New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday congratulated Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on her winning the Anantnag by-election. “Congratulations to Jammu and…
Srinagar, June 25 (IANS) Security forces on Saturday busted a major module of the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) in south Kashmir’s Shopian district with the arrest of three militants of the outfit. A police officer told…
Agartala, June 25 (IANS) India’s Border Security Force (BSF) prevented around 250 Bangladesh nationals from entering Tripura on Saturday, police said. “Around 250 people, including women and children, tried to enter India’s western Tripura today…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) As Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Dinesh Mohaniya was whisked away by police in the midst of a press conference, the AAP accused the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Panaji, June 25 (IANS) The Congress in Goa has demanded that the Ministry of External Affairs should protect the interest of Goans living in the UK on Portuguese passports, in view of Brexit. “I think…
Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislators on Saturday unanimously elected Gaya Charan Dinkar as the new Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh assembly. The post was vacated by Swamy Prasad Maurya’s…
Ranchi, June 25 (IANS) Jharkhand used the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) to create one lakh small water bodies to conserve water and irrigate fields in a period of just 60 days,…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 25 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is following in the footsteps of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by keeping the media away, state Congress president V.M. Sudheeran said on Saturday. Sudheeran, interacting with…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The BJP on Saturday alleged that the arrest of AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya for allegedly attacking locals has exposed the “anti-women character” of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders. “Arrest of…
Edinburgh, June 25 (IANS) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is holding a cabinet meeting on Saturday to discuss the Scottish government’s response to Britain’s vote to leave the European Union (EU). The historic referendum on Thursday…
By Nivedita Madrid, June 25 (IANS) Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s historical love saga Bajirao Mastani has kept its golden run going at IIFA too. The period drama scooped the maximum awards in technical categories at the…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday directly took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has declared an “emergency like situation” in the national capital after the Delhi Police…
Lucknow, June 25 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday sought to downplay the exit of her former close aide Swamy Prasad Maurya from the party and termed it “good riddance”. She told…
Anantnag, June 25 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday won the Anantnag by-election comfortably, defeating her nearest rival of the Congress by over 12,000 votes, even as the opposition cried foul…
Beijing, June 25 (IANS) The $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a mega infrastructure project that is aimed to link Kashgar in Chinas Xinjiang province to Gwadar deep sea port in Pakistan, has made progress…
London, June 25 (IANS) Aides to Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn have denied that he was on the verge of resigning after the country’s decision to leave the European Union (EU), BBC reported…
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Businessman Robert Vadra has attacked BJP parliamentarian Subramanian Swamy, calling him an “attention seeker” and a “classist” for his comment that ministers who wear a coat and tie look like…
Bengaluru, June 25 (IANS) Heavy to very heavy rainfall will occur in Karnataka on Saturday and Sunday as the southwest monsoon advanced into the interior areas of the state on favourable conditions, the Met office…
Kozhikode/Bengaluru, June 25 (IANS) The Karnataka Police has arrested three female nursing students for allegedly ragging and forcing their junior, Aswathi K.P., to drink a disinfectant, reducing her to a critical condition. Lakshmi, Athira and…
New Jersey, June 25 (IANS) Argentina will attempt to end their 23-year major football title drought when they face Chile in the Copa America Centenario final here on Sunday. In the last edition’s Copa America…