New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) A court here on Monday granted regular bail to Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar and two others accused in a sedition case after Delhi Police didn’t…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Pitching for full statehood for the national capital, Delhi’s Home Minister Satyendar Jain on Friday said that police was being used as a tool to trouble AAP legislators and party…
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the state government would not allow any bandh on September 2, in the wake of the central trade unions’ call for a…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) After almost 25 years, a court here on Friday awarded seven-year jail term to former Haryana assembly Speaker Satbir Singh Kadian, 66, in a 1991 IFFCO case allegedly planned by…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) BJP’s member of parliament Virendra Singh ‘Mast’ on Friday turned down a visa by the US Embassy here after he was asked by embassy officials to remove his ‘pagdi’ or…
Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal said on Friday that it was “shocked” by disclosures made by ousted AAP Punjab unit chief Sucha Singh Chhotepur regarding “anti-Sikh” remarks made by Aam Aadmi…
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) Two more legislators — one each from the Congress and the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) — on Friday switched loyalties and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Pradeep Chowdhary, Congress legislator…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Advising West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Benarjee to stop behaving like her Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal, who usually blames the central government for non-cooperation, the BJP said on Friday that…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The national capital experienced a humid day on Friday with rain at some locations while the maximum temperature settled at 35.1 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the…
Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) In the biggest internal setback for its Punjab unit just six months before the state assembly elections, the AAP removed its Punjab unit chief Sucha Singh Chhotepur from his post on…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday restrained Tamil Nadu Police from arresting expelled AIADMK Rajya Sabha member Sasikala Pushpa on a complaint of alleged sexual harassment and ill-treatment by her former…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Besides an official Indian delegation led by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be leading separate delegations to…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) India on Friday reiterated the leaked Scorpene documents will not hurt the country’s strategic interests with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar stressing that it was not a “big concern” while the…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee has written a letter to Italian President Sergio Mattarella, conveying his condolences on the loss of lives and destruction of properties in the massive earthquake that struck…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on August 29 a plea contending that the top court appointed oversight committee headed by former Chief Justice R.M.Lodha was going beyond its mandate of…
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) Former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Swamy Prasad Maurya, who has since joined the BJP, resigned from the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly on Friday. He claimed he did it to “preserve…
Gurgaon, Aug 26 (IANS) A 61-year-old man was given a new lease of life after doctors at a city hospital here successfully removed a 21 kg cancerous tumour from his abdomen. Ashish Khanna (name changed)…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the central government to inform if there is any device to detect the adulteration of petrol and diesel and can be fitted in the…
Vijayawada, Aug 26 (IANS) Popular Telugu film actor and Jana Sena Party founder Pawan Kalyan will address a public meeting in Tirupati on Saturday. His decision triggered speculations in political circles about the purpose. This…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 26 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and the Odisha human rights panel on Friday issued notices to authorities over the undignified treatment meted out to the bodies of two women in…