Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) Goa Police is monitoring the movement of Kashmiris as well as refugees from the IS-affected regions, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said on Friday. Parsekar also said that intelligence inputs indicated that…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The government is all set to table the amended GST bill in Lok Sabha for passage on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to intervene in the debate. The…
New Delhi/Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Following reports of repeated attacks on an Indian prisoner lodged in a Pakistani jail, the government on Friday said it has reiterated its request to the Pakistan government for consular…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to interfere on the ban on the telecast of controversial BBC documentary “India’s Daughter” on the December 16, 2012 gang rape. A division…
Guwahati, Aug 5 (IANS) The Assam government will deal with the militants involved in Friday’s the attack very sternly, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said and directed the state police to be on high alert in…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) Atanu Das gave India’s Olympic campaign a rousing start with a spirited performance in the ranking round of the men’s individual archery event at the Sambodromo here on Friday….
Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) With the Rajya Sabha passing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu on Friday said the new tax regime will usher in long-term economic benefit,…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) It will take a little time to ascertain the exact number of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia affected by a financial crisis, the government said on Friday. “I think we…
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) The CBI on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet against extradited mafia don Chhota Rajan Nikhalje and another person for the 2011 killing of journalist Jyotirmoy Dey, an official said here. The…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah has called a meeting of Chief Ministers of party-ruled states in New Delhi on August 27 to discuss implementation of central government schemes and strategy on…
Jammu, Aug 5 (IANS) Internet services on mobile phones were again suspended here on Friday to check the spread of rumours in the Jammu region, sources in the administration said. Mobile internet services had been…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal will announce the party’s plans to contest the Gujarat assembly election at a rally in Surat on October 16, party sources said. Aam Aadmi Party leaders…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) India on Friday said Pakistan’s “restrictive approach” in denying visas to Indian journalists to cover a Saarc event in Islamabad went against the sentiment for closer ties between the member…
Dhaka, Aug 5 (IANS) Bangladesh sleuths have zeroed in on five persons who hacked to death two prominent gay rights activists in April this year and are set to arrest them, media reports said on…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The situation in Assam’s Kokrajhar town, where 13 civilians were killed in a terror attack on Friday, is being monitored by the Ministry of Home Affairs in coordination with state…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Congress on Friday attacked the Narendra Modi government for what it said were “insult and ill treatment” meted out to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his two-day trip…
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Short covering along with positive global and domestic cues lifted the Indian equity markets on Friday. Consequently, the key indices closed the day’s trade with substantial gains as healthy buying was…
Ahmedabad, Aug 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday evening announced the name of Vijay Rupani as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat, with senior cabinet minister Nitin Patel as Deputy Chief Minister. The…
Srinagar, Aug 5 (IANS) A civilian was killed and scores were injured in fresh violent protests across Kashmir Valley on Friday despite strict curfew enforced to stop people from holding pro-freedom demonstrations, police and witnesses…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Miffed over the treatment he received in Pakistan, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said India has always tried to be friendly with its reluctant neighbour but “yeh padosi hai…