Thiruvananthapuram, August 22 (IANS): High tension erupted at the Thiruvananthapuram airport here on Thursday morning when an Air India flight from Mumbai made an emergency landing following a bomb threat.The i
United Nations, August 22 (IANS): India has called for discrediting those opposing the expansion of the permanent membership of the Security Council and denying Africa’s “rightful place”.“Those who cont
Panama City, August 22 (IANS): Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, held a significant meeting with Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martinez-Acha Vasquez on Thursday to dis
Visakhapatnam, August 21 (IANS): Fourteen workers were killed and 50 others injured in a reactor explosion in a pharmaceutical company in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalle district on Wednesday, officials said. &nb
Bengaluru, August 21 (IANS): Claiming that his signature had been forged in papers granting permission to a firm for mining activities, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesda
New Delhi, August 21 (IANS): Amid widespread protests against growing incidents of sexual abuse of women across the country, BJP spokesperson Shazia Ilmi said on Wednesday that the judicial system needs a compl
Mumbai/New Delhi, August 21 (IANS): Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday expressed serious concerns over the ‘shameful crimes against daughters’ and asked where the country is heading as a s
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), August 21 (IANS): A dreaded woman Maoist carrying a reward of Rs 6 lakh on her head and having a long list of serious crimes against her in Odisha and Chhattisgarh, has laid down arms
Warsaw, August 21 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday arrived in Warsaw on a two-day visit to Poland, the first by an Indian PM in the past 45 years."My visit to Poland comes as we mark 70 years o
New Delhi, August 21 (IANS): Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Union government on Wednesday launched the advisory document titled ‘Bharat Zero Emission Trucking (ZET) Policy Ad
Faridabad, August 21 (IANS): President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said India's rich heritage always makes the nation proud and the youth have to become its flag-bearer.Speaking at the fifth convocation of JC B
Kolkata, August 21 (IANS): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed at the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, demanding an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into the alleged financial irregularities at RG K
New Delhi, August 21 (IANS): Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday defended former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's extended stay in the country amid calls from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BN
Kolkata, August 21 (IANS): Hundreds of representatives from the medical fraternity, including senior and junior doctors as well as medical students, hit the streets at Salt Lake here on Wednesday demanding just
Patna, August 21 (IANS): Commuters in Bihar faced inconvenience on Wednesday as agitators blocked several roads and railway tracks in support of the daylong nationwide strike (Bharat Bandh), called by the Aarak
New Delhi, August 21 (IANS): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will embark on an official visit to the United States from August 23 to 26, at the invitation of US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin, to furthe
Kolkata, August 21 (IANS): Preparations started for the deployment of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel on Wednesday at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata.The deployme
New Delhi, August 20 (IANS): Sending a strong indirect message to China, India and Japan on Tuesday emphasised the need for all countries to refrain from any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo, urgin
New Delhi, August 20 (IANS): Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Jitendra Singh on Tuesday claimed that the world will witness one India in space and another in the deep sea by
Bengaluru, August 20 (IANS): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that he will continue to fight for social justice despite political challenges, adding that social equality has still not been