Kerala CM P Vijayan visits Panjagutta Police Station

Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala has visited Punjagutta Police Station and Hyderabad City commissionerate today along with Nayini Narsimha R...

PM Modi bats for concerns of small, island states at Commonwealth

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has underlined the importance of looking at the concerns of the small and island states in the Commonwealth. He anno...

Fiscal needs of each state will be individually assessed: 15th Finance Commission

15th Finance Commission Chairman, N K Singh has said the fiscal needs of each state will be individually assessed keeping in view their special charac...

NDMA issues alert advising people to stay away from coasts

West Coast of India, Lakshadweep, South Tamil Nadu, Bay of Bengal, and Kerala are expected to experience high energy swell waves from tomorrow till Su...

Govt asks states to allow private licence for taxis

Centre has asked states to allow drivers to use private licence for driving taxis and light vehicles for commercial purposes. However, commercial...

Berlin set for mass evacuation as World War II bomb is defused

A large-scale evacuation is to take place in Berlin today to allow experts to defuse a World War Two bomb.Buildings will be cleared in a 2,625 feet ra...

South African President leaves Commonwealth summit to deal with protests

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has cut short his attendance at the Commonwealth summit in London to deal with violent protests at home. ...

J&K Health Minister Bali Bhagat orders suspension of 23 officials

Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Bali Bhagat has ordered suspension of 23 officials including 4 doctors and 19 paramedics in Jammu and Rajouri distri...

All candidates elected unopposed in Bihar,UP MLC Polls

In Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, all the candidates who filed their nominations for the biennial Election of the Members of Legislative Council, have been ...

L-G approves proposal to compensate consumers to unscheduled power cuts in Delhi

In a good news for Delhi residents, Lt Governor Anil Baijal approved the Kejriwal government's proposal mandating an hourly compensation of Rs 100 to ...

Diaz-Canel is Cuba's new president as Castro steps aside

Miguel Diaz-Canel was formally named Cuba's new president yesterday, succeeding Raul Castro, state media said -- a historic handover ending six decade...

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi wants retrial in Mecca Masjid blast case

A delegation of Muslim leaders led by MIM party Chief Asaduddin Owaisi called on Governor ESL Narasimhan on Thursday and sought his intervention for r...

AP CM Chandrababu Naidu's hunger strike begins

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday began his day-long hunger strike in Amaravati at 7 am as a protest for the demand of special status for A...

Erdogan 'needs every vote' and is looking to Turks in U.S. for support

ISTANBUL — A year after his bodyguards brawled with protesters on a Washington street, Turkey's strongman president is bringing his ruling party to th...

Southwest Airlines engine explosion linked to prior accident

A female passenger died after she was nearly sucked from the cabin of a Southwest Airlines flight travelling from New York to Dallas on Tuesday.Invest...

Commonwealth Bank charged fees to dead clients, inquiry hears

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) told a public hearing that some of its financial planners had billed services to deceased clients.In one case, an...

2015 IAS toppers Tina Dabi, Athar Khan break social stereotypes to tie the knot

NASA's planet-hunter satellite TESS launched on SpaceX rocket

NASA's next planet-hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Tess) successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air ...

Trump warns North Korea talks could be called off if not 'fruitful'

The President says he hopes for a successful meeting with Kim Jong Un in the coming weeks, but warns he may call it off.Donald Trump has said he wants...

48 MPs, 45 MLAs have declared cases of crime against women.

Among the 48 lawmakers facing charges of crime against women, 45 are MLAs and three are Members of Parliament.Amid the country-wide uproar over rape c...

Mecca Masjid blast case: Hyderabad high court rejected the resignation of K Ravinder Reddy judge.

The Hyderabad high court on Thursday rejected the resignation of K Ravinder Reddy, the judge who had quit his duties after acquitting the five accused...

SBI allowed customers to withdraw money up to Rs. 2,000 via PoS

Amid the cash crunch faced by the country, State Bank of India (SBI), today allowed customers to withdraw money up to Rs. 2,000 via Point of Sale (PoS...

In Pathankot district, after reports of suspected terrorist movement in the area Security has been stepped up

Security has been stepped up and search operations are being carried out around the border localities of Punjab, particularly in Pathankot district, a...

Pakistan-backed PoK and Khalistani elements burnt the Indian flag in Central London for justice Kathua Rape case

London: Pakistan-backed PoK and Khalistani elements burnt the Indian flag in Central London yesterday while the London Metropolitan Police quietly wat...

Maneka Gandhi said create special police cells for dealing with sexual offences against women and children.

Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Thursday told the states and Union Territories to create special police cells for deal...

Supreme Court’s website had been hacked

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology confirmed on Thursday that the Supreme Court’s website had been hacked.The National Informatics...

730 pupils evacuated from RAK school

Dubai: Students from a public girl’s school were quickly evacuated form school on Thursday due to a faulty air conditioning unit.Up to 730 pupils were...

Karan Johar honoured to be first Indian filmmaker at Madame Tussauds

Filmmaker Karan Johar says he feels honoured to be the first filmmaker from India to have a wax statue at the Madame Tussauds.Karan Johar on Thursday ...

People of J&K have shown courage, says President Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind has said that they showed courage, fortitude and resilience in the face of challenges arising because of multiple factors.Sp...

First Saudi cinema opens with 'Black Panther'

The lights dimmed and the crowd of men and women erupted into applause and hoots as Hollywood’s blockbuster “Black Panther” premiered in Saudi Arabia’...