Kolhapur (Maharashtra), Aug 1 (IANS) Marriages may be made in heaven, but this one was sanctified “hanging” mid-air — over a 600-feet deep valley! Jaideep Jadhav, 30, a mountaineer and pharma marketer, and his bride…
Lucknow, Aug 1 (IANS) Charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act were added against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leaders in the case registered by the mother and the wife of former…
Mysuru (Karnataka), Aug 1 (ANS) Thousands of people on Monday bid farewell to Rakesh, elder son of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah who died in Brussels last week, at the exhibition ground in the city, about…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1 (IANS) Hundreds of Keralites in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and elsewhere in the Middle East are facing a livelihood crisis brought about by unpaid salaries and benefits and non-renewal of their work permits….
Islamabad, Aug 1 (IANS) Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs here on Monday kicked off a three-day conference of its envoys based in various countries, including India. The meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz…
Chennai, Aug 1 (IANS) Ruling AIADMK General Secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday dismissed the party’s Rajya Sabha member L. Sasikala Pushpa from the party after the latter slapped a DMK…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 1 (IANS) Three years after being told his career was over, ace Indian shooter Prakash Nanjappa will be vying for a gold medal at the Rio Olympics, starting August 5. Nanjappa’s…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The government on Monday sought parliament’s nod for additional spending of Rs 1.03 lakh crore, though the cash outgo will only be Rs 20,948.26 crore. “Approval of parliament is sought…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The BJP on Monday issued a whip to its Rajya Sabha members to be present in the House for the next three days, sources said. The whip has been issued…
Kingston, Aug 1 (IANS) Promising opener Lokesh Rahul, whose career best 158 put India in the driver’s seat in the second Test against the West Indies, reckoned that the double paced nature of the wicket…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 1 (IANS) Rio de Janeiro is ready to host “great” Summer Olympic Games despite any last-minute problems that might occur, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said. The IOC Executive…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The government is making all efforts to bring back the 10,000 Indian workers rendered jobless in Saudi Arabia and is also providing them food in camps, External Affairs Minister Sushma…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) AIADMK Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa said on Monday she was facing a “life threat” and that she was being “compelled to resign”. Sasikala, who hit the headlines for slapping…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav on Monday said the system of hiring contract labour was bypassing the laws and the workers were left without any protection. Yadav, raising the issue…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) In a breather for BJP President Amit Shah, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea by social activist and former bureaucrat Harsh Mander challenging his discharge in the alleged…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi should speak on atrocities on Dalits, Kashmir, farmers suicides and dal prices in his forthcoming Independence Day speech, Delhi Chief Minster Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday….
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) A woman and her two sleeping children were crushed to death in a roof collapse in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area on Monday, fire officials said. The deceased have been…
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed six former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh to vacate within two months the accommodation provided to them by the state government. A bench headed…
Kabul, Aug 1 (IANS) One police official and three militants were killed on Monday in a gunfight that erupted after a massive truck bomb struck a guesthouse housing foreigners in Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul….
Houston, Aug 1 (IANS) The hot air balloon that crashed in US’ Texas state hit power lines before the accident, federal investigators announced. There was evidence that part of the balloon hit the electrical lines…