Jerusalem, Oct 16 (UNI) The three Israeli handball clubs participating in the men’s European Cup withdrew from the competition due to the state of war in the country, the Israel Handball Federation said in a statement on Monday. The teams are the Israeli champion Maccabi Rishon Lezion, Hapoel Ashdod, and H.C. Holon, who were all…
New Delhi, Oct 16 (UNI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest the assembly elections “in full force” in the North-Eastern state of Mizoram as part of its organisational expansion, a top leader announced on Monday. The party will soon announce the number of seats it will contest, the party’s north-east states in-charge Rajesh Sharma…
Prayagraj, Oct 16 (UNI) A divisional bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday reversed the order of the sessions court handing over capital punishment to accused to infamous Nithari case in Noida Surinder Koli and Moninder Singh Pandhet and directed them to release provided they were not required in any other case. The bench…
Srinagar, Oct 16 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday expressed happiness for the Navratri Pujas held for the first time since 1947 in the historic Sharda temple near the Line of Control (LOC) in Jammu Kashmir’s Kupwara district. “It is a matter of profound spiritual significance that for the first time since 1947,…
Jangaon, Oct 16 (UNI) Former Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President and former Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah joined the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) here on Monday. The 79-year-old Ponnala , who resigned from the Congress party recently, joined the BRS in the presence of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) at Jangaon public meeting ‘Praja Ashirvada…
New Delhi, Oct 16 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to lift the stay order passed by Karnataka High Court on a CBI probe against Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar in a corruption case. The bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi passed the order, asking Shivakumar’s response in a plea by…
Umroi (Meghalaya), Oct 16 (UNI) Bangladesh Army, Major General Chowdhury Mohammed Aizizul Haque Hazary on Monday said that Bangladesh was never a safe-haven for militants and asserted that there is no space for militancy on the soil of Bangladesh. “I can say it (Bangladesh) was never a safe-haven, it is a country that gained Independence…
Kabul, Oct 16 (UNI) The handover ceremony for China’s first batch of quake-relief materials for Afghanistan was held on Sunday in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. During the ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Xing signed handover certificates of supplies from the Chinese government and the Red Cross Society of China respectively with Mohammad Abas…
Jaipur, Oct 16 (UNI) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday said the arrival of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will give new strength to the state’s resolve to complete the important East Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP). Gehlot said this Monday morning before Kharge reached Rajasthan on the occasion of the launch of the ERCP public…
Kolkata, Oct 16 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to unveil a Ram Mandir-themed community Puja Pandal in the city on late Monday, BJP sources said. Shah is scheduled to land at the City’s Dum Dum airport around 2 PM and unveil the Goddess Durga pandal at Santosh Mitra Square, Sealdah, in the…
