Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:34:08
Vice-President M. Hamid Ansari has expressed his grief at the loss of life in explosions at St. Petersburg, Russia.
In a message, he said that terrorism is a threat to all pluralist and open societies and we need to act together for dealing with this menace.
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Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:30:28
After Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government waived off farmers' loans, the Congress Party on Wednesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stated that what was being announced was far too less for the farmers of the state.
Congress leader Randeep Surjewala told ANI that such less amount will not free the farmers from their debt or provide them adequate relief.
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Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:21:00
“I am not afraid of the hollow threats of sand miners, but I am shocked at their brutality. They are not afraid of the law and no respect for the system, but I will continue to fight,” said Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis.
She was speaking at a protest meet held in Manipal on Tuesday.
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Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:17:51
A Muslim man brutally beaten up by cow vigilantes in Rajasthan's Alwar district has died from his injuries, the police said on Tuesday.
Pehlu Khan, in his fifties, died late Monday night in a hospital where he was admitted for treatment.
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Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:13:30
The death toll from a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held Syrian town has risen to 72, 20 of them children, a monitoring group said today.
"There were also 17 women among the dead and the death toll could rise further because there are people missing," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:08:28
Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has been appointed interim captain of IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore after regular skipper Virat Kohli and his stand-in A B de Villiers were rendered unavailable due to injuries.
Royal Challengers Bangalore chairman Amrit Thomas announced that Watson will be the interim skipper of the franchise.
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Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:06:12
The ongoing heat wave conditions across the southern states have led to severe water crisis in Gulbarga city in Karnataka.
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Tue, 04 Apr 2017 21:41:15
Delivering on BJP's poll promise to small and marginal farmers, the Yogi Adityanath cabinet today decided to waive their crop loans up to Rs 1 lakh, totalling a staggering Rs 36,359 crore, at its very first meeting.
The move will benefit over 2.15 crore farmers, besides 7 lakh others who had secured loans which turned into non-performing assets (NPAs).
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Tue, 04 Apr 2017 21:37:33
In a significant order, the Madras High Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to waive loans of all drought-hit farmers and restrained cooperative societies and banks from recovering their dues.
It noted that the state's financial situation was grim and it was single handedly shouldering the debt burden in a drought year in which farmers were committing suicide and suggested that the C
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