Hyderabad, July 25 (IANS) Concerned over increasing number of accidents involving drunk drivers, police in Hyderabad and Cyberabad commissionerates are mulling to introduce “designated driver” concept. Under this system, those attending night out parties or…
Ansbach (Germany), July 25 (IANS) The Syrian man who blew himself up in Germany’s Ansbach city, had in a video found on his cell phone threatened to attack the country in the name of Islam,…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhusan Sharan Singh on Monday backed dope-tainted grappler Narsingh Yadav, claiming that he was framed, while the central government opted to wait for…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday set up a nine-member panel dominated by the BJP to probe the alleged breach of Parliament security by AAP’s Bhagwant Mann and “advised”…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said due to “lack of timely rain”, there will be a drop in the production of coffee even as she maintained that consumption…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) With more dangerous and complicated security challenges coming up, India on Monday called for better training of UN peacekeeping forces. âAs a leading Troop Contributing Country (TCC), India has searched…
Srinagar, July 25 (IANS) Dozens were injured in fresh protests in the Kashmir Valley on Monday as people defied curfew to march to Anantnag in a more volatile region in response to a call by…
Moscow, July 25 (IANS) The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) on Monday admitted that eight members of the Olympic team had a doping history. “According to available data, as of now it is eight athletes,” ROC’s…
New Delhi/Islamabad, July 25 (IANS) The government on Monday directed its officials in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad to send their wards outside Pakistan for their education, a move Pakistan described an âinternal, administrative…
Srinagar, July 25 (IANS) Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag on Monday paid rich tributes to the martyrs of the 1999 Kargil War with Pakistan. “General Dalbir Singh, Chief of the Army Staff, paid…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hold on October 18 the final hearing on a plea by the Delhi government and the national auditor seeking CAG audit of…
Jodhpur, July 25 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court on Monday acquitted Bollywood superstar Salman Khan in two cases of chinkara poaching of 1998, disappointing the Bishnoi community and animal rights activists. Salman had appealed before…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The city police on Monday constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of a teenager at the apartment complex of noted author Amit Chaudhuri where he had gone…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Delhi Police is looking for three suspects, including a “South Indian woman” in her 30s, for the murder of a 62-year-old woman and the robbery at her Lajpat Nagar…
Vientiane/New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) India on Monday called for constructing a strong international legal regime, based on the principle of zero tolerance, to fight the scourge of terrorism. âCountering terrorism is an imperative in…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) A court here on Monday extended by one day the police custody of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator Amanatullah Khan, arrested on the charge of threatening a woman. Metropolitan Magistrate…
Lucknow, July 25 (IANS) A city court on Monday issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against former state BJP Vice-President Daya Shankar Singh for his derogatory remark against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Mayawati. Senior Superintendent…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) As telecom companies gear up for the biggest-ever telecom spectrum auction, the Telecom Commission on Monday decided to set a minimum 3 per cent spectrum usage charges (SUC) to create…
Manali, July 25 (IANS) Two persons were arrested on Monday for the alleged gang rape of a 25-year-old Israeli national near this Himachal Pradesh tourist resort, a top police official said. Akshay Rana and Pankaj…
By Arul Louis Philadelphia (US), July 25 (IANS) The Democratic Party Convention to nominate Hillary Clinton for the presidency of the United States opens here on Monday with the party’s leadership thrown into unprecedented disarray…