New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Mahindra Group firm Mahindra Intertrade on Monday entered into a joint venture agreement with state-owned MSTC to set up India’s first greenfield auto shredding and recycling facility. “India does not…
Quetta, Aug 8 (IANS) A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded hospital here on Monday killing 70 people and injuring over 100 in one of the worst terror attacks in Pakistan this year,…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill will go a long way in helping states, support small entrepreneurs and also curb the menace…
Lucknow, Aug 8 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court on Monday sought a report from the Bulandshahr SSP on the gang rape of a woman and her minor daughter last month and asked the state government…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed, by voice vote, the Mental Health Care Bill, 2013 that seeks to provide better medical care to mentally-ill besides ensuring their basic rights. The…
Srinagar, Aug 8 (IANS) Government-enforced curfew and separatist-called shutdown continued for an unprecedented 31st day on Monday in the Kashmir Valley as the death toll in the month-long unrest mounted to 56 after an injured…
Jammu, Aug 8 (IANS) After remaining suspended due to closure of Jammu-Srinagar national highway for a day, the Amarnath Yatra was resumed on Monday as another batch of 277 pilgrims left Jammu for Kashmir. “Another…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The demand for reducing the indirect taxes and hiking direct taxes is not practical, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in the Lok Sabha on Monday. “There is a demand…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Parliament on Monday passed the historic GST Bill with the Lok Sabha adopting the legislation, which was last week passed by the Rajya Sabha. The bill was passed by two-third…
Imphal, Aug 8 (IANS) Two Border Security Force troopers were wounded in a powerful bomb blast detonated using a remote control device at Changubung village in Senapati district, adjacent to Nagaland, on Monday. The injured…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Indian archer Laxmirani Majhi bowed out of the women’s individual event beaten 101-108 by Slovakian Alexandra Longova at the Rio Olympics here on Monday. Laxmirani trailed for the very…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday pitched for peace talks to solve the Kashmir problem and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to step in to heal wounds of the people…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it will not arrest Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s wife Pratibha Singh when she joins the ongoing…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) CPI-M leader Brinda Karat on Monday denounced the “barbarous atrocities” committed on Kashmiri youths by security forces after visiting a 14-year-old Kashmiri girl blinded by pellets. Karat visited Insha at…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hit out at the Congress, saying the 18 per cent cap on Goods and Services Tax (GST) was suggested by the party when the…
Chandigarh, Aug 8 (IANS) Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh left his interaction with the public midway on Monday to protest at a police station in Bathinda district after an elderly Congress worker alleged that he…
Guwahati, Aug 8 (IANS) The Assam assembly witnessed noisy scenes on Monday on the issue of illegal Bangladeshi migrants and the recent terror attack in Kokrajhar district that left 14 civilians dead and 20 injured….
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) India’s next round of spectrum auction is set to begin on September 29, Telecom Secretary J.S. Deepak announced here on Monday in what the government hopes will be the largest-ever…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Shooter Abhinav Bindra finished seventh to qualify for the 10 metre Air Rifle quarter-finals at the Rio Olympics while it was heartbreak for Gagan Narang who finished a lowly…
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) It’s the same old story of rain, waterlogged streets and traffic snarls, as life was thrown out of gear in the city following heavy monsoon showers on Monday evening. The off-and-on…