KANO, NIGERIA: Six people were killed today in a suicide bomb blast in a market in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, a vigilante and a witness said. “We took seven dead bodies, including that of the female bomber to the hospital. Eight other people were injured andRead More

New Delhi: Government will call an all-party meeting on Monday in a bid to break the Parliament logjam as it accused Congress of “hurting” the country by blocking the passage of key reform bills like GST with its relentless protests. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu insisted that the washout forRead More

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government today announced it will set up women police stations in all the 21 districts of the state simultaneously on August 29, marking the Raksha Bandhan festival. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today reviewed the preparedness for opening women police stations in the state in a meetingRead More

NEW DELHI: Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said the government wants to break the parliament impasse but the opposition, particularly the Congress, was only “interested in politics of disruption”. Mr Naidu told reporters: “Government wanted to walk an extra mile to break the impasse in parliament but theRead More

New Delhi: Two of the four detained Indians in Libya have been brought back safely to University of Sirte, the Ministry of External Affairs said. The ministry is also making continuous efforts for the release of the other two Indians. “I am happy we have been able to secure theRead More

New Delhi: Three complaints have been received against Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh units of ‘Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages’ in the last two years, with the complaints forwarded to the respective state governments for investigation and action for violation. Replying to a question on whether companies have been found violatingRead More

New Delhi: Airports Authority of India’s failure to take timely action against now defunct Kingfisher Airlines for non-payment of dues and allowing it to operate on credit basis led to losses worth Rs 290 crore, CAG has said. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has also said that the CivilRead More

CHANDIGARH, July 31: Capt Amarinder has time and again reiterated that the real issue facing the party in Punjab was its strengthening and revival to dislodge the Akali Dal-BJP government from the state. And there has been no change in his stand on the issue nor has he entertained orRead More

* First plant to come up in 6 months * Deputy CM asks company to set up manufacturing facility in Punjab Ersekvadkert (Hungary), July 31 – Punjab Deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal today gave in principle approval for establishment of the first of its kind renewable energy project inRead More

Sunam (Sangrur), July 31- Patting the Punjab Police for showing exemplary courage to combat the terrorist attack in Dina Nagar on Monday, the Punjab Chief Minister Mr. Parkash Singh Badal today urged the Government of India (GoI) to generously issue funds for modernization of the Police force in the stateRead More