PM Modi speaks with S.African President, discusses bilateral relations

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, during which both the leaders reviewed the progress in bilateral relations.

According to official sources, the two leaders…

Bengal panchayat polls: Tension mounts in Murshidabad over murder of Congress worker

Kolkata (IANS) Tension mounted in pockets of Murshidabad district in West Bengal on Saturday following the murder of a local Congress leader.

State Congress president and Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has alleged that Fulchand Seikh…

As the clock ticks for polls, NCP's face-change: Supriya Sule, Praful Patel new Working Presidents

Mumbai (IANS) With less than a year remaining for the Lok Sabha elections, and ahead of upcoming polls in various states, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar has overhauled the party, naming senior leader Praful Patel and his daughter…

Assam, Manipur CMs hold meetings in Imphal, net suspension extended till June 15

Imphal (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday held a series of meetings in Imphal with his Manipur counterpart N. Biren Singh and various other bodies and civil society organisations on the ethnic violence in the state in which…

Bengal panchayat elections: Guv sends strong message on poll-related violence

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Saturday gave a strong message to State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha to take adequate measures to prevent any form of violence in connection with the forthcoming panchayat elections…

Dalit family beaten by upper caste men for bathing at tubewell in UP's Khurja

Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Four members of a Dalit family, including two minors and a former village head, were allegedly thrashed by upper caste men for bathing in a tubewell reservoir in Khurja city of Bulandshahr district, the police said…

J&K Police rescue 250 tourists stuck in Kashmir's Affarwat

Srinagar (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police have rescued at least 250 tourists, who were stuck in the Affarwat mountains after the Gulmarg Gondola car operations in North Kashmir's Baramulla district developed a technical fault, officials said…

60 rescued, one injured in Mumbai building blaze

Mumbai (IANS) At least 60 residents were rescued and one was injured in a major fire that broke out in a residential building in the congested Zaveri Nazar area of South Mumbai early on Friday, the BMC Disaster Control said.

The blaze took…

SC refuses urgent listing of plea challenging Internet shutdown in Manipur

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to urgently list a plea challenging the Internet shutdown in violence-hit Manipur since May 3.

A vacation bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal noted that the Manipur…

Flutter as top MVA leaders Sharad Pawar, Sanjay Raut get death threats

Mumbai (IANS) Two top opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut, have received fresh death threats from unknown persons, here on Friday.

Pawar…