Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:13:20
RJD president Lalu Prasad came out in support of BSP leader Mayawati who resigned from the Rajya Sabha, and offered to send her to the upper house from Bihar.
"Today would be remembered as a black day in the history when a highly respected Dalit leader was not allowed to raise the voice of poor in the Rajya Sabha," Lalu said reacting to Mayawati's resignation.
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Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:11:46
Acceding to newly-appointed chief coach Ravi Shastri's demand, the BCCI today appointed Bharat Arun as the Indian cricket team's bowling coach, ending days of drama surrounding the position.
Arun was India's bowling coach during Shastri's previous tenure as Team Director and the latter had insisted on his appointment in his soon-to-start second stint with the Indian team.
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Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:05:17
Unidentified thieves broke into the house of cricketer Umesh Yadav here and decamped with Rs 45,000 in cash and two mobile phones, the police said today.
The incident took place on Monday between 7 pm to 9 pm when the Yadav family was not in the house, they said.
Inspector B R Khandale told PTI that Yadav has a flat on the ninth floor of a building in Lakshminagar area.
"Our control room
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Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:02:51
While the entire cricketing fraternity is finding it difficult to name the best batsmen in the present era, left-arm Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir has made it clear that for him it is none other than India skipper Virat Kohli.
Amir, who recently organised a chat session on his Twitter account, was asked to name his favourite current best batsman to which left-arm pacer wrote "Virat Kohli".
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Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:52:59
I.P.S H.S. Revanna has been appointed as Deputy Inspector General (Prisons) Bengaluru and also given additional charge of Chief Superintendent, Bengaluru Central Jail replacing D. Roopa.
Earlier in the day, N.S. Megharik took additional charge as Director General (Prisons) Bengaluru replacing H.N. Satyanarayana Rao.
Roopa grabbed headlines when she, in a report, said that All India Anna Drav
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Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:50:26
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to two top Karnataka prison officials taking cognisance of a complaint about alleged torture and transfer of 32 convicts serving terms in the Central Prison here.
An NHRC release here said the complaint alleged the prisoners were beaten black-and-blue and shifted overnight (on July 16) in an injured condition to various other prison
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Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:47:24
The government today said there is no proposal under consideration with regard to farm loan write-off.
However, the Centre informed Parliament that there is a facility has been put in place for farmers to avail concessional debt.
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Maharasthra and Karnataka government have announced loan waiver this year.
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Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:41:09
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said that he will ensure that there is no shortage of beef in the state.
Parrikar, while addressing the state assembly, said that if there is shortage of beef in Goa, he will import beef from the neighbouring states.
"I haven't closed option of getting beef from Belgaum or some other place to ensure there is no shortage of beef," Parrikar said.
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Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:38:11
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed anger over soaring incidents of cow vigilantism and urged state governments to keep "anti-social elements" under check, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Wednesday questioned the sincerity of his remarks, saying little has changed despite his earlier warnings.
JD-U leader K.C. Tyagi told ANI that he does not see any substance in the Prime Minister's re
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