Mild tremors rock Bihar towns
Patna, Aug 24 (IANS) A mild earthquake was felt in many parts of Bihar on Wednesday, causing widespread panic among the people but no damage to property or loss of life, officials said. People rushed…
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Cabinet approves signing of India-Fiji air services agreement
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod for the signing of a new Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Fiji. The agreement is for updation of the existing…
Bulandshahr gang-rape accused plead innocence, seek narco test
Lucknow, Aug 24 (IANS) The four accused in the Bulandshahr gang-rape case on Wednesday pleaded not guilty in a Bulandshahr court and demanded a narco-analysis test to prove their innocence. Salim Chamar and his three…
CCEA approves new railway routes on various busy sections
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) To cope with local demand and smoothen rail traffic, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday gave approval to construction of a third line on several busiest railway routes,…
French police fines woman on Nice beach following burkini ban
Paris, Aug 24 (IANS) The French police fined a 34-year-old woman on a beach in the country’s Nice city as part of a controversial ban on burkini in the wake of recent terror attacks in…
Congress is fighting corruption, not political parties: Raj Babbar
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Congress’s Uttar Pradesh Chief Raj Babbar has said that his party’s main agenda in the upcoming UP assembly elections is corruption, and not a fight against any political parties. In…
Mild tremors felt in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Aug 24 (IANS) Panic gripped people in several parts of Odisha, including state capital Bhubaneswar, as mild tremors were felt on Wednesday afternoon. Tremors were felt at about 4.08 pm in several areas of…
Jio Preview Offer now on Micromax, Yu, TCL and Alcatel 4G smartphones
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Domestic smartphone maker Micromax and its owned subsidiary YU Televentures, along with TCL and Alcatel, have partnered with Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited to make the Jio Preview Offer available on…
Northeast India shaken by Myanmar quake
Agartala/New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) For the second time in two days, several northeastern states were rocked on Wednesday by a quake in adjoining Myanmar, but there was no report of major damage, officials said….
Don’t use state machinery to curb criticism, SC tells TN
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Stressing state machinery could not be used against critics, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held that criticism of public policy could not be a ground for a defamation suit as…
GST Bill passed in Madhya Pradesh assembly
Bhopal, Aug 24 (IANS) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill was passed with consensus in the Madhya Pradesh assembly on Wednesday. Law and Legislative Affairs Minister Rampal Singh introduced the resolution in this regard,…
Leaked Scorpene papers won’t affect stealth aspect: Indian Navy
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Indian Navy said on Wednesday the leaked documents on the Scorpene submarine not impact its stealth and operational capabilities as the details are “old” and that the vessel’s “signature”…
Modi expresses concern over flood situation in Varanasi
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the flood situation in Varanasi, the holy city by the Ganga river, saying his office was monitoring the situation closely….
Strong quake in Myanmar, tremors felt in Kolkata, northeast
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted Myanmar on Wednesday — the second in two days — with its effects also felt in neighbouring Bangladesh and…
Metro services halted as Kolkata, Bengal districts feel tremors
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) Metro railway services were halted and an early holiday was declared at the state secretariat as tremors were felt in Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal on Wednesday following a…
Raghuvansh a man of conviction: Nitish Kumar
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar described the late litterature and socialist Raghuvansh as a man of conviction at the launch of the professor’s book “Hum Bheed Hain”. “He was a…
Nine policemen injured in Kashmir attack
Srinagar, Aug 24 (IANS) At least nine policemen, including three officers, were injured when a suspected militant hurled a bomb at them from a crowd of protesters in a south Kashmir town on Wednesday, officials…
No political appointments in pollution control boards: NGT
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed all the states and union territories to review the post of Chairman and Member Secretary in their respective pollution control boards within…
Manipur-based national bioresources institute awarded
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Manipur-based Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), a national institute under the central government’s Department of Biotechnology, has been awarded the Global Sustainability Award at the Seventh World…
Tremors in Kolkata after quake jolts Myanmar
Kolkata, Aug 24 (IANS) Tremors were felt in Kolkata on Wednesday after an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter Scale jolted Myanmar, officials said.