68-kg cake cut as Jayalalithaa turns 68
Chennai, Feb 24 (IANS) A 68-kg cake was cut, an AIADMK leader floated on water for 68 minutes and 15 lakh people telephoned her birthday greetings as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK star J….
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Umar Khalid even questioned god, says sister
By Ruwa Shah New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Arrested JNU scholar Umar Khalid’s sister says her brother has wrongly been branded an Islamist terrorist because the self-proclaimed Marxist has a habit of questioning everything, including…
Harsimrat Kaur accuses Congress of stalling GST bill
Mumbai: Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal at the seminar on Food Processing Industries `Opportunities in the food processing sector`, during the Make in India Week programme, in Mumbai on Feb 16,…
Agitators damaging public property must pay: SC
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would lay down guidelines to act against people damaging public property and holding people to ransom in the course of their…
Centre targets electrifying 7,000 villages by March
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The central government has fixed a target of electrifying 7,000 un-electrified villages by the end of the current fiscal on March 31, Power Minister Piyush Goyal has said. “The village…
Jolt to YSR Congress as another MLA Jayaramulu from Budvel joins TDP
Vijayawada, Feb 24 (IANS) In an another setback to the YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh, one more legislator has switched loyalties to the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Jayaramulu, a member of the assembly…
JD-U Haryana president booked for illegal mining
Gurgaon, Feb 24 (IANS) Rao Kamalbir Singh, the Janata Dal-United president in Haryana, has been booked for illegal mining here in Haryana, police said on Wednesday. A resident of Gurgaon and younger brother of Haryana…
Two more members join JNU inquiry panel
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) A high-level committee set up by the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration to inquire into an event organised on the campus, which has triggered international headlines, has been broad based…
Pakistan desires good ties with neighbours, says Sharif
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said that Pakistan was pursuing good relations with all its neighbours, including India, as mutual cooperation was…
Is Afzal Guru a martyr? Anurag Thakur asks Lok Sabha
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Is Afzal Guru a martyr or a terrorist? BJP leader Anurag Thakur on Wednesday raised the question in the Lok Sabha while participating in a discussion on the Jawaharlal Nehru…
Abe to ignore Obama’s call for not to visit Russia
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (File Photo: IANS) Tokyo, Feb 24 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Russia despite the US urging him not to do so, a top government official said on…
Rahul says government ‘scared’, won’t let him speak
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the Narendra Modi-government was “scared” and won’t let him speak on student protests in India following the police crackdown on the Jawaharlal…
Expectations high as Prabhu presents his second rail budget
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Will Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu increase passenger fares and freight tariff? That’s the question that pops up as he presents his ministry’s annual budget for the next fiscal amid shrinking…
Sharif, Indian envoy discuss bilateral ties
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale on Wednesday met Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and discussed bilateral relations, the media reported. Bambawale and Sharif “exchanged…
Donald Trump scores a hat-trick in Republican race
(Photo: IANS) By Arun Kumar Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) Donald Trump cemented his frontrunner status in the Republican presidential race with a third consecutive victory in Nevada caucuses as his two major rivals Senators Ted…
HC adjourned Kanhaiya’s bail; police seeks remand
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday adjourned the bail plea hearing of JNU Student Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, for February 29. Delhi Police told Justice Pratibha…
Plane with 21 aboard missing in Nepal
Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) An aircraft with 21 people, including two foreigners, on board went missing in Nepal on Wednesday, an official said. “The plane took off from Pokhara at 7.47 a.m. The aircraft lost…
India’s right move to allow Pathankot probe team visit: Daily
Pathankot: Soilders inside the Pathankot Air Force base that was attacked by militants; on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Islamabad, Feb 24 (IANS) India has made the right move to allow the Pathankot terror attack…
Republicans vow to block Obama’s apex court pick
Washington, Feb 24 (IANS) Setting the stage for a major confrontation with President Barack Obama, Senate Republicans have vowed not to hold confirmation hearings for his Supreme Court nominee to replace a dead conservative judge…
Indian-origin man Nikhil Nilesh Shah jailed for sending damaging computer code
New York, Feb 23 (PTI) A 33-year-old Indian-origin man has been sentenced to over two years in prison and ordered to pay over USD 300,000 in fine for sending a malicious computer code to his…