New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) A court here on Monday sentenced a former official of central excise to five years in jail and ordered departmental action against three other excise officials who were also prosecution…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday said that it can pass only such orders which are enforceable and not the ones whose compliance is not feasible, asking if “Rama Rajya” would…
New Delhi/Srinagar, Aug 26 (IANS) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti arrived in the capital on Friday evening and is expected to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday to discuss the situation in the Kashmir Valley….
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Friday referred to the Privileges Committee of the house the issue of BJP lawmaker and Leader of Opposition Vijendra Gupta allegedly disclosing an…
Chennai, Aug 26 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu police on Friday arrested the Chancellor of SRM University T.R.Pachamuthu in connection with the medical college admission cheating case, said police. The action comes after the Madras High…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Dubbing the Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2016, as “mediaeval and non-progressive”, the Congress on Friday said the Centre should have discussed it with other political parties before approving it. “The bill…
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Indian equity markets on Friday edged lower as investors’ sentiments were subdued ahead of the US Fed Reserve Chair’s speech, coupled with lower crude oil prices. Consequently, the key Indian indices…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday ordered real estate giant DLF to pay 9 per cent interest to 50 buyers for the delay in handing over possession of flats in Haryana’s…
Hyderabad, Aug 26 (IANS) The US issued more than a million visas this year in India which also accounts for 72 percent of all H1B visas issued worldwide, said a top US official on Friday….
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) A 35-year-old woman operated twice for lumbar disc disease, was cured of her ailment after the insertion of a spinal cord stimulator through a minimally invasive surgery at a city…
Guwahati, Aug 26 (IANS) Assam’s ecologist and conservation activist Bibhuti Lahkar has become the only Asian and the first individual from Assam to be nominated for the prestigious ‘Heritage Heroes Award’ to be given by…
Shimla, Aug 26 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Health Minister Kaul Singh Thakur on Friday introduced a bill in the assembly to dissuade youngsters from tobacco use and smoking, making provisions for registration of tobacco sellers. The…
Agartala, Aug 26 (IANS) The government-owned Food Corporation of India (FCI) has started ferrying a fresh consignment of 2,350 tonnes of rice from Kolkata to Tripura via Bangladesh to avoid transportation hitches through the traditional…
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) A Muslim cleric in Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh has been booked on the charge of rape, police said on Friday. An official said a video clip, in which accused Maulana Anwar-ul-Haq…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Seeking adequate time for the required compliance of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, an industry organisation said that penal provisions should not be applied for unintended mistake during…
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) Days before she is declared a saint by the Vatican, special masses and prayers marked Mother Teresa’s 106th birth anniversary celebrations here on Friday. Candles were lit and the nun’s grave…
Bhopal, Aug 26 (IANS) Office bearers of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including party chief Amit Shah, met here to review the performance of the Madhya Pradesh…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 26 (IANS) The Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Friday sought from state authorities reports on inquiries into two shocking incidents of inhuman treatment of the dead by hospital officials here. In the…
Chandigarh, Aug 26 (IANS) A day after a 75-year-old retired Border Security Force (BSF) official was killed in Hoshiarpur district, the Punjab Police began a probe on Friday. BSF Commandant Narinder Singh was killed while…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Global internet and technology conglomerate LeEco on Friday announced the extension of its membership programme from one year to three years for buyers of its “superphones” and Super TVs. LeEco…