New Delhi, May 22 (IANS): The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Thursday announced a reservation of 4 per cent in the allotment of Central government housing to persons with disabilities, as part o
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS): India on Thursday urged Bangladesh to expedite the nationality verification process to facilitate the deportation of a large number of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in India who are r
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) India on Thursday reiterated that any India-Pakistan engagement has to be bilateral, at the same time making it clear once again that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) will remain in abeyan
Jammu, May 22 (IANS) A soldier was killed and two others injured on Thursday in an ongoing gunfight between the joint security forces & terrorists in J&K’s Kishtwar district, officials said.Officials
Copenhagen, May 22 (IANS): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Thursday strongly condemned the killing of two Israeli diplomats outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, expressing heartfelt
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS): The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Thursday launched a nationwide campaign to end plastic pollution, ahead of World Environment Day.World Environment Day i
Tokyo, May 22 (IANS): Japan, which shares a 'Special Strategic and Global Partnership' with India on Thursday condemned in the strongest terms the growing threat of terrorism as the country hosted a visiting de
Raipur, May 22 (IANS): Following a significant success with the elimination of 27 Maoists, the District Reserve Guard (DRG) intensified their campaign, shifting focus to Bijapur in Chhattisgarh, where ano
Amsterdam, May 22 (IANS): External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday stated that the cessation of firing and military action was negotiated directly between India and Pakistan, and the ceasefire unders
Bikaner, May 22 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the security forces avenged the April 22 terror attack in just 22 minutes by vapourising nine most infamous terror dens across the bord
Raipur, May 21 (IANS): In a significant victory against left-wing extremism, security forces killed 27 Naxalites, including Nambala Keshav Rao, alias Basavaraju, the General Secretary of the banned Communist Pa
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS): India on Wednesday evening declared a Pakistani official, working at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, as "persona non grata" for indulging in activities not in keeping with h
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS): Hours after Pakistan made "baseless allegations" of Indian involvement in a bus bomb blast in Balochistan earlier in the day, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday slamme
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea seeking criminal prosecution of Justice Yashwant Varma, who is embroiled in a controversy surrounding the alleged discovery o
Bengaluru, May 21 (IANS): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday congratulated Banu Mushtaq for winning the International Booker Prize for her Kannada short story collection, describing the win as historic.T
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS): The Army and Kolkata Police are on alert after mysterious drone-like illuminated objects were spotted in the skies over the capital city in the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a professor of political science at Haryana-based Ashoka University, who was arrested by the state police ov
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, and Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday paid heartfelt tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on th
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid heartfelt tributes to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion of his 34th death anniversa
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS): A team of scientists at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), has found drugs wi