Author: IANS

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Delhi police have rescued 333 children from Delhi and handed them over to their families in different parts of the country under its special drive ‘Milap’ that reunites lost children with their families. Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rajiv Ranjan said that apart from[Read More…]

Gurugram, July 9 (IANS) Gurugram Police has arrested a member of a Mewati gang that used to offer a lift to passengers and then rob them at gunpoint. The accused, Shokeen, a resident of Nuh town, had recently committed a crime with three of his accomplices at Rajiv Chowk on[Read More…]

Ghaziabad, July 9 (IANS) The Ghaziabad district administration has geared up to make the National Highway-58 (NH 58) and Chaudhary Charan Singh Kanwar Marg on the upper Ganges canal hassle-free for movement of kanwarias (Shiv devotees) who are expected to reach the city, via these two routes from Haridwar, by[Read More…]

Gandhinagar, July 9 (IANS) The Gujarat Assembly on Monday passed an amendment bill to the Disturbed Areas Act with the ruling BJP introducing more stringent provisions against transfer of properties in it, contending that this was needed to plug loopholes in the law. The bill was passed by the BJP[Read More…]

Panaji, July 9 (IANS) Accusing Goa’s BJP-led coalition government of trying to brazenly regularise encroachment on their lands through a bill in the Assembly’s upcoming monsoon session, custodians of the pre-Portuguese era ‘Communidades’ on Monday urged Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to hold a meeting with them before tabling the bill.[Read More…]

Rome, July 8 (IANS/AKI) Global demand for agricultural products is forecast to grow 15 per cent over the coming decade, while agricultural productivity growth is expected to increase slightly faster, an annual report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization said on[Read More…]

London, July 8 (IANS) Rafael Nadal on Monday prevailed over Joao Sousa with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 win to extend his victory record at Wimbledon to 52 matches, one more than the legendary Bjorn Borg. World No. 2 Nadal took an hour and 45 minutes to reach the quarterfinals at[Read More…]

Rome, July 8 (IANS/AKI) Trade in agricultural and fisheries commodities should grow over the next decade at around 1.3 per cent annually, and is vital to ensure everyone in the world has enough nourishing food to eat, according to new OECD-FAO annual report released here on Monday. “The Outlook makes[Read More…]

Rome, July 8 (IANS/AKI) The Conegliano and Valdobbiadene regions of northeast Italy have been added to the United Nations cultural organisation Unesco’s World Heritage list, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. “The splendid Prosecco Hills of Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, are the 55th Italian site inscribed in the[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The 11-member Indo Tibetan Border Police mountain rescue team that carried out one of the world’s most difficult retrieval operations to recover bodies of seven foreign mountaineers, included men who have scaled Mount Everest. The ITBP team recovered the bodies of the foreign mountaineers near[Read More…]

Chandigarh, July 8 (IANS) Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib MLA Kuljit Nagra on Monday announced his resignation as All India Congress Committee Secretary. His decision comes as an expression of solidarity and collective responsibility with party chief Rahul Gandhi’s resignation. Nagra is in-charge of the party’s Delhi affairs. Overall, the Congress won[Read More…]

London, July 8 (IANS) Serena Williams ended Carla Suarez Navarros Wimbledon hopes with a straight set win on Monday to seal her place in the quarterfinals. The US star took 64 minutes to hand the Spaniard a 6-2, 6-2 defeat, ending Navarros run to the round of 16. “That’s a[Read More…]

Agartala, July 8 (IANS) Ahead of the July 27 panchayat elections in Tripura, at least 50 political leaders and workers of the ruling BJP, CPI-M and Congress were injured in various clashes and attacks in the past 48 hours in at least 10 places across the state, the police said[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) A serving Indian Army Junior Commissioned officer allegedly committed suicide inside his quarters here on Monday, police said. According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Subedar Major J.C. Baruah, who hailed from Assam, and was working at the Engineer-in-Chief’s office at the[Read More…]

New Delhi , July 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appreciated the efforts of Gujarati folk singer Geeta Rabari soon after they met at the Parliament. Rabari met the Prime Minister after her song dedicated to “Rona Sherma” completed 25 crores views. The Prime Minister had met Rabari[Read More…]

Rome, July 8 (IANS/AKI) Italy has “complete faith” in the international arbitration court in the Netherlands which on Monday began hearings on a request for India to drop the prosecution of two marines accused of killing two fishermen in an incident in 2012. “Today the hearings opened on our two[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday said its accounts have just been closed and based on the accounts, its audit committee and the RBI Central Board will take a decision on the Centre’s demand for a Rs 90,000 crore dividend. “The accounting is[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Delhi University on Monday night released its third cut-off list for undergraduate courses with Commerce courses still up for grabs. Going by the cut-offs, the students’ lack of interest in Commerce courses has been evident as most of the colleges closed admissions in general category[Read More…]

Kharagpur, July 8 (IANS) Fourteen teams from seven states are participating in the week-long hardware edition of Smart India Hackathon 2019 that started at the IIT here on Monday. Assam, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telegana and West Bengal are taking part in the pan-India competition. “This is not only[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Noted Haryanvi singer Sapna Choudhary, who joined the BJP on Sunday, said she will rather quit her seat than contest elections against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as she does not want to be near him or even “see his face”. Choudhary also said she[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) In a bid to confront the ruling BJP-led NDA in Parliament, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked the party’s research department to help its new MPs groom their skills on questioning and raising issues related to the people. Besides Sonia Gandhi, the orientation programme[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) Following an appeal by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the 300-odd autorickshaw unions in Maharashtra decided to call off their proposed indefinite strike from midnight, a top union official said here on Monday. Aurorickshaw Malalk Chalak Sanghatana Joint Action Committee (JAC) President Shashank Rao said the Chief[Read More…]

Lucknow, July 8 (IANS) The Yamuna Expressway which was billed as the pride of Uttar Pradesh has turned out be a ‘highway to hell’ for commuters due to its high accident rate that has claimed over 8,000 lives in over 5,000 accidents since it was inaugurated in 2012. From August[Read More…]