Bengaluru, Nov 20 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the anti-graft watchdog Lokayukta (ombudsman) on Friday arrested Karnataka mining baron and former BJP minister Gali Janardhan Reddy for his alleged involvement in the illegal…
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Friday expressed support to those raising issues of intolerance in the country. She said, “the growing intolerance is worrying” and that the fringe elements need…
Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) He studied to be an engineer but ended up embracing politics. And in a state where many politicians are detested, Nitish Kumar – who took oath on Friday as Bihar’s chief…
Lucknow, Nov 20 (IANS) Raking up another controversy, Uttar Pradesh minister Mohammed Azam Khan has told a rape victim not to try and find “popularity in such a thing of infamy and shame”. The incident…
Gandhinagar, Nov 20 (IANS) Former Gujarat Police chief R.B. Sreekumar, who had locked horns with then chief minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 riots, has asked the Anandiben Patel government to make public the inquiry…
Patna: Nitish Kumar takes oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar in Patna, on Nov 20, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Patna, Nov 20 (IANS) Cheered by one lakh supporters and watched by leaders of a dozen…
Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) US House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the US unless they pass strict background checks. (151029) — WASHINGTON D.C.,…
The Andhra Pradesh government today inked a pact with 16 companies, including Mahindra & Mahindra and ITC, to market products under the DWCRA scheme in the international market. Launched in 1982, Development of Women and…
Andhra Pradesh: An aerial view of the flood affected areas of the Andhra Pradesh on Nov 18, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh has sought an immediate financial assistance of Rs.1,000 crore…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi government of pursuing “communal and divisive politics” and said it was “systematically working to dismantle the Congress legacy and rewrite…
Jaipur, Nov 19 (IANS) Describing the recent incidents of intolerance as “stray” and “blown out of proportion”, union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said India is the “most tolerant country in the world”….
Paris, Nov 19 (IANS) Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected ringleader of the bloody Paris terror attacks, was killed in a police raid a day earlier, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. Papillary prints — which include…
Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Maoists in Telangana’s Khammam district have abducted six leaders of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). The local leaders were kidnapped by the cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist in…
Hyderabad, Nov 19 (IANS) Campaigning came to an end on Thursday for the November 21 by-election for the Warangal Lok Sabha seat from Telangana. The Election Commission has asked all politicians, who don’t have voting…
Paris, Nov 19 (IANS) French experts are working to establish whether the suspected ring leader of the November 12 Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid on a flat in the suburb…
Washington, Nov 19 (IANS) A Chola era bronze sculpture of Shiva and Parvati stolen from Tamil Nadu and smuggled into the US at the behest of New York’s infamous Indian art dealer Subhash Kapoor is…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said Indira Gandhi taught the nation to stay united and people must follow that path. “We must learn as much as we can from…
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls. (File Photo: Xinhua/Chen Xiaowei/IANS) Paris, Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Thursday warned that France could face chemical or biological attack from terrorist groups. Valls made the announcement…
SAINT-DENIS, Nov. 18, 2015 (Xinhua) — French policemen block roads near the area of an anti-terrorist police assault in northern Paris suburbs Saint-Denis, France, on Nov. 18, 2015. An anti-terrorist police assault was underway in…
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday dared the government to jail him if he had done any wrong, saying the RSS and BJP had been throwing muck at his…