New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Hundreds of CPI-M activists led by its General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday marched up to the BJP headquarters here in protest against the killings of CPI-M cadres in Kerala…
Chennai, Oct 9 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday described India as one of the fastest emerging economies and said certain “anti-national forces” were not able to appreciate the visible economic progress. Addressing…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Delhi Assembly on Monday passed a resolution seeking withholding of the proposed Metro fare hike set to come in force from Tuesday. Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel also wrote…
San Francisco, Oct 9 (IANS) After Facebook and Twitter admitting the presence of Russian operatives on their platforms to influence the 2016 US presidential election, Google has reportedly discovered that millions were spent on ads…
Paris, Oct 9 (IANS) The French government on Monday said it will not recognise Catalonia if it declares independence from Spain and such a move will mean expulsion from the European Union. European Affairs Minister…
Shimla, Oct 9 (IANS) Two days after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi endorsed his chief ministerial candidature in the coming assembly polls, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday said the move had put…
Srinagar, Oct 9 (IANS) A Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed on Monday in an ongoing gunfight between security forces and militants holed-up in a house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. Security forces…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday said it too was worried about pollution in Delhi but said it was not in favour of banning firecrackers during Diwali. AAP leader…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Delhi Police on Monday said they had launched a probe after a video went viral showing a group of men thrashing an African national who had been tied to a…
Chandigarh, Oct 9 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday admitted an appeal by Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh against his conviction for two rapes and a plea by his…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The air-quality of the national capital is set to deteriorate further and become “very poor”, with the count of pollutants, especially the PM2.5, set to increase drastically. According to the…
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 9 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday hit back at BJP President Amit Shah, accusing him of “spreading canards” about the CPI-M and political violence in the state. Writing on his…
Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices — the BSE Sensex and the NSE Nifty50 — on Monday closed on a flat note with marginal gains on the back of healthy buying in consumer…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) As a leading energy consumer, India is looking to upgrade its relationship with producing countries to a strategic one, instead of mere buyer-seller, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday….
Srinagar, Oct 9 (IANS) Security forces shot dead a Pakistani operational commander of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) while militants killed a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir on…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Two Indian peacekeepers in Congo were injured when an armed militia attacked their post in the troubled North Kivu province, a statement said on Monday. The attack on the post…
San Francisco, Oct 9 (IANS) After struggling to sell Windows smartphones for quite some time as Google’s Android and Apple iOS Operating Systems (OS) surged way ahead, Microsoft has finally admitted that the software giant…
Lucknow, Oct 9 (IANS) The Congress and BJP in Uttar Pradesh sparred over BJP chief Amit Shah’s son’s alleged dramatic rise in business fortunes, with the Congress terming it part of the BJP’s “new beta…
Ranchi, Oct 9 (IANS) Former Jharkhand Minister Gopal Krishna Patar alias Raja Petre was arrested on Monday by the NIA in connection with the murder of former state Minister and JD-U legislator Ramesh Singh Munda…
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Environmental organisations on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s ban on the sale of firecrackers here and in the National Capital Region, and said it will help to curb noise and…