Panaji mayor wants to arm Goans to counter Sri Ram Sene
Panaji, June 30 (IANS) The mayor of Goa's capital Panaji wants the state government to issue gun licenses en masse in order to arm the citizenry if Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik starts...
View ArticleTibetans head to Leh to participate in 'kalachakra'
Dharamsala, June 30 (IANS) Thousands of Buddhist devotees have started heading to Leh where their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, will participate in the highly venerated 'kalachakra' (Wheel of...
View ArticleInternational drug cartel busted by Punjab Police
Chandigarh, July 1 (IANS) Punjab Police Tuesday claimed to have busted another international drug trafficking cartel and arrested eight people involved in the racket. Police recovered over Rs.1.6...
View ArticleSeparate Sikh panel recommended for Haryana: Hooda
Chandigarh, July 1 (IANS) Amid a growing controversy over the issue, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday said a committee set up by the state government on the issue of a separate...
View ArticleTrain passengers robbed in Bihar
Patna, July 1 (IANS) Armed men Tuesday evening looted cash and valuables at gunpoint and assaulted dozens of passengers of the Jan Shatabdi Express in Bihar's Gaya district, police said. About two...
View ArticleBJP among parties spied upon by US, says report; Uproar in India (Roundup)
New Delhi/Washington, July 1 (IANS) India Tuesday strongly reacted to revelations that the BJP was among the foreign political parties which the US' National Security Agency (NSA) was authorised to...
View ArticleFrench minister has 'positive' talks with Modi, invites him to France (Roundup)
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Visiting French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and invited him to visit France, as the two leaders had "positive" talks on ways to...
View ArticleRanchi eye hospital lauded for community service
New Delhi/Ranchi, July 1 (IANS) The Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital and Kashyap Memorial Eye Bank in Ranchi were Tuesday lauded for their community service by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on the...
View ArticleTwo Kashmir families arrested on return from Pakistan
Jammu, July 1 (IANS) Members of two families in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, who had returned to their homes from Pakistan-administered Kashmir after 27 years Monday, have been taken into...
View ArticleIndia, Pakistan exchange list of prisoners
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) India and Pakistan Tuesday exchanged the list of nationals of each country lodged in others' jails, in line with the provisions of the their Agreement on Consular Access, an...
View ArticleIndian Navy warship reaches US for RIMPAC exercise
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) INS Sahyadri, an indigenously-built guided missile stealth frigate, Tuesday reached the Pearl Harbour naval base in US for Indian Navy's first participation in RIMPAC (Rim of...
View ArticleTrinamool MP says sorry for rape remark, another inflammatory video out...
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) With the countrywide chorus rising for his arrest and expulsion from parliament, Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul Tuesday tendered an unconditional apology for his "deeply...
View ArticleAkhilesh approves 'e-pension' scheme
Lucknow, July 2 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday approved the implementation of the 'UP e-pension system' for the benefit of lakhs of pensioners in the state. A state...
View ArticleArmy foils infiltration bid in Kashmir
Jammu, July 2 (IANS) An infiltration bid by militants was foiled by alert soldiers on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, the army said Wednesday. "An attempted...
View ArticleTake steps for dengue, malaria prevention, states told
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The government Wednesday asked all states to take malaria and dengue prevention measures on a war footing. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan held a meeting to review the...
View ArticleCourt to hear plea against lawyers for assaulting people from northeast
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday said it would hear a plea seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against two Delhi lawyers who allegedly abused and assaulted...
View ArticleAmit Shah to get Z-plus security
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) BJP leader Amit Shah will soon get Z-plus level security from the central government as the home ministry has given the go-ahead for it, sources said. The decision was taken...
View ArticleKejriwal to meet president to demand fresh polls in Delhi
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal along with his party legislators will Thursday meet President Pranab Mukherjee over the alleged "horse trading" by the BJP in Delhi, and will demand...
View ArticleOpposition slams Mamata for shielding Paul
Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) With West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress content with its MP Tapas Paul's apology for his rape remarks, opposition parties Wednesday targeted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...
View ArticleBJP ministers to meet party workers every day
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) In a bid to improve coordination between the party and the government, the BJP Wednesday decided that union ministers would visit the party office every day and meet party...
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