The odd-even traffic scheme aimed at battling pollution has been a success so far on Monday, Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai said. He also criticized BJP MP Vijay Goel for breaking the scheme under which private diesel and petrol vehicles with even registration numbers can ply only on even dates and those with odd registration numbers on odd...
A 24-hour shutdown call given by the opposition Congress on Monday over former health minister Bimal Sinha's assassination 18 years ago evoked mixed response in Left-ruled Tripura. The call was given to press for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into Sinha's assassination and seeking resignation of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. The sta...
The Congress on Monday slammed Maharashtra's Water Conservation Minister Pankaja Munde for taking a selfie during her visit to the drought-hit Latur region. "Selfie tourism is not the answer to the problems of the Marathwada region of Maharashtra," Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi told IANS here. "It is extremely unfortunate a...
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during her meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Monday raised the issue of China vetoing India's bid at the UN to ban Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar. “The external affairs minister raised the issue of listing of Masood Azhar in the UN 1267 Committee and emphasised that as c...
Dipa Karmakar has entered into history books becoming India's first woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics after putting up a strong show at the final qualifying and test event for the Rio Games. Dipa, who is an Asian Championship bronze medallist, qualified in the artistic gymnastics event for Rio Olympics after collecting 52.698 points in t...
Curfew was imposed Sunday night in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district as violence over Ram Navami processions escalated...
The lower house of Brazil's parliament have voted in favour of impeaching President Dilma Rousseff, a move that could see the country's first female leader removed from power....
A 'jail bharo' programme by agitating Patidar (Patel) leaders turned violent on Sunday, forcing the authorities to clamp curfew and deploy the Border Security Force (BSF) in Gujarat's northern town of Mehsana. ...
Congress president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday served a legal notice to leading daily Times of India demanding an "unqualified apology" for its report on her official accommodation....
At least 233 people have been confirmed dead and 500 people were injured as a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador on Saturday evening, President Rafael Correa said on Sunday. ...
