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…
Chandigarh, Aug 8 (IANS) Demanding speedy investigations into the murderous attack on their senior leader, RSS functionaries on Monday met Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and expressed…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Deaths of cows due to alleged negligence at a cow shelter in Rajasthan was raised in the Rajya Sabha on Monday by Congress MP Pramod Tiwari, who urged the Centre…
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Turkey on Monday demanded that the Maharashtra government and Indian agencies act against the networks of the Fethullah Gulen movement here. Turkish Consul-General in Mumbai Erdal Sabri Ergen told mediapersons that…
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Positive global cues, along with hopes of parliamentary approval for a major economic legislation and higher crude oil prices, buoyed the Indian equity markets on Monday. Both the key indices closed…
Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Monday ordered special combing operations after a powerful explosion in a Quetta hospital left at least 63 people dead. Gen Sharif told intelligence agencies…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Shooter Abhinav Bindra finished seventh to qualify for the 10 metre Air Rifle quarter-finals of the 31st Rio Olympics while it was heartbreak for Gagan Narang who finished a…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Goods and Services Tax Bill was a “very big and important step” towards getting the country rid of “tax terrorism”. Participating…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate talks on resolving the Kashmir problem and heal wounds of the people of the…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday bluntly asked BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on why their party had opposed the GST Bill when the…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, Aug 8 (IANS) Gymnast Dipa Karmakar’s family in Tripura is overjoyed at her reaching the Olympic final, the first Indian woman ever to do so, and are praying for her victory….