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Jaishankar urges Iran to avoid attacks on ships

New Delhi, July 31 -- India on Friday strongly urged Iran to avoid attacks on commercial shipping and seafarers under any circumstances with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar conveying to his Ira... Read More


Asmita, Harsh script judo history

Glasgow, July 31 -- India enjoyed one of its finest days at the Commonwealth Games on Friday as the country's judokas won their first ever gold medals while its boxers completed a clean sweep of semif... Read More


Married daughters cannot be denied compassionate appointment: SC

New Delhi, July 31 -- The Supreme Court has ruled that a government policy limiting compassionate appointments to only divorced or deserted daughters is unconstitutional. A Bench of Justice M M Sundre... Read More


Terrorists target non-local labourers in J&K's Kulgam; 1 killed, another injured

Srinagar, July 31 -- A labourer from Chhattisgarh was killed and another from the same state was injured in a terrorist attack at a brick kiln in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Friday, officia... Read More


Haridwar: Four minor Kanwar pilgrims drown in Ganga canal

Haridwar, July 31 -- Four minor Kanwar pilgrims from Chandigarh drowned in the Ganga Canal near Jatwara Bridge in Haridwar on Friday after they ventured into the midstream, apparently misjudging the d... Read More


Birbhum haul fuels Rs 15K-cr revenue leak claim by CM

Kolkata, July 31 -- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged that nearly Rs 15,000 crore in government revenue had been siphoned off in Birbhum over the past 15 years, claiming the alleged ra... Read More


Abhishek Banerjee criticises BJP over Odisha PG medical exam paper leak

Kolkata, July 31 -- Amid nationwide protests over the NEET-UG paper leak controversy and after the Centre has tightened law against it, Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee ... Read More


State names nominees for 14 universities, JU schedules EC meeting

Kolkata, July 31 -- The West Bengal higher education department has named IAS and WBCS officers as nominees of the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) in the Court and Executive Council of 14 state-aided... Read More


UP farmer sells 4 Miyazaki mangoes for Rs 2.11 lakh

Saharanpur, July 31 -- A farmer from Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur has set a domestic agricultural record by selling four rare Japanese Miyazaki mangoes, weighing one kilogram, for Rs 2.11 lakh. Sandeep... Read More


Flood toll in Assam reaches 82, over 1.9L people still affected

Guwahati, July 31 -- The toll in Assam floods rose to 82 as two more persons died, even as the number of affected people decreased to 1.92 lakh, an official bulletin said on Friday. The Assam Disaste... Read More