New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A Delhi Assembly committee told the high court on Monday that it will not take any coercive action against Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash. The court was hearing a plea by…
Lucknow, March 5 (IANS) A day after the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) extended its support to the Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates for the Lok Sabha bypolls to Phoolpur and Gorakhpur seats, the Rashtriya Lok Dal…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The Centre will constitute a group to suggest necessary changes in the policy for special economic zones (SEZs), Parliament was informed on Monday. Designed to facilitate exports, units in SEZs…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) As the BJP and its alliance partners were on Monday all set to form governments in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, the Congress said the BJP’s “blind quest for power is…
Ranchi, March 5 (IANS) The hearing in a fourth multi-million rupee fodder scam involving former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD Chief Lalu Yadav concluded here on Monday in a special CBI court, which fixed March…
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP and the RSS of trying to inflict a communal riot upon the state by secretly throwing meat in religious places….
Srinagar, March 5 (IANS) Hundreds of people, including some gun-toting militants, on Monday attended the funeral of a slain Lashkar-e-Taiba commander in south Kashmir despite authorities restricting people’s movement and internet curfew clamped across the…
Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) Negative global cues — on the prospect of trade wars — pulled the key indices of the Indian equity market lower on Monday. According to market observers, heavy selling pressure was…
Dhaka, March 5 (IANS) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday visited writer Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, who was stabbed by an attacker at a university last week and was hospitalised. Iqbal, known for his secular…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The government is committed to extending every support to Indian industrys focused efforts to increase investments in European countries, Minister of State for External Affairs M.J. Akbar said on Monday….
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Monday amid ruckus by the opposition over frauds in the public sector banks (PSBs), in the backdrop of the latest Rs…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who returned home after a weekend trip to Italy, on Monday said his party respected the mandate of the people of Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya where…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The Centre on Monday constituted a committee headed by the Economic Affairs Secretary to consider ways for further development of the financial technology (Fintech) sector in India, according to an…
Rome, March 5 (IANS) Italy is on course for a hung parliament after voters backed right-wing and populist parties in Sunday’s general elections, vote projections based on partial results suggested on Monday. Former Prime Minister…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday restrained the Jammu and Kashmir Police from carrying out any investigation in pursuance to FIR registered against Major Aditya Kumar in the wake of the…
Los Angeles, March 5 (IANS) “The Shape of Water” emerged as the big winner with four honours at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony — including Best Picture — where celebration of cinema was laced with…
Srinagar, March 5 (IANS) Strict restrictions were imposed at various places and internet curfew clamped across the Kashmir Valley on Monday, a day after six people, including at least two militants, were killed in a…
Washington, March 5 (IANS) Russia is killing innocent civilians under the false garb of counterterrorism operations in Syria, where people in an enclave near Damascus are caught up in a struggle between rebels and government…
Hanoi, March 5 (IANS) For the first time since the end of the Vietnam War, a US aircraft carrier made a port call in Vietnam on Monday, signaling how Chinas rise is bringing together former…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, March 5 (IANS) China on Monday hiked its defence spending to 8.1 per cent of its GDP, pegging its economic growth at 6.5 per cent in 2018. China’s defence budget in…