The Bihar government on Tuesday imposed a complete ban on sale of any kind of liquor in the state. “Liquor will not be sold in any bar, pub or hotel from now onwards. We are placing a complete ban on its sale in the state. Women and kids have created an environment in favour of this ban,†Chief Minister Nitish Kumar told reporters here....
The prosecution on Tuesday sought death penalty for Muzammil Ansari, and lifers for nine others who were found guilty in the triple bomb blasts between December 2002-March 2003 by a Special POTA Court here....
India’s increasing defence and nuclear weapons were a danger to Pakistan, National Security Advisor Naseer Khan Janjua said on Tuesday, ARY News reported. Terming Pakistan as the flagbearer of peace despite trials and tribulations, Janjua said that "no one is safe in today’s world"....
The following are the highlights of the Reserve Bank of India's first bi-monthly policy review:...
Ten district secretaries and five legislators of actor-turned-politician A. Vijaykant's DMDK on Tuesday said their party must align with the DMK and end its alliance with the four-party People's Welfare Front. Addressing the media here, DMDK propaganda secretary V.C. Chandrakumar said: "The decision to align with the MNK (People's Welfare Front) was ta...
Negative global cues, along with profit booking and weak crude oil prices, plunged the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. In the process, both the key indices of the Indian equity markets provisionally closed the day's trade deep in the red. ...
The Taliban has anointed Mullah Omar’s elder son to a senior military position within the Afghan Taliban, the insurgent group has said, according to media reports on Tuesday. Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the elder son of the former Taliban chief, had previously refused to accept the leadership of the group’s chief Mullah Akh...
The BJP government has stabbed "Mother India" in the back by allowing Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) inside the country to probe the Pathankot attack, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday....
Helen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand, has entered the race to succeed Ban Ki-moon as the UN secretary general in a bid to become the first woman in the role of world's top diplomat. ...
In political circles as well as among many general voters of Kerala the result of last year's Aruvikkara assembly byelection has now become a point of discussion. O. Rajagopal, a front ranking leader of the BJP's Kerala unit, had finished third but the party increased its vote share to 23.96 percent from the paltry 6.6 percent it was able to garner...
