New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response from WhatsApp on a petition against the popular messaging app’s decision to share users’ data with its parent company Facebook. A division…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The BJP on Wednesday condemned the “behaviour” of the Delhi Chief Minister and his ministers towards journalists and wrote to the Editors Guild of India (EGI) and Broadcasting Editors Association…
Agartala, Sep 14 (IANS) Seventeen months ahead of crucial assembly polls in Left-ruled Tripura, political parties, especially tribal-based parties, have stepped up their actions to push their demands including for a separate state. Two tribal-based…
Singur (West Bengal) Redeeming a pledge she made years back, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday returned 9,117 land records to farmers and compensated 800 peasants from whom land had been taken against…
Bengaluru, Sep 14 (IANS) Indian-born researcher Dinesh Bharadia at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won the prestigious Young Scholar award of the US-based Marconi Society for his contribution to radio waves. “Bharadia has…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Health complications triggered by chikungunya continued to claim lives, with an 80-year-old succumbing to it in a city hospital here, taking the toll to 10, authorities said on Wednesday. The…
Imphal, Sep 14 (IANS) The Congress is bound to lose the Manipur assembly election and the BJP is sure to take power, Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah said on Wednesday. Addressing a meeting at…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The central government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that there was no longam in clearing name for appointment of judges to the high courts and it was on the…
Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 14 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed Narendra Modi, saying the Prime Minister was busy globe trotting while the farmers were facing many problems. The Congress leader reached…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday formally resigned from the BJP and said it was a “painful decision” for him. “I hereby resign from the party membership of the Bharatiya…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Amid speculation of a growing rift within Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party, party leader Shivpal Yadav on Wednesday met party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav here. Shivpal Yadav reached Mulayam Singh’s…
Itanagar, Sep 14 (IANS) Meghalaya Governor V. Shanmuganathan was on Wednesday sworn in as acting Governor of Arunachal Pradesh by Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajit Singh at the Raj Bhavan here. Arunachal Pradesh Chief…
Ranchi, Sep 14 (IANS) Newly-appointed BJP Jharkhand unit president and MP from Chaibasa, Laxman Gilua, has yet to announce his new state team of officer bearers and functionaries, though he was appointed over a fortnight…
Lucknow, Sep 14 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday appointed Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the brand ambassador of its flagship programme ‘Samajwadi Kisan Beema Yojana’, a scheme aimed at insuring farmers. Chief Minister…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) India and Afghanistan on Wednesday exchanged agreements on a mutual legal assistance treaty, for peaceful uses of outer space and an extradition treaty. The documents were exchanged in the presence…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) A Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) doctoral research scholar was arrested here for allegedly raping a 26-year-old woman on the pretext of marriage, police sources said on Wednesday. Ajay Singh, a…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Software giant IBM on Wednesday said it will soon offer MaaS360, a mobile security as a service via the IBM Cloud in India to help enterprises address local data protection…
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday filed an investigation report in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was earlier given a clean chit…
Kolkata, Sep 14 (IANS) In a bizarre incident, an air-conditioning mechanic, knocked down by a pet dog, fell from a fifth-floor terrace of a residential building and died, police said on Wednesday. Tarun Purakait and…
Patna, Sep 14 (IANS) The wife of slain journalist Rajdeo Ranjan on Wednesday urged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to provide her justice following the release of former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin from jail. Asha…