New Delhi, 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. “It is a normal practice for all…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday permitted the termination of a 24-week-old pregnancy after medical reports said the foetus has severe abnormalities and could gravely endanger the “mental and physical health”…
Chennai/New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The search for the Indian Air Force (IAF) AN-32 aircraft that went missing on is seriously hampered as there are no signals from the emergency locator transmitter (ELT) fixed in…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) A notice for a privilege motion against Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Renuka Choudhury was submitted by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, accusing them…
Moscow, July 25 (IANS) The General Framework Agreement for setting up Units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant is likely to be signed by November 2016, according to a top Russian official….
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Social activist and writer Mahasweta Devi continued to be in a critical condition requiring life support, a doctor said on Monday. The nonagenarian litterateur was responding to treatment last week but…
Srinagar, July 25 (IANS) Separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq were taken into preventive custody on Monday after defying prohibitory orders as authorities enforced a strict curfew in the restive Kashmir…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Aimed at curbing call drops, 48,000 new telecom sites have been set up across the country by various operators as part of a 100-day plan which they committed to the…
Bengaluru, July 25 (IANS) An indefinite strike by 1.23-lakh employees of the state-run road transport corporations on Monday paralysed bus services across Karnataka, with this tech hub being the worst hit. The striking employees are…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday said it will move the Delhi High Court against the arrest of its legislators by Delhi Police in false cases. The AAP accused…
Chandigarh/Malerkotla, July 25 (IANS) AAP legislator Naresh Yadav from Delhi was remanded in police custody for two days on Monday by a Punjab court in connection with a Quran sacrilege incident last month. Yadav was…
Fort Myers (Florida), July 25 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 14 others, most of them teenagers, were injured when a shooter opened fire at a nightclub hosting a teen party in Fort…
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Short covering, coupled with expectations of major economic legislation getting parliament’s approval, buoyed the Indian equity markets on Monday. The two benchmark indices provisionally closed the day’s trade with substantial gains…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday said he gave up his Rajya Sabha seat as he was repeatedly asked to stay away from Punjab which he was not…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Monday set up a nine-member panel to probe the alleged breach of Parliament security by AAP lawmaker Bhagwant Mann and “advised” him not to…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was disrupted on Monday over a private member’s bill on giving special status to Andhra Pradesh, which could not be taken up in the House on Friday…
Montreal, July 25 (IANS) The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has expressed disappointment that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) did not heed its recommendations to ban the Russian contingent from participating in the Rio Olympics starting…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Monday expressed concern over the disappearance of the Indian Air Force’s AN-32 aircraft which went missing on Friday with 29 people on board. “The whole country…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday permitted the termination of a 24-week-old pregnancy after medical reports said the foetus has severe abnormalities and the same could gravely endanger the “mental and…
Mumbai, July 25 (IANS) Short covering, coupled with expectations of major economic legislation getting parliament’s approval, lifted two key Indian indices to their new 11-month intra-day high on Monday. The two benchmark indices made gains…