October 17, 2021

The Congress party, at its working committee meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, passed a resolution accusing the Narendra Modi government of “unleashing violence on protesting farmers”, carrying out “state-sponsored attacks” on minority…

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday said that repealing Article 370 may have removed many obstacles, but efforts need to be put in to “integrate people from Kashmir with the rest of the country”. Speaking at…

At least five people have died in two separate incidents triggered by extremely heavy rainfall in central and southern districts of Kerala on Saturday. The India Meteorological Department has issued red alert in six districts of the state.…

Vijay Sampla, Chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, on Saturday spoke to the Punjab DGP, seeking strict action against villagers for “not allowing” the cremation of the body of the Dalit farm worker who was found dead…

Launching a scathing attack on the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre on Saturday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the Congress Working Committee (CWC) alleged that India has earned the “label of an electoral autocracy” under this…

At the first meeting of the Working Committee (CWC) in five months, Sonia Gandhi sent an unambiguous message that the reins of the party remain firmly in the family’s hands, while indicating her disapproval of leaders of the G-23 who have…

Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday claimed that several freedom fighters, including Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Veer Savarkar, were not given their due in independent India. Shah, who was visiting the Andaman and Nicobar islands, said…

Dharamsala, Oct 16 (UNI) Congress MLA Rajendra Rana on Saturday said that now the anger of the people of Fatehpur due to inflation and unemployment is overshadowing the star campaigners of BJP. Mr Rana, who is also the party in-charge of…

Chandigarh, Oct 16 (UNI) Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Saturday demanded an inquiry from the sitting judge to find out the actual causes of the incident which took place at Singhu Border on Friday. Mr Randhawa…

Kabul, Oct 16 (UNI) Previously in charge of Kabul Airport, Turkey can take similar steps in the future with Qatar and Afghanistan if the three countries reach a deal on managing the airport, the Turkish President said on Friday. “So far,…

Sunil Narine might not be the finest spinner of his generation. But he is, inarguably, the ultimate revivalist of his time. He has endured enough agony for most sportsmen to quit their sport, seek the embrace of oblivion and spend the rest…

Erling Haaland scored twice on his return for Borussia Dortmund to beat Mainz 3-1 and move to the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday. Haaland blasted a penalty straight down the middle in the 54th minute and sealed the result in injury…

India have brought back Ravichandran Ashwin to the T20I fold to be a game-changer in the World Cup. This has been a paradigm shift in thought process for a side that has kept right-arm off-spin at arm’s length in white-ball cricket since…

Dhaka, Oct 16 (UNI) With the dead body of a young member who was lynched by a radical mob on Friday, members of the ISKCON and Hindu community members in Noakhali, Bangladesh, protested against the arson and vandalism of their temple by…

Tashkent, Oct 16 (UNI/Sputnik) The Uzbek foreign ministry denounced on Saturday the bombing at a Shia mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar, saying it hinders peace in Afghanistan. Three suicide bombers set off the blast on Friday, while…

Tehran, Oct 16 (UNI/Xinhua) Iranian and Pakistani military commanders have agreed to cooperate in manufacturing military vessels and submarine maintenance, Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday. In a visit to Pakistan Navy's shipyards…

Tehran, Oct 16 (UNI/Xinhua) A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit Yazdanshahr region in Iran's southeastern Kerman province at 15:16 local time (1146 GMT) Saturday, according to Iran's Seismological Center. The epicenter of the earthquake was…

Kabul, Oct 16 (UNI) Afghanistan’s ministry of transport and civil aviation said that Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Afghanistan’s Kam Air and Ariana Airlines will resume their normal fights from Kabul to Islamabad. According…

Colombo, Oct 16 (UNI) The Sri Lankan Government has ruled out talks with the banned Tamil diaspora groups but has said that it will instead look at engaging with others. During his recent visit to the UN, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had…

Ashok Raina ,Dharamshala, October 16 (UNI) Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday in public meeting at Raja Ka Talab under Fatehpur Assembly Constituency has confessed that the development of Fatehpur assembly…