Inducted into BJP, 10 Goa Congress' breakaway MLAs to meet Shah

Panaji (IANS) Hours after 10 Goa Congress MLAs split from the party and joined the BJP, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant late on Wednesday headed for the national capital, to introduce the newly inducted lawmakers to Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit…

Karnataka BJP hopes Governor will ask CM to take floor test

Bengaluru (IANS) A restive BJP is hoping Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala would direct Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to take the floor test in the Assembly on Friday to prove if he has majority after 16 legislators of the ruling allies resigned,…

US House passes bill to cut green cards for Indian techies

New York (IANS) The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to help Indian technology professionals get their permanent residentship sooner by cutting short the decade-long wait they now endure, but it is facing an unexpected roadblock in the…

If mediation fails, day-to-day hearing in Ayodhya row: SC

New Delhi (IANS) If mediation fails, then the Supreme Court may begin day-to-day hearing in the Ayodhya dispute, said the apex court on Thursday while hearing an application filed by one of the parties representing the Hindu community.

The…

SC asks Karnataka Speaker to decide on rebel MLAs today

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court asked the rebel Congress MLAs of Karnataka to meet Assembly Speaker at 6 p.m. on Thursday regarding their resignations and said Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar should take the decision on the resignations on the day itself.

Congress walks out of Lok Sabha over Karnataka, Goa

New Delhi (IANS) Congress members on Thursday walked out of the Lok Sabha over the political situation in Karnataka and Goa where many of its MLAs have either quit the House or joined the BJP.

The House was plunged into uproar when a Congress…

1 dead, 9 hospitalised after eating poisoned mutton in Gumla

Ranchi (IANS) One person died and nine were hospitalised after they consumed poisoned mutton in Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said on Thursday.

According to police, some people from Chapka Kathartoli village cooked a goat which had…

KRAS bags $100 mn order for 1,000 Barak missiles

Hyderabad (IANS) Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS) on Thursday received a $100 million contract from top Israeli arms firm Rafael to supply 1,000 Barak-8 MRSAM missile kits for the Indian Army and Air Force.

KRAS, India's first private…

Indian forces can handle Al Qaeda threat: MEA

New Delhi (IANS) India on Thursday dismissed Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri's appeal to the 'mujahideen' in Kashmir to rain "unrelenting" blows on the Indian Army, saying the UN proscribed terrorist had been issuing such threats…

Mob lynching: Tabrez Ansari died due to brain hemorrhage

Ranchi, July 11 (IANS) Tabrez Ansari, who was brutally thrashed on suspicion of having stolen a bike, died due to brain hemorrhage, according to the post-mortem report.

According to police sources, the post-mortem report submitted by the doctors…