All countries are with India, Sushma tells Parliament on Indo-China standoff
File Pic New Delhi: On day 4 of the monsoon session of Parliament, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj addressed the Rajya Sabha on the continuing standoff with China on the trijunction of Sikkim, Bhutan, Tibet at Doklam. Swaraj said all nations...
Prez poll: Counting starts at 11 am, result out at 5 pm
New Delhi: The counting for the presidential election held on Monday would be done today and the name of the next occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhawan would be known by 5 pm. The numbers are stacked in favour of the ruling...
Auto-rickshaw driver’s daughter slays IIT
Balrampur: Kiran, the daughter of an auto rickshaw driver in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur area, has emerged as an inspiration for many by beating all the odds to achieve a rank of 169 to secure admission to the prestigious and coveted IIT...
US lists Pak among countries providing ‘safe havens’ to terrorists
Washington: The United States today listed Pakistan among the nations and regions providing 'safe havens' to terrorists, saying terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed continue to operate, train, organise and fundraise inside the country in 2016. In its annual 'Country...
China ready to attack India in collaboration with Pakistan: Mulayam Singh Yadav in Lok Sabha
File Pic New Delhi: Samajwadi Party leader and former Defence Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today claimed that China was ready to attack India in collaboration with Pakistan and asked the government to reverse its stand on the Tibet issue and...
Shastri batting for Tendulkar as Batting Consultant
New Delhi/Mumbai: Team India's newly-appointed Head Coach Ravi Shastri has said that he wants former India captain and batting legend Sachin Tendulkar as a batting consultant for the team provided it is not a case of conflict of interest. Tendulkar was part...
TR Zeliang appointed Nagaland Chief Minister by Governor
Kohima: TR Zeliang appointed Nagaland chief minister in place of Shurhozelie Liezietsu, who didn't show up for the floor test today. Zeilang is a former chief minister of the state and leader of the rebel Nagaland Peoples Front. Embattled Nagaland Chief...
Farmers getting bullets instead of price: United Opposition tells RS
New Delhi: Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha today strongly raised the issue of agrarian crisis in the country, saying farmers were being forced to do distress sale of crops in the face of cheaper zero-duty imports. Several members gave notices...
Amarnath pilgrim dies, death toll climbs to 48
Srinagar: A 60-year-old pilgrim from Madhya Pradesh died on his way back from the Amarnath shrine, taking the death toll in the ongoing annual yatra to 48, officials said today. Romeshwar Patidar died at Pissu Top, on his way back from...
Jagga Jasoos actress Bidisha Bezbaruah found dead, husband arrested
Gurgaon: The Haryana Police on Tuesday arrested the husband of Assamese actress and singer Bidisha Bezbaruah, a day after she allegedly committed suicide in her sector 43 Gurugram apartment.Bezbaruah recently shot into the spotlight after her role in the Ranbir...
Mayawati resigns as Rajya Sabha MP
New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday resigned as Rajya Sabha MP. Mayawati earlier in the day threatened to resign from the pper House as she was not allowed to speak on Dalits and other weaker sections being...
IFS officer’s tour led to tiger deaths in Pench: Probe report
Representational Pic Bhopal: A three-member probe committee of state forest department has held the ‘unauthorised’ tour of a senior IFS officer to Pench National Park responsible for the death of a tigress and two cubs at the Park on March...
Let me speak or I will quit, says Mayawati walking out of Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Pandemonium in the Upper House. Mayawati walks out of the House and threatens to resign from the Rajya Sabha amid ruckus in the House. She said she will resign if she is not allowed to speak and says...
Smriti Irani given charge of Naidu’s I&B ministry
New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office tweets: The additional charge of the Ministry of I&B has been given to @smritiirani.
The additional charge of the Ministry of I&B has been given to @smritiirani.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia)...
Wearing saffron, Naidu arrives in Parliament to file nomination for VP poll
New Delhi: NDA's Vice Presidential candidate Venkaiah Naidu arrives in Parliament to file his nomination. With a rich, saffron angavastram draped around his shoulders, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, is one of most recognisable faces in the Bharatiya Janata Party....
Venkaiah Naidu can be NDA VP of India
New Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu has been finalized as the ruling NDA candidate for Vice Presidential poll and the announcement will be made on Monday evening, party sources said. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Board will...
Asaduddin Owaisi will support Meira, but prefers a non-Congress candidate
New Delhi: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said they voted for Opposition candidate Meira Kumar for the post of the President. "We have decided to support Meira Kumar. But a non-congress candidate would have been better...
NCP denies supporting Kovind, says party has voted for Meira
New Delhi: Amid reports of the Nationalist Congress Party voting for National Democratic Alliance's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind, party leader Praful Patel on Monday clarified that all their MPs and MLAs have voted for Opposition candidate Meira Kumar. Patel...
Sasikala kitchen ghotala: Whistleblower top cop transferred
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Deputy Inspector General of Police, D Roopa, who spoke out against the alleged VIP treatment being given to AIADMK chief Sasikala Natarajan in jail, has been shunted out. Roopa has now been posted as commissioner for road safety...
Jawan, girl, killed in Pak shelling along LoC
Srinagar: An Army jawan and a nine-year-old girl were killed as Pakistani troops shell areas along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. Two more civilians have been injured. The army said soldier Muddasar Ahmed (pictured) was hit when...
Ceasefire violation by Pak in Rajouri, Poonch, Indian Army retaliating
Representational Pic Srinagar: The Pakistan Army on Monday violated ceasefire along the Line of Control in Poonch's Balakote and Rajouri's Manjakote and Bhimber Gali sector. The Indian Army is strongly retaliating to it. On July 12, two soldiers were killed after Pakistan...
