Maha ads story: After political damage, Shinde in 'damage-control' mode

Mumbai (IANS) A day after the ruling Shiv Sena's ad blitzkrieg resulted in a political carpet-bombing, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday lapsed into a 'damage-control' mode.

The party issued a fresh, 'politically…

Bengal pre-poll violence: One killed in Haroa bomb blast, toll rises to 13 in 25 days

Kolkata (IANS) Paritosh Mondal, a local youth was killed in a bomb blast on Monday at Harao in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.

Initial investigation revealed he was manufacturing crude bombs at an abandoned place at Shalipur area…

Over 10,000 perform Amaranth Yatra on day two

Srinagar (IANS) Over 10,000 pilgrims performed the Amaranth Yatra on the second day as another batch of 4,758 Yatris left Jammu for the Valley on Monday. 

Officials said that 10,467 pilgrims had 'Darshan' inside the Amarnath cave shrine…

Army rescues 5 youth kidnapped by militant outfit in Manipur

Imphal (IANS) The Army and Assam Rifles troopers rescued five youth belonging to the Meitei community after they were abducted by Kuki militants two days ago, official sources said.

An official in Imphal said on Sunday that the Army and the…

Shinde a ‘temporary guest’, Maha to get new CM soon, claims Raut

Mumbai (IANS) A day after the dust of the Maharashtra political quake hovers in the air, the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi got into a war-mode with Shiv Sena (UBT) MP and Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut predicting that the state will soon get a new…

Govt to take up issue of Khalistani posters displaying Indian diplomats' names with concerned nations: Jaishankar

New Delhi (IANS) External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that the issue of Indian diplomats' names appearing on posters of Khalistani elements in Canada, would be taken up with Canadian and other nations' governments as it may…

Need to keep our own interests going, says Jaishankar on economic ties with Russia

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday while referring to country's growing trade ties with Russia, said that India is more concerned about protecting its own interests rather than thinking about that country's…

Several students stranded at Vancouver airport after Air India flight to Delhi cancelled

New Delhi (IANS) Around 20 to 25 students were left stranded after the cancellation of Air India flight AI 186 from Vancouver to Delhi on July 2.

Describing their ordeal, the University of British Columbia (UBC) students mentioned that the…

Mamata-Guv honeymoon over after row over panchayat polls, univ VCs

Kolkata (IANS) The signals were there for quite some time about the honeymoon period being over.  But throughout the past week the tiff between Raj Bhavan and the state secretariat in West Bengal reached a new high.

Among the two issues in…

After Myanmar, B'desh refugees, Manipur's displaced people head to Mizoram

Aizawl/Imphal (IANS) The Manipur violence has added to Mizoram’s refugee burden as the tiny northeastern state since 2021 has become a sanctuary for Myanmarese and Bangladeshi tribals.  

Since the ethnic violence began in neighbouring Manipur…