Port Blair: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'cyclone alert' in Andaman and Nicobar Islands due to a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to intensify from October 21, officials said Monday. Local port warnings have been issued in...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has modified the standard operating procedure (SOP) for payment of bail amount of poor undertrial prisoners by state governments through district legal services authority (DLSA). A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order accepting...
Leh: Ladakh representatives will hold talks with the sub-committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Delhi October 22, said Leh Apex Body co-chairman Chering Dorje Lakruk Sunday. Three representatives each of Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), along with Ladakh MP...
New Delhi: Reflecting a clear trend of market diversification, Indian exporters registered positive growth in 24 countries during the first half of the current fiscal year, even as shipments to the US declined due to high tariffs in September, official data showed. These 24 countries...
Beijing: China Sunday launched a Pakistani remote sensing satellite along with two of its own onboard a single rocket, further deepening space cooperation between the two all-weather allies. A Lijian-1 Y8 carrier rocket carrying three satellites -- Pakistan remote-sensing satellite (PRSS-2), AIRSAT 03 and 04...
Ranchi: A 47-year-old hotel owner in Ranchi was shot dead after a vegetarian customer was allegedly served non-veg biryani, police said Sunday. The incident took place around 11.30 pm Saturday after a customer sought vegetarian biryani from the hotel located on Kanke-Pithoria Road and left...
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday hit out at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav for his remarks questioning the need to spend large sums on lighting diyas and candles during Diwali, calling his statement "shocking" and "insensitive" towards Hindu traditions. A controversy...
Kohima: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has been elected as the leader of the NPF legislature party (NPFLP). The decision was taken after Rio's Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) Saturday adopted a resolution for merger with the Naga People's Front (NPF). The development comes after...
Jerusalem: Hamas said that Israel's continued closure of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will "delay recovery operations and the handover of bodies of Israeli hostages." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to keep the crossing closed until further notice "constitutes...
Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari strongly condemned the alleged attack on Darjeeling MP Raju Bista in North Bengal, accusing the Trinamool Congress of the "heinous" act by its goons. Saturday evening, BJP MP Raju Bista's convoy was attacked by miscreants...
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