum wages by about 50 per cent in the national capital but the ruling party’s traders’ wing voiced unhappiness…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) State-run Rural Electrification Corp (REC) on Wednesday sent a show cause notice to the Uttar Pradesh government-run utility Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd (DVVNL) on the status of Nagla Fatela…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 17 (IANS) India’s Sakshi Malik lost 2-9 to Russia’s Valeria Koblova in the women’s Freestyle 58kg category quarter-final at the Rio Olympics here on Wednesday. Sakshi, who trailed 0-1 after the…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the Gujarat government two weeks to respond to rights activist Teesta Setalvad’s plea challenging the freezing of her and her husband’s bank accounts and…
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) As the Congress prepares to launch its second phase of campaigning for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections from August 21, the party is clear about not engaging in a pre-poll…
By Anand Singh New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) Senior BJP leader Jagdish Mukhi, who has been appointed Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, says Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has “self created problems” as…