At least 11 people were killed and 21 others injured as a fire ripped through a hotel in Georgia's Black Sea resort, officials said. The victims died from inhaling fumes at the 22-storey Leogrand Hotel and Casino on Friday, regional Health Minister Zaal Mikeladze said. The hotel was due to host the Miss Georgia beauty pageant on Sunday. Officials said all the 2...
Police on Saturday recovered the body of an army soldier, who was on leave, in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district. Police said the body of Irfan Ahmad Dar was found with bullet marks in Keegam area of Shopian district on Saturday morning. According to police, Dar was posted in the border town of Gurez in Bandipora. He had come home on leave. "It looks l...
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday expressed concern over the "unacceptably low" representation of women, OBCs, SC/STs in the higher judiciary and called for steps to remedy the situation. "There is unacceptably low representation of traditionally weaker sections such as OBCs, SCs and STs especially in th...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the progress and efforts being made to prevent and reduce under-nutrition and related problems in the country. During a high-level review meeting attended by officials from the Prime Minister's Office, NITI Aayog and other ministries, the current status of malnutrition, stunting and related problems were discu...
Expressing concern over non-affordability of legal services by the poor in the country, President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday called upon the legal fraternity to provide free legal services them. Kovind, after inaugurating two-day conference on National Law Day, said the poor often shy away from judicial process due to delay and c...
Saying protection of fundamental rights of the citizens is "sacrosanct duty of judiciary", Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Saturday said judiciary is obliged to stand with the citizens if the government entities encroaches upon their fundamental rights. Speaking at National Law Day celebrations at Vigyan Bhavan here,...
The current security situation in northeast India is the "best" in recent years, according to Naveen Verma, Secretary, DoNER. He also lamented the fact that all northeastern states are clubbed together and have to share the blame when it comes to miltancy related disturbances. "In terms of the security situation... it is among the be...
The Congress on Friday alleged that a company owned by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's personal secretary Vaibhav Dange has been getting funds from his own ministry and other PSUs and demanded he come clean on it. The BJP rejected the charges as "baseless"....
The Centre on Friday defended Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana's appointment as CBI Special Director, saying he has an unblemished record and just a few months ago he was described as an "outstanding" officer....
The Egyptian airstrikes hit a number of vehicles of militants involved in the deadly attack on a mosque in North Sinai province that left 270 killed, said an Egyptian military spokesman in a statement on Friday. ...
