11 dead in MP boat capsize

Bhopal (IANS) Eleven persons are drowned after a boat capsized during the Ganapati immersion here in Madhya Pradesh early on Friday, police said.

The accident took place around 4.30 a.m. at Khatlapura Ghat of lower lake near the newly renovated…

New Parliament building by 2024: Hardeep Puri

New Delhi (IANS) Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said the country is likely to get new buildings for the Parliament, central ministries and other government offices by 2024.

Speaking at 'Land…

Chinmayanand case to get murkier as more videos tumble out

Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) The Chinmayanand case seems to be getting murkier day by day with several video clips related to both the accused former Union Minister and the survivor getting viral, with either claiming victimhood.

The…

Same food for everyone: HC refuses home meals for Chidambaram

New Delhi (IANS) Same food is available for everyone, said the Delhi High Court on Thursday while hearing the regular bail plea filed by former finance minister P. Chidambaram, who is currently in Tihar Jail in INX Media corruption case.

NC leader 'appreciates' Pak role in raking up Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) National Conference leader and MP Akbar Lone has "appreciated" the role of Pakistan in raking up the Kashmir issue internationally and "putting pressure" on India, even as he said that his party must contest…

Ready for action to retrieve PoK: Army chief

New Delhi (IANS) Indian Army Chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat said on Thursday that the army is prepared for an operation to retrieve Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) from the clutches of Pakistan if the government wants so.

Rawat was…

Chandrababu Naidu under house arrest to foil protest march

Amaravati (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was placed under house arrest by the police on Wednesday to prevent him from leading a protest march by the TDP over alleged attacks on their cadres by the ruling YSRCP…

LeT militant behind attack in Sopore killed

New Delhi (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police have identified the terrorist gunned down on Wednesday as the one responsible for attacking a Sopore fruit trader's family last week in which a three-year-old girl had also been injured.

The…

Very close to restoring normalcy, says J&K DGP

Srinagar (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Wednesday asserted that the erstwhile state is on the edge of normalcy, with restrictions almost lifted from most of the districts.

"We are very close to…

PM Modi inaugurates historic Indo-Nepal petro pipeline

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the Motihari-Amlekhganj (Nepal) petroleum pipe line through video conferencing. It is the first ever cross border petroleum pipeline in South Asia.

Modi called the project…