Panaji, June 10 (IANS) The Goa Police on Friday charge-sheeted Ramesh Tawadkar, Sports Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government, and seven others in a 2009 rioting case at a wildlife sanctuary in South…
Bengaluru, June 10 (IANS) The ruling Congress won four seats, while the opposition BJP secured two and JD-S one seat in the biennial elections to the 75-member Karnataka legislative council here on Friday, the state…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Describing the recent attacks on Africans in the national capital as “racial”, African students here on Friday urged Indians to come forward and join hands with them to put an…
Patna, June 10 (IANS) A Bihar court on Friday remanded to 14-day judicial custody the five accused arrested in connection with the Class 12 examination scam, police said. The Special Investigation Team (SIT) presented the…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The drug menace could turn out to be a major election issue in Punjab, that goes to the polls early next year, and the swirling controversy over the film “Udta…
By Arul Louis United Nations, June 10 (IANS) In a startling public admission, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has acknowledged he caved in to financial pressure from Saudi Arabia and removed references to the coalition led…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Drought and a long dry spell in various parts of the country resulted in a modest decline in the total sown area in the kharif season this year compared with…
Mosul (Iraq), June 10 (IANS/AKI) Militants from the Islamic State group stoned a woman to death for alleged adultery in the northern city of Iraq, aided by onlookers, local news site Aranews reported on Friday….
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh was “evasive” during his second round of questioning at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters in a disproportionate assets case, CBI officials said…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Coming down heavily on the Samajwadi Party (SP) government in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP on Friday said land grabbing had become institutionlised in the state under that party’s rule. “The…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) A sudden change in weather brought welcome respite from the scorching heat in Delhi on Friday evening as light rain accompanied by gusts of dust-laden wind blew across the city…
Islamabad, June 10 (IANS) Intensifying efforts to seek backing for its membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Pakistan’s top foreign advisor on Friday spoke to the Mexican and Italian foreign ministers — a day…
Bengaluru, June 10 (IANS) The ruling Congress won four seats, while the opposition BJP secured two and JD-S one in biennial elections to the 75-member Karnataka legislative council here on Friday, the state election commission…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) The Congress on Friday said it will vote for noted lawyer R.K. Anand, who is contesting against BJP-backed Independent Subhash Chandra, in the Rajya Sabha election in Haryana slated for…
Kabul/Kolkata/New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) An Indian woman, working with an international aid agency in Afghanistan, has been abducted from the volatile Kabul, her family and officials said on Friday. Armed suspected Islamists seized Judith…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday acquitted Maoist ideologue Kobad Ghandy of terror charges, but convicted him of cheating and forgery, and sentenced him to jail for the period which he…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) With businesses increasingly turning to cloud computing for factors like sharing resources for big data storage, software and processes, India’s telecom watchdog has proposed regulating this segment of industry and…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Efforts by some people violently forcing Indian aid workers to leave Afghanistan won’t succeed because people in the war-torn country have always wanted amicable ties with India, said a member of…
Ghaziabad, June 10 (IANS) The Lokpal’s appointment has been delayed since the law passed on the issue needs some changes and the process in on, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday. “The anti-corruption institution…
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Bilateral relations between India and Nepal are now back on track after recent hiccups and the Himalayan nation now looks to its southern neighbour to play a major role in…