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New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry on Tuesday launched a diploma course in Elementary Education to train teachers across the country for teaching students up to Class 8. The Ministry…
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) With the deaths of at least 18 farmers in Maharashtra from inhaling toxic insecticide fumes sprayed in farmlands, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday ordered ordered a high-level probe to ascertain…
Bengaluru, Oct 3 (IANS) Sidelined AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala on Tuesday applied for a 15-day parole to the central jail authorities here to meet her ailing husband M. Natarajan in Chennai in Tamil Nadu, a…
Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) Over two dozen people were injured in incidents of communal violence in various districts of Bihar following the immersion of Durga idols and Tazia processions, police said on Tuesday. People from…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Two Kashmiri prisoners were beaten up and injured in a fight between members of two groups lodged in the highly-secured Tihar jail here. The September 13 brawl over some “trivial…
Kannur (Kerala), Oct 3 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Kerala’s ruling LDF, saying Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was to blame for the murders of BJP and RSS workers…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Oct 3 (IANS) An increasing number of Indian tourists are visiting China, a Chinese government official has claimed. Tian Xin, an official from the New Delhi office of the China National…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) India on Tuesday summoned Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah and issued him a demarche over the killing of three children in yet another ceasefire violation from the Pakistani…
Gurugram, Oct 3 (IANS) A 22-year-old man with criminal history was on Tuesday arrested for gunning down his father-cum-Haryana Police officer who objected to his “criminal activities”, police said. The body of Assistant Sub-Inspector Naresh…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Global IT security firm Quick Heal’s Enterprise Security brand Seqrite has discovered an advertisement on DarkNet forum that claims to have access to data of over 6,000 Indian businesses that…
Washington, Oct 3 (IANS) The US Senate has approved the nomination of Indian American Ajit Varadaraj Pai for a second term as the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) Chairman. Pai, whose term was to end later…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will examine whether the Kerala High Court could annul a marriage while hearing a habeas corpus plea by the parents of a young…
New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) Indian and US officials met here on Tuesday in the run up to the November 28-30 Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad that will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi/Pilibhit, Oct 3 (IANS) While India launched its third Wildlife Action Plan on Monday with the focus on reducing human-animal conflict, a man was killed by a tiger in Pilibhit Tiger…
Mumbai, Oct 3 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that due to “all-round failures” like rising unemployment, inflation and firms shutting down, the public sentiment has gone against the ruling…
Islamabad, Oct 3 (IANS) Ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif made a comeback on Tuesday as head of Pakistan’s ruling PML-N through a controversial legal reform, more than two months after he was disqualified from holding…
Chennai, Oct 3 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday gave the nod for filing an objection plea against the one-man Commission of Inquiry formed to probe then Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa’s death. When senior…
Kochi, Oct 3 (IANS) Malayalam superstar Dileep, arrested for alleged involvement in the kidnapping of an actress, was on Tuesday granted bail by the Kerala High Court. The actor later left Aluva sub-jail here to…
Chandigarh, Oct 3 (IANS) Fugitive Honeypreet Insan, a close aide and “adopted daughter” of jailed Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, was arrested on Tuesday along with another woman. She will be…