New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) BJP MP Udit Raj on Sunday hit out at the alleged “protectors of the Hindu religion” and “proponents of nationalism” over the recent spate of attacks on Dalits, asking if…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Another AAP legislator, Sharad Chauhan, was arrested along with five others here on Sunday in connection with the suicide of a woman party worker, prompting an angry outburst by Delhi’s…
Srinagar, July 31 (IANS) No major incident of violence occurred anywhere in the Kashmir Valley Sunday as over 10,000 candidates sat for the common entrance test (CET) for selection to medical course in various colleges…
Chennai, July 31 (IANS) There is no stepping down of search operations for the missing AN-32 plane belonging to Indian Air Force with 29 people on board on July 22 despite no signs of debris…
Ahmedabad, July 31 (IANS) A Dalit youth, who had attempted to commit suicide to protest against beating of four from the community for skinning of carcasses by cow vigilantes, died here on Sunday, officials said….
Srinagar, July 31 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday expressed unhappiness over Prime Minister Narendra Modi not mentioning unrest in the valley in his monthly radio address “Mann Ki Baat”. “How…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Amid the recent fluctuation in global oil prices, state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) cut the price of transport fuels on Sunday effective from midnight, of petrol by Rs 1.42 a…
Shimla, July 31 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government has catalogued over one lakh manuscripts as part of the National Manuscript Mission Yojna which aims to preserve old languages and dialects, an official said on Sunday….
By Vikas Datta Title: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two; Authors: J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne; Publisher: Little, Brown/Hachette India; Pages: 348; Price: Rs 899 “The scar had not…
Tokyo, July 31 (IANS) Former Japanese Defence Minister Yuriko Koike will be the first woman governor of Tokyo, exit polls projected on Sunday. Japanese media forecast Koike as winning the polls after which one of…
Ahmedabad, July 31 (IANS) Gujarat Dalit leaders on Sunday asked the government to give them firearms in view of atrocities by Hindu activists as thousands of Dalits pledged not to lift carcasses from the streets….
Jammu, July 31 (IANS) Two soldiers were killed on Sunday when they accidentally stepped on a mine near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kargil sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region, an army official…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, July 31 (IANS) The Railways will invest Rs 7,000 crore in the current fiscal (2016-17) to develop its network in the seven northeastern states, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Sunday….
Bengaluru, July 31 (IANS) The mortal remains of Rakesh Siddaramaiah, elder son of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, will be flown on Monday to Mysuru from Belgium, an official said on Sunday. “The cortege with the…
Bhubaneswar, July 31 (IANS) Odisha is likely to experience heavy rainfall and thunder showers coupled with gusty surface winds in the next 24 hours due to a low pressure area formed over the Bay of…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) The CPI-M on Sunday urged the government to immediately start a dialogue to end the Jammu and Kashmir strife and this must include talks with Pakistan. “Dialogue needs to be…
Srinagar, July 31 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was on Sunday greeted with anti-India slogans when she visited a common entrance test (CET) centre here. Parents waiting outside the Government Women’s College…
Agartala, July 31 (IANS) The 67 years old popular agitation for railway services to Tripura finally culminated in Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday flagging off the Agartala-Delhi passenger train services on the newly laid…
Colombo, July 31 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s “Joint Opposition”, staunch supporters of former President Mahinda Rajapakse, on Sunday said it will defeat President Maithripala Sirisena’s government in the coming months and form a new regime. Joint…
Mogadishu, July 31 (IANS) At least five people were killed and several injured on Sunday in twin car bomb blasts in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu. Police said the blasts hit the gate of the Criminal Investigation…