- World
‘How much longer will of 5 members continue…’: India on UNSC reform
United Nations: Underlining the need for comprehensive reform of the Security Council, India has questioned how much longer can the will of five permanent members of the powerful UN body continue to…
- India
Modi leading the country to dictatorship: Congress chief Kharge
Mangaluru: AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government should not be brought back to power at the Centre as he is leading the country to dictatorship. The Prime…
- India
Bail granted to 3 men who ‘escaped’ to India on from Kuwait on fishing boat
Mumbai: A court here on Saturday granted bail to three men arrested by the city police earlier this month for allegedly entering India unlawfully on a boat from Kuwait. As no incriminating…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: Convict moves Gujarat HC for parole to attend niece’s wedding
Ahmedabad: A convict in the case related to the gangrape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots has moved the Gujarat High…
- Andhra Pradesh
GSLV rocket carrying INSAT-3DS meteorological satellite lifts-off
Sriharikota: A Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle carrying a third generation meteorological satellite lifted-off from the spaceport here on Saturday. INSAT-3DS satellite aims to augment the study of the Earth’s surface and oceanic observations.…
- Bangalore
Efforts to undermine Constitution must be thwarted: Karnataka CM
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the Constitution belongs to every citizen of the country and efforts to undermine its foundations must be thwarted. While speaking to reporters here in…
- India
Haryana, Rajasthan sign MoU on Yamuna water sharing
New Delhi: Haryana and Rajasthan have signed an agreement to jointly prepare a detailed project report for the transfer of Rajasthan’s share of Yamuna water from Hathnikund in Haryana through underground pipelines and…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Measures taken to control avian influenza in 2 Nellore villages
Nellore: In the wake of a local avian influenza outbreak in two villages in this district, an Animal Husbandry department official on Saturday said all measures have been taken to control the…
- India
VHP moves HC against housing lions named Akbar, Sita together in WB park
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has filed a petition before the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court claiming that a lioness transferred to Bengal Safari Park here from Tripura was named “Sita”…
- India
Gulzar, Sanskrit scholar Rambhadracharya selected for Jnanpith Award
New Delhi: Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award, the Jnanpith selection committee announced on Saturday. Gulzar is known for…
- Sports
Video: Sachin visits bat making unit in Kashmir, pleased with quality
Srinagar: A cricket bat manufacturer in the Sangam area here was in for a pleasant surprise when Sachin Tendulkar and his family visited his manufacturing unit on Saturday. Tendulkar, accompanied by wife…
- India
If I were to join BJP, I will inform media first, says Kamal Nath
New Delhi: Amid speculation that he could cross over to the BJP, senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath arrived in the national capital Saturday, February 17, afternoon…
- India
Bihar: Nitish Kumar downplays Lalu’s ‘doors always open’ remark
Patna: A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad caused a flutter by saying “doors were always open for Nitish Kumar”, the Bihar Chief Minister on Saturday downplayed the issue,…
- Kashmir
PM Modi’s J-K visit: Searches conducted for possible cross-border tunnels
Samba: The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Jammu and Kashmir Police conducted a joint search on Saturday for any possible cross-border tunnel along the International Border in Samba district, amid heightened…
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AIMIM to field more candidates from Bihar’s Seemanchal: Owaisi on LS polls
Kishanganj: The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) is planning to field more candidates from the Seemanchal region of Bihar in the upcoming general elections, party supremo Asaduddin Owaisi said on Saturday. The AIMIM…
