RIYADH: An Islamic State group suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia on Friday, killing 21 people and wounding 81 in an assault that threatens to fan sectarian tensions. The bomber struck during the main weekly prayers in Eastern Province, where assailants linked to the Sunni extremistRead More

Chennai, May 23 : AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa was today sworn in for the fifth time as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu amid celebrations by party cadres and supporters all over the state. She returns to power nearly eight months after she was forced to quit over corruption charges. JayalalithaaRead More

Hyderabad: Heat wave in several parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh has claimed 153 lives so far even as people continued to reel under intense heat wave conditions, officials said on Saturday. As many as 73 persons died in Telangana and 80 deaths were recovered in Andhra Pradesh due toRead More

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today expressed serious concern over Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s remarks that “terrorists have to be neutralised only through terrorists,” saying it confirms apprehensions about India’s involvement in terrorism. “This statement only confirms Pakistan’s apprehensions about India’s involvement in terrorism in Pakistan,” said Sartaz Aziz, Adviser to Pakistan PrimeRead More

KOHLAPUR: In a sharp rebuttal to Congress’ criticism of PM Modi for his foreign trips, BJP chief Amit Shah today said that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had taken the same amount of trips, only that people didn’t come to know about it. “I hear people saying that Narendra ModiRead More

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is hopeful of winning the Bihar assembly election later this year and termed the Rashtriya Janata Dal-Janata Dal (United) coalition as “impractical”. “Our party hopes to win the polls that are to happen in BiharRead More

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party government has called for a two-day emergency session of the Delhi assembly from Tuesday to discuss the Home Ministry’s notification giving absolute powers to the Lieutenant Governor in appointment of bureaucrats and clarifying that he need not “consult” the chief minister on subjects likeRead More

* SAYS CONGRESS HAS NO MORAL RIGHT TO SEEK WHITE PAPER ON IT * NO OBJECTION IF BJP CONSOLIDATES ITS BASE IN PUNJAB * SAD-BJP ALLIANCE FIRM AND EVERLASTING * C-PYTE CENTERS TO BE DEVELOPED AS ‘INTEGRATED HUBS’ FOR OPENING NEW AVENUES OF EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUTH Talwara (Hoshiarpur), May 23-Read More

* WE ARE BLESSED ONES TO HAVE DARSHAN OF GURU SAHIBANS’ RELICS, CPS BULARIA Amritsar, May 23: The Dharmik Darshan Didar Yatra was today given a rousing welcome on its arrival in Amritsar city wherein the devotees welcomed it with Khalsai Jaho Jalal. At the local Lahori Gate, Bularia petrolRead More

OWS TO DEVELOP THE KANDI REGION AS THE “HERBAL HUB” OF THE COUNTRY VISITS NEWLY UPGRADED AGRO-PROCESSING UNIT AT RAMGARH SIKRI Ramgarh Sikri (Hoshiarpur), May 23- Reiterating the firm commitment of the state government to develop the Kandi region as the “Herbal hub” of the country, the Punjab Chief MinisterRead More