India is working with neighbouring countries, including Myanmar and Bangladesh, to fight insurgency in the northeastern region, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir told the house: "There has been substantial decrease in incidents of violence in the northeast since 2012." Ahir said the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condoled the death of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul and said his services to the state will be remembered. "My thoughts are with the family and supporters of Kalikho Pul on his sad demise. His service to Arunachal Pradesh will be remembered," the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) tweeted. Pul, 47, was f...
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday expressed shock over the suicide of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul. Extending her condolences to the family of Pul, Gandhi said: "I pray for the peace of the departed soul." Pul, 47, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at the Chief Minster's Residence in Itanagar. Pul as...
Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, unseated on July 13 by a Supreme Court ruling, on Tuesday committed suicide, triggering shock waves nationwide, police said. Pul, 47, was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his official residence. Incumbent Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein confirmed to IANS that Pul had committed suicide. "We ha...
Fifty prominent Republican national security experts have signed a letter denouncing Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and pledging not to vote for him....
India's hockey team conceded a goal barely three seconds from the hooter to lose 1-2 to Germany in its second match of the pool phase in the Olympic Games here on Monday. ...
Abhinav Bindra narrowly missed out on a medal after finishing fourth in the final of the men's 10 metre air rifle final at the Olympic Shooting Centre here on Monday. ...
In a ray of hope for hundreds of distressed Indians and workers of other nationalities rendered jobless, Saudi Arabian King Salman has issued a series of directives to address their problems, and also earmarked Saudi Riyal 100 million ($26 million) for the workers....
CPI-M leader Brinda Karat on Monday denounced the "barbarous atrocities" committed on Kashmiri youths by security forces after visiting a 14-year-old Kashmiri girl blinded by pellets. ...
India on Monday took a major step towards a unified goods and services tax regime across the country, with parliament passing the relevant constitution amendment bill in what is seen as the most radical indirect tax reform in over six decades....
