Lucknow, Sep 16 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Friday blamed Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav for rising atrocities on Dalits in Uttar Pradesh. Speaking at a rally here to denounce remarks by UP…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Congress party on Friday demanded that the outbreak of vector-borne diseases be declared a “national health emergency” following the death of 14 persons in the national capital in the…
Siliguri, Sep 16 (IANS) One person was killed and nine injured on Friday when an army truck hit a Maruti car from behind in this town in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, police said. The…
Panaji, Sep 16 (IANS) Environment ministers of BRICS countries on Friday agreed on a memorandum of understanding and announced the setting up of a joint working group institutionalising their co-operation on environment-related issues, an official…
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 16 (IANS) The Congress party in Kerala has asked the CPI-M-led Pinarayi Vijayan government to end the “double speak” in handling the stray dog menace, which has become a burning social issue in…
Srinagar, Sep 16 (IANS) A prominent Kashmiri rights activist, earlier barred from travelling to Geneva to address a UN session, was detained on Friday after a police raid at his Srinagar house, sparking outrage amid…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A private firm’s owner arrested by the CBI for allegedly cheating a government bank of Rs 10 crore on the basis of a fake identity was on Friday remanded in…
Panaji, Sep 16 (IANS) Holding climate change responsible for the shrinking of glaciers in the Himalayas, Union Minister Anil Dave on Friday said both India and China were “concerned” about the degradation in the world’s…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea by a Siwan resident seeking cancellation of bail granted to former RJD MP Mohamed Shahabuddin on the ground that the strongman-turned-politician…
Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government is keen on implementing the Enayam Port project, state Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has conveyed to Union Minister of State for Road Transport, Highways & Shipping Pon…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP of “foul play” and committing a “fraud on democracy” after Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu alongwith 42…
Shillong, Sep 16 (IANS) Meghalaya’s opposition parties on Friday withdrew the resolution seeking removal of Speaker Abu Taher Mondal in the concluding day of autumn session. The resolution against the removal of the Speaker was…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Due to the rise in dengue and chikungunya cases, government hospitals were flooded with patients while private labs and small nursing homes were overcharging for blood tests, says a report….
Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) The dawn-to-dusk shut down strike called in Tamil Nadu by various organisations representing farmers, traders, transporters and others evoked a good response and ended peacefully on Friday. Meanwhile, a man who…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Friday said India will raise the issue of terrorism during the upcoming NAM Summit, being held in Venezuela, as peace is required for development….
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Friday said the ministry will support the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi in tackling the rising cases of dengue and chikungunya. “Have…
Lucknow, Sep 16 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday demanded the “power to distribute party tickets” in the forthcoming assembly elections. Replying to questions from India TV, Akhilesh Yadav said: “I am…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said it had no role in the dramatic political developments in Arunachal Pradesh where Chief Minister Pema Khandu and 42 Congress MLAs defected…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Ozone Cell of the Environment Ministry here celebrated International Ozone Day on Friday by awarding young schoolchildren for participating and winning in painting, poster-making and slogan writing competitions organised…
Lucknow, Sep 16 (IANS) Four persons were shot dead on Friday in Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh in communal clashes after some boys allegedly teased a group of school girls, police said. Some people opened fire…