New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its decision on the Delhi government’s plea seeking permission to allow the use of certified green firecrackers to celebrate Diwali in the national capital.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Pakistan could never imagine that a group it once raised and used to spread terror in neighbouring countries would one day run a government and realise that diplomacy does not flow out of the barrel of a gun.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Amid political turbulence in Venezuela and its standoff with the US, bringing the spectre of conflict - embroiling major parts of the globe - to the Americas too, veteran politician María Corina Machado Parisca, a steadfast and vocal opponent of her country's strongmen, Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro, for over two decades, has become the latest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has commenced a comprehensive online training and assessment programme for Returning Officers (ROs) and Assistant Returning Officers (AROs) appointed for the upcoming Bihar Legislative Assembly elections and bye-elections, it said on Friday.
Etawah (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 10 (IANS) On the third death anniversary of Samajwadi Party founder and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, party chief Akhilesh Yadav vowed to fight for the honour and dignity of the PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpasankhyak).
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) After the United States denied media reports suggesting it had approved the sale of advanced AIM-120 air-to-air missiles to Pakistan, the Congress on Friday raised concerns, saying that even if the missiles aren’t being given today, they may be provided tomorrow.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Reacting to the Congress party’s ‘charge sheet’ against the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Friday accused the grand old party of hypocrisy and reminded it of its own "tainted history" spanning over six decades.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) In a heated political exchange over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Friday accused the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee government of protecting illegal voters as vote banks.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan held high-level meetings in Delhi over the past two days with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union Ministers, pressing for urgent intervention on the state’s financial stress, disaster relief, infrastructure projects, and healthcare initiatives.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday granted four weeks’ additional time to the Union government to respond to a batch of applications demanding the time-bound restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
