Cauvery dispute: Karnataka bandh today
AMN A dawn-to-dusk Karnataka bandh has been called for by the pro-Kannada outfits on Friday to protest Supreme Court’s direction to release Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu. This is…
Assam’s Majuli is now a district
World’s largest river island, Majuli, in Assam has been made a district. Assam Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal has formally upgraded Majuli to a district from sub-division in presence of his…
Syrian forces regain Aleppo
Syria’s army and its allies reported to have regained an important Aleppo district lost to rebels last month and are pressing an offensive south of the city to further squeeze…
Now UN Charter in Sanskrit
The UN Charter, seminal treaty of the United Nations, has now been translated into Sanskrit. The United Nations Charter was signed on June 26 1945, in San Francisco, at the…
ACB raids Delhi Waqf Board office
New Delhi The Anti-Corruption Branch, ACB of the Delhi Thursday raided Delhi Waqf Board office in connection with alleged recruitment scam. “We have initiated an enquiry into the complaint received…
Sidhu raises Awaaz against Kejriwal in Punjab
Our Correspondent / Chandigarh Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu today said that Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has betrayed him. Sidhu, who recently floated the fourth front, Awaaz-e-Punjab, at press…
80 students taken ill after meals in HP
Nahan (HP) At least 80 students are reported to have taken ill after consuming meal served to them during a sports tournament at a middle school in Sirmaur district in…
Car used by Netaji for ‘great escape’ being restored
The car in which India’s freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had made his ‘great escape’ from his ancestral house in Kolkata in 1941 when he was under house arrest…
Left demands rollback of anti-people ‘flexi’ Rail fares
New Delhi Left parties today demanded the railway ministry to rollback the “anti-people” hike in fares of premier trains like Rajdhani, Shatadbi and Duronto, contending the decision has been taken…
Restrictions on assembly of people lifted in Kashmir
Restrictions on the assembly of people across Kashmir Valley have been lifted. A police spokesman said that there are no restrictions or curfew anywhere in the Valley today. He, however,…