New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that when he entered Rashtrapati Bhavan four years ago, he hardly knew it despite the fact that having lived nearby for over four decades….
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that when he came to the national capital two years ago he was “new ” to it, but President Pranab Mukherjee helped him…
Rome, July 25 (IANS/AKI) An Islamic State fighter carried out the suicide bombing that injured 15 people outside a music festival in German city of Ansbach, the jihadist group claimed on Monday. “The individual who…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) AAP lawmaker Bhagwant Mann has sought three days’ time to appear before the panel constituted by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to probe his alleged breach of parliament security, sources…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday praised President Pranab Mukherjee effusively, saying “he has been like a guardian and mentor to me on various subjects”, despite the fact that both…
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), July 25 (IANS) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray on Monday advocated a stringent Sharia-type law to tackle heinous crimes like rape against women and minors. “Those who rape and kill minors,…
Lucknow/New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) At least 10 schoolchildren were killed and nine others injured on Monday after a train hit their school van at an unmanned level crossing in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district, police…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, July 25 (IANS) President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Monday called on the political parties of Nepal to elect within a week a new Prime Minister based on political consensus and form…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The government on Monday informed parliament that it plans to transport passenger cars from Varanasi to Kolkata by using inland waterways. According to Minister of State for Shipping Pon. Radhakrishnan,…
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Branded paper company JK Paper on Monday reported a rise of 79 per cent in its net profit for the first quarter (Q1) of 2016-17. The company’s net profit stood at…
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…