Swami Prasad Maurya disqualified from UP assembly
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey disqualified Swami Prasad Maurya, a rebel BSP leader who later joined to BJP, from the membership of the House. According to official release…
World leaders adopt breakthrough declaration on refugees at UN
Leaders from 193 countries have adopted a declaration to save lives of over 65 million refugees and migrants and share the responsibility. The ‘New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants’…
Afghan President calls up PM Modi over Uri terror attack
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi today and condemned the Uri attack. Mr Ghani extended Afghanistan’s solidarity and support to India to eliminate terrorism. Mr Modi…
US to press Pak to take steps to deal with terror groups: US
US has said, it will continue to press Pakistan to take additional steps to deal with terror groups seeking refuge within its borders. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Mark Toner told…
Security beefed up in Karnataka ahead of SC hearing on Cauvery
Security has been beefed up in Bengaluru and Cauvery basin regions of Mysuru and Mandya in Karnataka as Supreme Court takes up the Cauvery river water sharing dispute today. The…
India successfully test-fires surface-to-air missile ‘Barak-8’
India today successfully test-fired the most advanced surface-to-air missile ‘Barak-8’ off the Odisha coast. The long-range nuclear capable ballistic missile, developed jointly with Israel, was launched at 10:13 AM from…
Baloch leader Brahamdagh Bugti ready for asylum in India
Balochistan leaders Brahamdagh Bugti, who is fighting for independence for Baluchistan, said that he would soon seek political asylum in India. Currently, Bugti is exiled in Geneva, Switzerland and will…
Uri terror attack: NIA registers case
HM reviews security situation in Kashmir The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case in the Uri terror attack that claimed the lives of 18 soldiers on Sunday. Sources…
India asks Pak to stop terrorism and vacate occupation of PoK
AMN / India has asked Pakistan to stop supporting terrorism and vacate illegal occupation of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir. In its right to reply at the 33rd Session of the UN Human…
Search engines ready to block info on sex determination tests
Our Correspondent / New Delhi The government of India today informed the Supreme Court that three major search engines — Microsoft, Google and Yahoo — have agreed to auto block…