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CPI(M) leader and former West Bengal minister Manab Mukherjee dies of cardiac arrest

Kolkata/IBNS: CPI(M) leader and former West Bengal minister Manab Mukherjee died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday afternoon. He was 67.

Three Meghalaya MLAs resigned

Shillong: Ahead of the assembly polls in the state, which is scheduled to be held next year, three MLAs of Meghalaya, including two legislators of the ruling National People's Party (NPP) and one of the opposition TMC, resigned from the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly on Monday, officials said.

You should be ashamed: Israeli envoy Naor Gilon slams filmmaker Nadav Lapid over remarks on The Kashmir Files

New Delhi: Israeli envoy to India Naor Gilon slammed fellow countryman and filmmaker Nadav Lapid for calling 'The Kashmir Files' “propaganda” and "vulgar" at the 53rd International Film Festival of India and said he should feel 'ashamed' for his act.

MK Stalin urges EAM Jaishankar to secure release of fishermen from Sri Lankan custody

Chennai/UNI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin has urged External Affairs Minister Dr. S.Jaishankar to secure the immediate release of 23 fishermen apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy along with their five boats yesterday.

'I let go of Rahul Gandhi years ago': Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reflecting on himself

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, whose style of functioning has often raised questions in the political circle, turned sort of philosophical responding to a question by the media on Monday.

Egypt President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi to be India's chief guest at India's Republic Day celebration

New Delhi: Egypt President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi will be the chief guest of the country in the upcoming Republic Day celebration.

Jammu and Kashmir: Educated Bandipora shepherd is now scientific methods to make sheep farming profitable

Srinagar: A young lad from Kashmir is changing his fortune and even setting himself as an example for others by taking up sheep farming as his career despite being well educated.

Indian diaspora members in Belgium marks 14th anniversary of Mumbai attacks

Brussels: Indian diaspora members, who are based in Belgium, recently organized an event at Schuman roundabout in front of the European Commission in Brussels to commemorate the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, media reports said on Monday.

Haryana panchayat poll results stun BJP, AAP's presence felt in Congress absence

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was stunned by the Haryana panchayat poll results where the saffron camp suffered setbacks in some key seats of zila parishads of the state, media reports said.

Ramdev says women look good even without clothes, stirs row

Yoga guru Ramdev's remark where he said women look "good" in any dress as well as wearing nothing has stirred a massive row.

SC stays Bombay HC order for demolishing National Insurance Building at Mumbai's Worli

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court in its order on Monday stayed till Feb 9 next year the 2019 Bombay High Court's order directing for demolition of 114-year-old National Insurance Building situated at Worli in Mumbai.

Delhi: Wife kills husband with son's help, chops off body into 22 pieces and stores them in fridge

New Delhi/IBNS: In a eerie similarity with the Shraddha Walkar murder case, a wife has allegedly killed her husband with the help of her son, chopped off his body into 22 pieces, stored them in refrigerator and later disposed in the east Delhi neighbourhoods, media reports said.

Right to Life: Kashmiri Pandits hold barefoot march in Jammu

Jammu: Kashmiri Pandit Migrant Employees walked barefoot recently in Jammu city as they demanded the government should address their safety concerns while bringing out a comprehensive roadmap to relocate them in the Valley.

Rajnath Singh to grace Armed Forces Flag Day CSR Conclave being organised by Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare in New Delhi tomorrow

New Delhi: The fourth edition of the Armed Forces Flag Day Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Conclave is being organised by Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence (MoD) in New Delhi on Tuesday.

'Politics of abuses and hooliganism': Arvind Kejriwal's response to Yogi Adityanath 'namoona' comment

New Delhi/ IBNS: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal has shared a video of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s star campaigner Yogi Adityanath calling him "a sympathiser of terrorism" during a rally in poll-bound Gujarat.

Aftab Poonawala lodged in separate cell in Tihar jail

Delhi: Aftab Ameen Poonawala, who allegedly murdered and chopped his live-in girlfriend Shraddha Walkar’s body into 35 pieces, is lodged in cell number 4 of the Tihar Jail in Delhi, according to media reports.

Leopard spotted in streets of Dhangu Mohalla in Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur district

Hamirpur (HP)/UNI: A full-grown leopard was seen roaming in Dhangu Mohalla of the Tira gram panchayat, located on the outskirts of Sujanpur Tira town in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh for the last few days.

Two injured in rhino attack in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park

Guwahati/IBNS: Two people were critically injured after being attacked by a one-horned rhinoceros in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve.

Rajasthan: Army man, cop among 3 killed in Bharatpur after drunken brawl between friends

Bharatpur (Rajasthan)/IBNS: A heated argument between two friends led to the death of three brothers and left two other people with grievous injuries after one of them opened fire in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district, media reports said.

G-20 Presidency a great opportunity for India to focus on global good: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Presidency of G-20 has arrived as a big opportunity for India and this opportunity should be used to the fullest with a focus on global good and world welfare.