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…
Rio de Janeiro, July 28 (IANS) Rio de Janeiro is a “vastly different city” to the one that won the right to host the Olympic Games in 2009, mayor Eduardo Paes has said. With just…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Thousands of autorickshaws returned to the roads on Thursday amid a continuing strike by some unions, but passengers complained that those still on strike forced them out of the plying…
Rio de Janeiro, July 28 (IANS) International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said problems facing the Rio Olympics are not unique to these Games and he is confident that Rio will solve all of…
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Indian equity markets traded in the green on Thursday supported by increased chances of the GST (Goods and Services Tax) Bill clearing parliament during its ongoing monsoon session and a firm…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The opposition Congress, Samajwadi Party and Trinamool Congress on Thursday raised in the Lok Sabha the incursion by Chinese troops along the Uttarakhand border earlier this month. Jyotiraditya Scindia of…