Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) A 26-year old Mumbai youth lost his life following an argument over change of Rs 2 with an auto-rickshaw driver here early Sunday, officials said here on Wednesday. The incident occurred…
Guwahati, July 27 (IANS) This is an elephantine problem not confronted before, and the Assam government has set up an experts’ panel to solve it: How to retrieve a pachyderm washed away from the state…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked public sector undertaking NBCC (India) to examine whether the distance between two disputed building towers at realty major Supertech’s Emerald Court Complex in Noida…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A six-day ‘Bharat Parv’ — India Festival — will be organised by the Union Tourism Ministry in coordination with other ministries and departments to mark Independence Day next month, official…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) CPI-M leader Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami says Pakistan’s appeal is increasing in the Kashmir Valley and that India must talk to Islamabad to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. The lone…
Sept-Iles (Canada), July 27 (IANS) Tata Steel on Wednesday said the Quebec provincial government of Canada has announced a financial contribution of 175 million Canadian dollars to Tata Steel Minerals Canada (TSMC) to support a…
Srinagar, July 27 (IANS) Curfew was re-imposed in various places in the Kashmir Valley on Wednesday following clashes between protesters and security forces amid heavy rains, hours after a dragging security lockdown was lifted in…
Chennai, July 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has sanctioned Rs 950,000 towards legal expenses to make an appeal on behalf of three persons from the state who were sentenced to death and…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) In the second conviction in a coal block allocation case, a special court on Wednesday awarded three year jail terms to two senior officials of Delhi-based Rathi Steel and Power…
Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) Profit booking, combined with caution ahead of derivatives expiry and a key announcement over the US interest rate, depressed the Indian equity markets on Wednesday. Consequently, the key indices receded during…
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) Jadavpur University will form a committee to investigate sexual harassment allegations by 13 varsity students against a professor’s son, an official said on Wednesday. The allegations have been made against Ekalavya…
Damascus, July 27 (IANS) At least 31 people were killed and over 100 injured when twin bombings rocked the predominantly-Kurdish city of Qamishli in Syria on Wednesday, the media reported. One of the blasts was…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday to amend the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 to enable the leader of the single largest oppposition party in the…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday sarcastically asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get his Transport Minister Satyendar Jain arrested after a senior officer complained against the minister. Referring…
Panaji, July 27 (IANS) The government is probing the allotment of liquor licences to foreign nationals in Goa, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the assembly on Wednesday, adding that a new excise law is in…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Congress Member of Parliament Ranjeet Ranjan on Wednesday demanded a CBI probe into the entire case of wrestler Narsingh Yadav, who had flunked a dope test, jeopardising India’s chance of…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused the BJP of sponsoring the auto and taxi strike in the national capital saying its “goons” were forcibly stopping autos and taxis…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The beating up of two Muslim women in Madhya Pradesh on beef rumors was raised by Mayawati in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, with the BSP leader slamming the government over…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry on Wednesday announced its second Android-based smartphone DTEK50 that combines BlackBerry’s security, privacy and productivity with the Android 6.0 Marshmallow experience. The $299 smartphone is now…
Jammu, July 27 (IANS) At least two children were washed away by flash floods in Jammu on Wednesday. “The bodies of two children who were washed away in flash floods in Janipur area, have been…