Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) Jadavpur University will form a committee to investigate sexual harassment allegations by 13 varsity students against a professor’s son, an official said on Wednesday. The allegations have been made against Ekalavya…
Damascus, July 27 (IANS) At least 31 people were killed and over 100 injured when twin bombings rocked the predominantly-Kurdish city of Qamishli in Syria on Wednesday, the media reported. One of the blasts was…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday to amend the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 to enable the leader of the single largest oppposition party in the…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday sarcastically asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get his Transport Minister Satyendar Jain arrested after a senior officer complained against the minister. Referring…
Panaji, July 27 (IANS) The government is probing the allotment of liquor licences to foreign nationals in Goa, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the assembly on Wednesday, adding that a new excise law is in…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Congress Member of Parliament Ranjeet Ranjan on Wednesday demanded a CBI probe into the entire case of wrestler Narsingh Yadav, who had flunked a dope test, jeopardising India’s chance of…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused the BJP of sponsoring the auto and taxi strike in the national capital saying its “goons” were forcibly stopping autos and taxis…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The beating up of two Muslim women in Madhya Pradesh on beef rumors was raised by Mayawati in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, with the BSP leader slamming the government over…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry on Wednesday announced its second Android-based smartphone DTEK50 that combines BlackBerry’s security, privacy and productivity with the Android 6.0 Marshmallow experience. The $299 smartphone is now…
Jammu, July 27 (IANS) At least two children were washed away by flash floods in Jammu on Wednesday. “The bodies of two children who were washed away in flash floods in Janipur area, have been…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Sports Minister Vijay Goel on Wednesday said that no player in the Olympics squad can be substituted if he or she has been suspended by an anti-doping panel. “I don’t…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tribute to former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on his first death anniversary, saying that his death has created an “irreplaceable” void. “It’s been…
Lucknow, July 27 (IANS) A flood alert has been sounded in the Uttar Pradesh districts which border Nepal after rains pounded the Himalayan country in the past 48-hours, an official said on Wednesday. Following the…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) New British Prime Minister Theresa May has reaffirmed Britain’s strong bilateral ties with India following her country’s exit from the European Union (EU), the External Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday….
Chandigarh, July 27 (IANS) Delhi Aam Aadmi Party legislator Naresh Yadav was on Wednesday sent to judicial custody till August 1 by a Punjab court in connection with a Quran sacrilege incident last month. Yadav,…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated British Prime Minister Theresa May on the assumption of new responsibility, an official statement said on Wednesday. “In the telephonic conversation Modi (on Tuesday)…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The officials of the Income Tax department on Wednesday morning conducted a raid at AAP legislator Kartar Singh Tanwar’s residence in south Delhi, a party leader said. “Just in: Income…
New York, July 27 (IANS) Although it added three million users — one million more that what analysts had expected — the not-so-promising second quarter earnings results led to the shares of micro-blogging website Twitter…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) It was a cloudy Wednesday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26.8 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the season, the weather office said. “It would be…
Philadelphia, July 27 (IANS) Democrats has made Hillary Clinton the first female presidential nominee of a major party in the US history, after former President Bill Clinton endorsed his wife, saying she was a “change-maker”…