New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday urged Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha and Union Minister J.P. Nadda to ensure that swift action is taken over the "Shuddhikaran (purification)" ritual, carried out at...
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) India's services sector strengthened in August because of resilient demand and a continued rise in new business, while employment growth accelerated to a 15-month high, according to the HSBC India Services PMI data released on...
Varanasi/New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) In view of the worsening flood situation in Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke to Mayor Ashok Tiwari and District Magistrate Satyendra Kumar to take stock of the situation in the city and...
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Former India batter S Badrinath has questioned the inclusion of Washington Sundar and Nitish Kumar Reddy in India’s T20I squad for the upcoming three-match series against Afghanistan, beginning September 13 in Delhi, suggesting that head...
Shenzhen, Sep 3 (IANS) India's Kidambi Srikanth stunned world No. 9 Canadian Victor Lai to reach the men's singles quarter-finals at the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament on Thursday. Former world No. 1 Srikanth, the 2021 World Championships silver...
Jaipur, Sep 3 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court has sought the state government’s response on a petition challenging the number of Other Backward Classes (OBC) reserved seats for Zila Pramukh posts in the upcoming Panchayati Raj elections.Hearing a petition filed...
Bengaluru, Sep 3 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R. Ashoka on Thursday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the collapse of a school roof in Bagalkot in Karnataka, challenging him...
Guwahati, Sep 3 (IANS) At least two Assam Police personnel were killed, and two others sustained injuries after a colleague allegedly opened fire with an AK-47 rifle at a police outpost in Assam’s Kamrup district, officials said on Thursday.The incident...
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) In a major move to provide financial stability to cooperative sugar factories and ensure timely payments to sugarcane farmers, the Maharashtra government is set to introduce a 'Soft Loan Scheme' modelled on the Central government's policy...
Bhubaneswar, Sep 3 (IANS) Gitanjali Angmo, wife of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, on Thursday said objections to singing 'Vande Mataram' on the grounds that it contains references to Hindu deities reflect a 'childish way of thinking'. She said that language,...
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) Wimbledon champion and No. 6 seed Linda Noskova extended her Grand Slam winning streak by reaching the third round of the US Open with a straight-sets win over Thailand's Lanlana Tararudee at Louis Armstrong Stadium.Noskova’s...
Seoul, Sep 3 (IANS) Nearly 40 million user accounts of South Korean streaming platform Tving were compromised in a massive data breach stemming from a hacking incident reported in June, a joint investigation showed on Thursday.The Ministry of Science and...