Stanlow, Aug 9 (IANS) Essar Oil (UK) on Tuesday announced that it has signed its first agreement for the direct supply of aviation fuel to Emirates airline at Manchester Airport. Essar Oil UK owns and…
By Iboyaima Laithangbam Imphal, Aug 9 (IANS) Manipuri activist Irom Sharmila, who has been an international icon for her crusade against the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), on Tuesday ended her 16-year-long fast…
Alirajpur (Madhya Pradesh), Aug 9 (IANS) A day after Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti urged New Delhi to take up the peace process that Atal Bihari Vajpayee started, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 9 (IANS) Indian archer Atanu Das entered the men’s individual pre-quarterfinals beating Nepal’s Jitbahadur Muktan 88-76 at the Rio Olympics here on Tuesday. Das began on a booming note, winning the…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, which the opposition opposed on the technical ground that the draft bill was not circulated among the…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday put on hold contempt proceedings against two senior Jammu and Kashmir Police officials for not registering an FIR against a Deputy Superintendent of Police for…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday said the government has fixed April 1, 2017, for the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Communist Party of India-Marxist General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Tuesday that his statement on Dalits sounded like a movie dialogue, adding…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Miffed with his BJP MPs for not taking his directives “seriously”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked them to put in efforts to make the Tiranga Yatra a success…
St. Lucia, Aug 9 (IANS) West Indies won the toss and elected to field in the third Test against India at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Both the teams have made changes…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s wife Pratibha Singh was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for nearly six hours on Tuesday in a money laundering case. The ED found…
Dhaka, Aug 9 (IANS) Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla is to call on Bangladesh opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in what will be their first meeting here. Syrul Kabir…
Patna, Aug 9 (IANS) Angry over the suspension of 11 SHOs on charges of failing to enforce the liquor ban, the Bihar Police Association has warned of mass leave by its members if the suspension…
Srinagar, Aug 9 (IANS) Mobs attacked security forces with stones in three districts of the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday but there was no major injury to anyone in the clashes, officials said. Police said that…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill that seeks to amend four laws that, among other matters, seek to empower banks to take possession of collateral in the case…
Kolkata, Aug 9 (IANS) With one more confirmed death due to dengue, the death toll due to the outbreak of the disease in West Bengal has gone up to 14, a state Health Department official…
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday cautioned the general public against emails that claim to provide monetary rewards from the central bank on the pretext of phony…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday said an all-party delegation should be sent to Jammu and Kashmir soon after the session ends on Friday. His demand came…
Lucknow, Aug 9 (IANS) A woman and her minor daughter who were gang raped at Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh identified on Tuesday the three persons arrested from Meerut. The three include Salim Bawaria, the kingpin…
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused a plea urging it to call for a detailed status report from the Uttarakand Police of its investigation into alleged leakage of the NEET-II…