Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) A Special MCOCA Court on Thursday found 12 accused, including LeT operative and 26/11 plotter Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, guilty and acquitted eight others in the sensational 2006 Aurangabad…
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) Batting for nuclear energy as key to delivering on the Paris Climate Change Summit commitments, former Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar on Thursday expressed optimism over India being included in…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Amanatullah Khan. Khan was arrested on charges of “threatening” a woman.
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) At least four unidentified persons robbed around Rs 80 lakh from two staff members of a rice trader who were returning to their shop after collecting the money from a…
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) Eminent writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi passed away at a city nursing home on Thursday following prolonged illness, an attending doctor said. She was 90. The Ramon Magsaysay winner is…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue of rising prices, saying “the PM talks about everything but price rise”. “Modi government celebrated…
Jamaica, July 28 (IANS) After the drubbing in the first Test, West Indies have added uncapped pacer Alzarri Joseph for the second match against India starting here on Saturday. The hosts were mauled by an…
Lucknow, July 28 (IANS) Tabla maestro Pandit Lacchu Maharaj passed away in Varanasi on Thursday. He was 72. His family members said that he was being treated at a private nursing home where he passed…
Panaji, July 28 (IANS) An Oman Air flight from Muscat to Chennai made an emergency landing at Goa’s Dabolim international airport on Thursday after a woman passenger suffered a cardiac arrest and died. The passenger,…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Amid tension over violence in Kashmir, Home Minister Rajnath Singh is scheduled to travel to Pakistan to attend the Saarc Home/Interior Ministers Conference in August, official sources confirmed on Thursday….
Leh, July 28 (IANS) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has reached Leh in Jammu and Kashmir to spend about a month during which he will take rest and deliver lectures, his aides said on…
By Arul Louis Philadelphia (US), July 28 (IANS) Three leaders from the Indian American community took the stage before the 4,765 national delegates and the national media as the Democratic Party Convention turned the spotlight…
Panaji, July 28 (IANS) Following reports of anti-Goa protests in northern Karnataka over the Mhadei Water tribunal ruling, the Goa government on Thursday suspended bus services to the neighbouring state for two days. Goa’s Transport…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) A remark made by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Thursday upset Leader of Congress party Mallikarjun Kharge, prompting him to say that he never expected such words from her….
Chennai, July 28 (IANS) Banking operations will be impacted across the country on Friday with around 10 lakh bankers of 40 private and state-run banks striking work in protest against the central government’s banking policies,…
Rio de Janeiro, July 28 (IANS) International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said he expected an Olympic Games full of passion and joy. Bach, who arrived here on Wednesday, was greeted by his counterpart…
Rio de Janeiro, July 28 (IANS) Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) executive director for sports Marcus Vinicius Freire is confident that the hosts will be able to enter the top 10 of the medal rankings in…
Paris, July 28 (IANS) French prosecutors on Thursday announced that the second man involved in the killing of an 86-year-old priest in a Normandy church was identified as Abdel Malik Petitjean. The other attacker had…
Ahmedabad, July 28 (IANS) Gujarati writer Amrutlal Makwana has returned a state award he got in protest against the beating of some Dalit youths in the state by cow vigilantes. A Dalit writer, Makwana, 44,…
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) A Special MCOCA Court on Thursday found 12 accused guilty, including Lashkar-e-Taiba operative and 26/11 plotter Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal in the sensational 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. Special…