Srinagar (IANS) The security forces in a swift operation averted a major terror plot by timely neutralising an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Wednesday on the Handwara-Baramulla Highway in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
The Army said…
New Delhi (IANS) Mallikarjun Kharge was on Wednesday elected as the new Congress President after he received 7,897 votes, while his rival Shashi Tharoor managed to secure only 1,072.
Although the counting of votes has ended, official results…
New Delhi (IANS) Runner-up in the Congress president poll, Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday thanked his supporters, and said that the elections will galvanise the party and its revival has begun.
"I have always expressed the view that these elections,…
Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that he will report to the new Congress president who will decide his role in the party.
He told reporters at Adoni during Bharat Jodo Yatra that the Congress president…
Meerut (IANS) Six persons are reportedly missing after a boat carrying about 17 people capsized in the Bhimkund Ganga Ghat in Meerut on Tuesday.
Eleven persons have been rescued, while rescue operations are underway to locate the missing, which…
Rudraprayag (IANS) A helicopter carrying Kedarnath pilgrims crashed in Uttarakhand's Garud Chatti on Tuesday, killing all six onboard.
The victims comprised two pilots and four pilgrims.
The chopper is reported to belong to Aryan…
New Delhi (IANS) The Law Ministry has told the Supreme Court that the court cannot direct Parliament to frame or enact any law, as it sought dismissal of PILs seeking a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the country.
The ministry said that to have…
Chennai (IANS) The Justice Arumugasamy commission that probed the death of former Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has recommended an inquiry against V.K. Sasikala, former aide of Jayalalithaa, former health minister C. Vijayabhaskar and former health…
Lucknow (IANS) The Bharat Jodo Yatra, being led by Rahul Gandhi, may be creating a buzz in the southern states but when it comes to Uttar Pradesh, no party seems to be taking it seriously.
Parties that are in power, as well as those in the…
New Delhi (IANS) Congress on Tuesday questioned the Union government for the preferential treatment given to the Bilkis Bano case convicts, alleging that it has been done for elections.
Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Abhishek…