Itanagar, July 20 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday won the floor test in the assembly as 44 Congress legislators and two Independents voted for him. The 11 Bharatiya Janata Party legislators…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday took a swipe at Modi government’s foreign policy, saying “its policy towards Pakistan oscillates from one extreme to the other”. Addressing the Congress parliamentary…
Ranchi, July 20 (IANS) A huge quantity of explosives was seized in Maoist-infested Dumka district of Jharkhand on Wednesday, police said. As many as 40,000 gelatin sticks, 35,000 detonators and other explosives were seized in…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre, the state election commission and the Delhi government on a plea for removal of party symbols of candidates from…
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, reacting strongly to derogatory remarks against her by a BJP leader of Uttar Pradesh, said “the…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Global aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Wednesday said that the recently approved National Civil Aviation Policy (NCAP) will have an impact on the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as the US-based…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) A fat tax on high-calorie foods to encourage healthier lifestyle choices needs to be enforced universally on all foods containing trans fats rather than partially on fast foods, a leading…
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday condemned BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit Vice-President Dayashankar Singh’s remark against Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati that…
Srinagar, July 20 (IANS) Kashmir newspapers are expected to hit the stands on Thursday after the government assured editors and publishers that their work won’t be hindered by the heightened security in the Kashmir Valley…
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at the Narendra Modi government over price rise, unemployment, FDI, recommendations of the Seventh Pay…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Hockey legend Mohammed Shahid died on Wednesday in a Gurgaon hospital after battling kidney and liver problems. He was 56. Shahid, one of the greatest names in Indian hockey, was…
Ahmedabad, July 20 (IANS) Different regions of Gujarat observed sporadic protests and partial shutdowns on Wednesday to air anger over atrocities on Dalits as Chief Minister Anandiben Patel visited the village of four Dalit youth…
Chennai, July 20 (IANS) The recapitalisation of 13 government-owned banks, announced by the central government, will result in dilution of their book value per share for banks with larger capital infusion, investment banking firm Jefferies…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Hundreds of Congress activists were detained here on Wednesday when they tried to break the barricades to march to Parliament protesting against price rise, police said. “Nearly 200 people have…
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) Value buying and positive European indices buoyed the Indian equity markets on Wednesday. Consequently, the key indices provisionally closed the day’s trade in the green, as healthy buying was witnessed in…
Berlin, July 20 (IANS) An Afghan teenager who attacked passengers on a German train with an axe, badly injuring four people, was out to avenge the death of his friend in Afghanistan, said prosecutors in…
Islamabad, July 20 (IANS) A Pakistani Senator on Wednesday said Islamabad was being gradually isolated on an international level. Farhatullah Babar was addressing a full house committee session of the Senate where he said new…
Dhaka, July 20 (IANS) A Dhaka court on Wednesday charged five activists of a banned militant outfit for the 2015 murder of popular blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, who wrote against the Jamaat-e-Islami and radical Islamists….
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi, launching a frontal attack on the Modi government, said that it was “anchored in slick marketing events, glib marketing slogans, repackaging and in embellishment and exaggeration”….
Siliguri, July 20 (IANS) Three members of a family, including a minor, were crushed to death on Wednesday when their house collapsed in a landslide in northern West Bengal’s Darjeeling district, an official said. The…