Mumbai/Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) The first woman Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Manjula Chellur, will be the new Chief Justice of Bombay High Court, according to an official announcement on Thursday. She will become…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) India’s P.V. Sindhu thrashed Hungarian Laura Sarosi 21-8, 21-9 in straight games in a Group M match of women’s singles badminton at the Rio Olympics here on Thursday. The…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The government on Thursday said national passenger carrier Air India will be inducting Airbus A320 aircraft into its fleet. According to Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha, Air…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) India’s men’s hockey team was on Thursday beaten by the Netherlands 1-2 for its second loss in four Pool B games but with yet another group match to go,…
Islamabad, Aug 11 (IANS) In an apparent reference to India, Pakistan on Thursday said involvement of “foreign elements” can not be ruled out in the deadly suicide bombing in Quetta this week in which 74…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) India on Thursday appreciated Saudi Arabia’s prompt action to provide relief to Indian workers who were retrenched by a Saudi Arabian company. “We appreciate the magnanimous view taken by the…
Photo by stocknewsusa Washington, Aug 11 (IANS) Malia Obama, the elder daughter of US President Barack Obama, has been spotted smoking what some suspect to be a cannabis joint. The 18-year-old, who is set to…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The government on Thursday said it has imposed minimum import prices (MIP) and anti-dumping duty on steel products to protect the domestic industry. According to Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh,…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 11 (IANS) Indian boxer Shiva Thapa was beaten by Cuba’s Robeisy Ramirez 0-3 in his men’s Bantam weight (56kg) category at the Rio Olympics here on Thursday. Shiva was on the…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) A 40-year-old school teacher of an MCD school has been booked for allegedly sexually molesting a class V girl in outer Delhi’s Kirari area, police said on Thursday. A senior…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Raising objections to involvement of private players in the company formed to manage the accounting and collection of GST, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has written to the Prime Minister to…
Karachi, Aug 11 (IANS) Social media was flooded with tributes to legendary Pakistan batsman Hanif Mohammad (81), who passed away at a hospital here on Thursday. The legend suffered from lung cancer for which he…
Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) will add 5 lakh tonnes annual capacity of bottling plants in West Bengal in the next three years catering to the demand for LPG cylinders under…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has asked the External Affairs Ministry to provide consular access to arrested Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Bahadur Ali, an official said on Thursday. This comes following Ali’s…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Acting to make citizens more responsive to accident victims after passers-by let a 32-year old man bleed to death, the Delhi government on Thursday announced that it will bring a…
Srinagar, Aug 11 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday asked Muslim preachers in the restive valley not to make “provocative speeches” after Friday prayers because these are being exploited by some “vested interests”. In…
Islamabad, Aug 11 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday expressed its concerns over continuing violence in Jammu and Kashmir and urged the international community to check the “brutalities” in the Valley. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakariya…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 11 (IANS) Romanian Gabriel Marian, arrested for stealing money through electronic tampering of a SBI ATM here, was interrogated on Thursday after being flown in from Mumbai. Kerala Police officials accompanied him on…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday urged against politicising the issue of atrocities on Dalits and said society must take it as a challenge to bring an end to such…
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) A six-day event to celebrate Independence Day will begin from August 12 at Rajpath Lawns near India Gate here. The event, ‘Bharat Parv’, will showcase handicrafts, folk items and cuisines…