New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Media reports that said the government was considering visa-free entry for Bangladeshi nationals were not correct and no such plan was in the offing, an external affairs ministry official said Saturday. “We have seen reports in the press regarding ‘decision’ on visa-free entry for Bangladeshi nationals. We would like to clarify […]
Gurgaon, June 21 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday staged a protest here against the central government’s decision to hike rail fares. The demonstrators chanted slogans against the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded an immediate rollback. The AAP volunteers marched through the crowded roads of old Gurgaon and burnt effigies of […]
Hyderabad, June 21 (IANS) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitaram Saturday filed her nomination for Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader submitted her papers to Andhra Pradesh legislature secretary, who is the returning officer. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, and BJP presidents of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana units […]
Lucknow, June 21 (IANS) Many people were injured Saturday evening as Samajwadi Party and BJP workers came to blows in the Uttar Pradesh capital here, police said. The incident took place outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state headquarters, when hundreds of Samajwadi Party workers started protesting against the railway fare hike effected late Friday by […]
Hyderabad, June 21 (IANS) Palestine’s Grand Mufti Mohammed A.H. Hussein and parliamentarian Abdullah M.I. Abdullah Saturday called upon India to participate in the “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” (BDS) campaign against Israel for its continued illegal occupation of Palestinian land. Hoping that the new government in India will continue the country’s principled stand on the Palestinian issue, […]
Ranchi, June 21 (IANS) Security forces Saturday recovered 123 landmines planted by Maoist guerrillas in Jharkhand’s Lohardagga district, police said. According to police, they stumbled upon the landmines during an operation against Maoists. The landmines were planted over half-a-km and connected through wire. Police also seized 23 grenades. The landmines were recovered in the Madanpur-Lawapani area […]
Chennai, June 21 (IANS) Critically acclaimed Sri Lankan film “With You, Without You” by filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage was pulled out from screens here Saturday following protests and threats from Tamil fringe groups. The film released in select cities in the country via PVR Director’s Rare Friday. “We will have to discontinue #WithYouWithoutYou with immediate effect in […]
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) A Delhi police constable committed suicide by jumping off the fifth floor balcony of his home here, police said Saturday. Lalji, 45, posted in Aman Vihar police station, jumped off from the balcony of his home in the Mandawali area in east Delhi Friday night. A family member spotted him lying […]
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Congress workers, led by the chief of the party’s Delhi unit Arvinder Singh Lovely, Saturday protested here against the Modi government’s decision to hike rail fares. The protesters gathered in west Delhi’s Janakpuri area and raised slogans against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “They promised […]
Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), June 21 (IANS) The death of a man in an accident led to a clash on the outskirts of this town after the driver who was responsible for the accident was also beaten to death, police said Saturday. “Two people were arrested on charges of murder,” Station House Officer Madan Dhiman told IANS. […]