Jammu, Aug 22 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said a handful of people opposed to peace were inciting youth to violence in the Kashmir Valley. She said she was unable…
Lucknow, Aug 22 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati received yet another jolt on Monday when her trusted lieutenant Brajesh Pathak, who spearheaded the assimilation of Brahmins in the party fold, joined the Bharatiya…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reviewed the progress of key infrastructure sectors, an official statement said. The statement said in course of the presentation made by NITI Aayog, it…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Monday moved the Delhi High Court seeking to quash the FIR in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) Basin case, claiming that the Delhi government has no power…
Budapest, Aug 22 (IANS) Severed pigs’ heads should be hung along Hungary’s border to deter Muslim refugees and migrants from entering the country, an MEP has suggested. Gyorgy Schopflin, a member of the right-wing government…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said the stay of Gujarat High Court verdict quashing 10 per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections (EWS) will continue but no admission or…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) A court here on Monday awarded death penalty to Ravi Kapoor and Amit Shukla for kidnapping and killing Jigisha Ghosh in 2009, saying the magnitude and brutality of the crime…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Welcoming the appointment of RBI Deputy Governor Urjit R. Patel as the next Governor of the central bank, the government on Monday said that he should be able to contain…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told Jammu and Kashmir opposition parties that “there has to be a dialogue” to end the weeks-long unrest in the valley but any solution…
Hyderabad, Aug 22 (IANS) Rio Olympics silver medalist P.V. Sindhu, who returned home Monday to a rousing reception, said she believed in herself and did not think of medals. The star shuttler who created history…
Islamabad, Aug 22 (IANS) Pakistan police on Monday registered five cases against three separatist Baloch leaders for allegedly supporting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statements on Balochistan, media reports said. The cases were registered against…
Mumbai, Aug 22 (IANS) Reliance Infrastructure, a part of the Anil Ambani-led group, on Monday said it has concluded a 100-per cent sale of its cement company to Birla Corp. The deal values the company’s…
Mumbai, Aug 22 (IANS) Indian equity markets were suppressed by negative global cues and a weak rupee on Monday. Consequently, both the key equity indices closed the day’s trade in the red, as heavy selling…
Panaji, Aug 22 (IANS) India is making all efforts to ensure friendly relations with neighbouring countries, but some countries like Pakistan and China have “sin” in their minds, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) working committee, headed by its President, Anurag Thakur, on Monday decided to bring the daily allowance of the women’s and under-19…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) India has sought the release of 39 Indians abducted in Iraq while expressing support for “unity and territorial integrity of Iraq”, the External Affairs Ministry said on Monday. Minister of…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Congress on Monday questioned the “contradictory policy” of the government on Jammu and Kashmir and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley were “not on…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Demanding that the central government put an immediate ban on the import of “killer Chinese manjha” (kite string), Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday targetted the Prime Minister,…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Sports Ministry on Monday announced that Rio Olympics medallists — shuttler P.V. Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik — will receive the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award along with…
Guwahati, Aug 22 (IANS) The anti-talk faction of Ulfa militants on Monday released video footage of a youth abducted from Assam and demanded a ransom of Rs 1 crore. They released a video showing Kuldip…