A car bomb attack targeting an intelligence services building in the southern Afghan city of Qalat on Thursday left at least 10 people dead and 85 wounded, the governor of Zabul province said.
The Government on Thursday issued an ordinance to ban e-cigarettes making the production, import, export, transport, sale or advertisements of such "alternative" smoking devices a cognizable offence attracting jail term and fine.
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday but the NRC process did not figure during their discussion which was mostly on developmental issues.
Muzaffarnagar (UP): In a derogatory reference to Jawaharlal Nehru, a BJP legislator has called his entire family ayyash' a word that connotes pleasure seeking and self indulgence.
Ranchi: Eight days after the Jharkhand police dropped the murder charge against 11 accused in the mob lynching case of young Muslim man Tabrez Ansari, they brought back the same charge on the accused on Wednesday after obtaining a fresh medical report, an official said here.
Bengaluru: Stepping its attack against the BJP governments at the centre and the state over its "failure" to provide relief to flood and drought affected areas in the state, Congress in Karnataka on Wednesday decided to intensify its agitation in the coming days over the issue.
Mohali: Indian skipper Virat Kohli smashed a brilliant Half-century which helps India to sucessfully chase the target of 150 runs and to beat South Africa team by seven wickets here on Wednesday.
Ranchi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday asserted that the NRC will be introduced throughout India and all illegal immigrants will be thrown out of the country through legal means.
Chikkamagaluru: In a incident reported from Mahallodu in Chikkamagaluru District, a youngster stabbed a young woman allegedly for rejecting his love proposal, on Wednesday here.
Ranchi/Chennai: Amid a heated debate over his remark that Hindi should be a common language, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said he has never asked for imposition of Hindi over native languages in the country but advocated its use as the second language, following which DMK announced postponement of its September 20 protest.
