New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Central government employees will get fatter paychecks starting from August salaries, according to a gazette notification issued by central government on the Seventh Finance Commission report here on Tuesday….
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said the arrest of a terrorist in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir was a “big success”, adding this…
Paris, July 26 (IANS) At least two men armed with knives who took hostages at a church near Rouen in northern France were killed, police said. The men were reported to have been holding between…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) director general Naveen Agarwal on Tuesday confirmed that no other Rio-bound athlete barring wrestler Narsingh Yadav and shot putter Indejeet Singh, has tested positive for…
Mogadishu, July 26 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed in twin explosions near the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia security officials said on Tuesday. Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group based in East Africa, claimed responsibility for…
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Profit booking, along with caution ahead of two major meetings and negative global indices, subdued the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. However, lower level value buying aided the key indices to…
By Aadil Mir Anantnag, July 26 (IANS) Nocturnal protests broke out in parts of south Kashmir on Monday night as thousands of angry men and women rallied against civilian killings by security forces during the…
Vientiane/New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) India on Tuesday called for peaceful solutions to the disputes in the South China Sea as the safety of the shipping routes through these waters was crucial for stability in…
Paris, July 26 (IANS) At least two men armed with knives have taken hostages in a church near Rouen in northern France, BBC reported. The France 3 network said a priest, two sisters and churchgoers…
Hyderabad, July 26 (IANS) Tension prevailed at the opposition Congress party’s office here as police stopped its top leaders from proceeding to the Mallanna Sagar project site in Medak district. Police detained former union minister…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) London Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt on Tuesday threw his weight behind Narsingh Yadav, who had flunked a dope test, jeopardising India’s chance of a medal in the 74kg…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday demanded a discussion on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, saying no autopsy was conducted on the body. Raising the issue in the Rajya Sabha amid protests…
Patna, July 26 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday said his party won’t contest the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh and hinted he may support the ruling Samajwadi Party. “The RJD will not contest…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that there was no “standardised definition” for the One Rank One Pension scheme for retired defence personnel, adding that the earlier “interpretation” for…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Jharkhand’s “ruling party” used money power and other unfair means to win the June 11 Rajya Sabha elections in the state, JMM member Sanjiv Kumar said on Tuesday in the…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday raised Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in the upper house, saying no autopsy was conducted on the body. Raising the issue amid protests from the…
Ludhiana, July 26 (IANS) A woman accused in a case of desecration of Sikh holy book Guru Granth Sahib was shot dead by unidentified people near a gurdwara here in Punjab on Tuesday, police said….
Panaji, July 26 (IANS) A history sheeter, Ashpak Bengre, was stabbed to death in Goa’s Colvale prison on Tuesday while being taken to a court, Inspector General of Prisons Elvis Gomes said. Gomes told IANS…
Karachi, July 26 (IANS) Backed by armed police guards, health workers on Tuesday began a three-day polio immunization drive in Karachi, Pakistan’s most populous city. The health workers went from house to house to administer…
By Arul Louis Philadelphia (US), July 26 (IANS) Amid a sustained revolt by his supporters, Bernie Sanders, the unsuccessful insurgent candidate for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, struggled on Monday night to rally the fractured…