Tehran, (UNI) The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group on Thursday claimed responsibility for twin blasts in the southeastern Iranian city of Kerman, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported. The IS released a statement saying two of its suicide bombers had used explosive belts in the attack, according to the report. At least 84 people were…
Washington, (UNI) At least one person was killed and two others injured in a shooting at a high school in Iowa, the United States on Thursday morning, local media reported citing law enforcement officials. The shooting happened at Perry High School in Perry, Iowa on Thursday morning. The school was quickly evacuated, and multiple law…
New Delhi Jan 4 (UNI) With the Lok Sabha election just few months away and the upcoming Bharat Nyay Yatra by Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday convened a meeting with the office bearers of the party. While addressing office bearers, which was also attended by Rahul here, the Congress president said that…
By BD Naraayannkar Cape Town, Jan 4 (UNI) After a heap of heartbreak last year of not winning the finals of the ODI World Cup last year, the New Year as per the Gregorian Calendar brought cheers for millions of Indians back home as they started off the year in a fascinating way by etching…
New Delhi Jan 4 (UNI) The Congress party on Thursday renamed the Bharat Nyay Yatra which will be undertaken by Rahul Gandhi on January 14, as the ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’. Briefing the media here, Senior Congress leader and General Secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh said that the much-awaited yatra by Rahul Gandhi has been renamed…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (UNI) Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta recused from hearing the appeal filed by the State of Rajasthan against the acquittal of accused persons in the 2008 Jaipur bomb blasts case. Rajasthan High Court is the parent High Court of Justice Mehta, who was elevated to the Supreme Court in November…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday alleged that BJP is using the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and Central Investigation Agencies as “political weapon” to break opposition parties. “The PMLA was originally designed to curb funding to terrorists and narcotics traders, it is now being used as a political…
Raipur, Jan 4 (UNI) The Chhattisgarh Assembly’s Budget Session is scheduled to commence on February 5, conclude on March 1, and comprise 20 sittings. “The related notification has been issued,” Secretary (Vidhan Sabha) Dinesh Sharma said here on Thursday. This will be the Assembly’s maiden regular session after the Vishnu Deo Sai dispensation assumed the…
Jammu, Jan 4 (UNI) Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, lauded on Thursday the collective role played by the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary in the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution, underscoring these provisions as ‘obstacles to democratic governance’. What had been intended as a temporary provision of the Constitution had gone…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea of Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera for quashing criminal proceedings against him over the alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After hearing a special leave petition filed by Khera against the order passed by the Allahabad High Court, a bench of Justice…
