 New Delhi: Threat of flood loomed large over the national capital as the water level in Yamuna rose well above the danger mark...
 New Delhi: A decision on the way ahead for the ambitious Food Security Bill is expected to be taken Wednesday with Prime Minister...
New Delhi: With flood situation in Uttarakhand remaining grim, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday assured Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna of all assistance in rescue and relief operations in the flood-hit state.Singh, who spoke...
Lucknow: The Army's Central Command, which is carrying out rescue and relief operation in the calamity hit Uttarakhand, Tuesday said that as per an estimate more than 15,000 pilgrims were stranded on their way to pilgrimages as...
Joshimath: India cricketer Harbhajan Singh, who is on a pilgrimage but stuck due to incessant rains, Tuesday lauded the efforts of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police's (ITBP) for helping rain-hit pilgrims, here."We are lucky to be...
 Lahore: Jamaat-ud-Dawa, the parent body of banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba that carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, has been...
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Congress chief Charan Das Mahant has said he will "sweep the party office with a broom" if asked by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, inviting ridicule from BJP, which called him a "sycophant" who considers...
Jaipur: Dubbing BJPs election campaign committee chairman and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi a communal face, the Congress today said secular India would never accept him."Modi is a communal face. The welfare of dalits and...
New Delhi: The issue of the US National Security Agency monitoring internet data of India Tuesday reached the Supreme Court with a PIL filed seeking its direction to the Centre to initiate action against internet companies for...
 Washington: Internet giant Yahoo! said in a letter to users that it has received up to 13,000 requests for information from US...
Chennai: In a ruling which might have a far reaching impact, Madras High Court has said if a couple in the right legal age indulge in sexual gratification, it will be considered a valid marriage and they could be termed as...
 Kolkata: The West Bengal government Tuesday offered assistance to its Uttarakhand counterpart and said arrangements should be...
Pune: Holding that a "peaceful and stable" Pakistan was in India's interest, Defence Minister A K Antony Tuesday said that the neighbouring country must initiate strong action against terrorist groups operating from its soil, in...
London: Notwithstanding introduction of a stringent law in the wake of outrage over Delhi gang-rape case, a leading Indian author has said delay in punishing rapists in India is a cause for concern.Launching her latest book 'The...
Hyderabad: Congress party and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are talking about secularism only to cover up their failures in governance and corruption, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu alleged here Tuesday."Congress rakes up...
Lucknow: Former UP minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya today gave his consent for a lie-detection test in connection with the murder case of Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq.CBI sources said Raja Bhaiya appeared before the...
Chennai: The nominations of eight candidates, including DMK's Kanimozhi and CPI's D Raja, for the June 27 biennial elections to six Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu, were Tuesday accepted after scrutiny.Other accepted...
New Delhi: E M S Natchiappan Tuesday took charge as Minister of State for Commerce and Industry and said he will make all efforts to boost the country's exports. "Our focus should be on satisfying the domestic demand and then we...
Chennai: The nominations of eight candidates, including DMK's Kanimozhi and CPI's D Raja, for the June 27 biennial elections to six Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu, were Tuesday accepted after scrutiny. Other...
 London: Sri Lanka knocked out defending champions Australia after winning their ICC Champions Trophy group A match by 20 runs...
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government has directed the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to suspend all its operations in the Naxalite-affected Bastar region. The ICRC had started its operations two-and-a-half years...
 Washington: The head of the US National Security Agency on Tuesday defended the broad surveillance of Americans' phone and...
 Ankara: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday claimed victory over anti-government protesters after a heavy...
 Washington: In a significant development, the Taliban today opened its political office in Doha to hold peace talks with the...
 Patna: After JD(U) parted ways with ally BJP, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will seek a trust vote Wednesday at a special session...
 New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's advisor T K A Nair will soon be called by the CBI to record his statement in the coal...
New Delhi: Three bookies, arrested in the IPL spot-fixing scandal, Tuesday alleged in a court here that the Delhi police has extorted their confessions in the case by using "third degree torture and coercion".The court sought...
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court Tuesday allowed CBI's plea for shifting out IPS officer Satish Verma from the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case probe as it directed the agency conclude its investigation and file its charge...
New Delhi: More than a dozen helicopters have been deployed in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh for relief and rescue operations in the monsoon-ravaged two hill states and all stranded people are expected to be evacuated...
Jaipur: In view of floods and torrential rains taking many lives and blocking highways in Uttarakhand, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Tuesday announced a financial aid of Rs 2 crore to the state.Gehlot expressed sympathy...
 Dehradun: With a slight improvement in the weather Tuesday, two IAF choppers ferried about 200 stranded pilgrims from the high...
New Delhi: Former India cyclist and current national coach Ruma Chatterjee died in a road accident in the wee hours Tuesday after being hit by a speeding vehicle on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway.Fifty-year-old Chatterjee was...
 London: Cash-strapped Britain Tuesday axed nearly 4,500 Army personnel in the third and biggest round of job cuts since the 2010...
Washington: US President Barack Obama has defended the controversial surveillance programme, saying such secret operations are "transparent" as these were carefully supervised and controlled.Edward Snowden, an ex-National...
Greater Noida: Operations against Naxals will continue and there will be no let-up on this front, CRPF chief Pranay Sahay told his troops here Tuesday. The Director General was speaking to a batch of 716 young recruits who were...
Ankara (Turkey): Turkish news reports say police are carrying out raids and detaining people suspected of involvement in violence against police during a wave of anti-government protests.NTV television says the raids in Ankara...
Bangalore: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Tuesday said he does not want to contest elections after attaining the age of 70."After five years, I will be 70 years old. I do not want to contest elections after 70 years of...
Patna: Stray violence marred the Bihar bandh called by the BJP with party workers clashing with JD(U) supporters in the state capital as normal life was affected in several districts Tuesday.A clash broke out on the Veer Chand...
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's commercial hub Kochi will host the country meeting of the World Economic Forum on November 8 and 9 this year, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said. This will be the 29th edition of the World...
Washington: The United States will respond to North Korea's latest offer of talks only if Pyongyang takes credible steps to move verifiably towards concrete denuclearisation, a top American official has said. "The international...
 Northern Ireland: President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin said they would sign an agreement on securing and...
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