The countdown to the end of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's rule has begun as she has been trying to suppress her political opponents with a ruthlessness comparable to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Union minister Giriraj Singh said here on Friday.
The Janata Dal (United), headed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, has become a recognised state party in Arunachal Pradesh, the Election Commission has said.
The United States on Friday gave Turkey until the end of July to abandon a deal made with Russia to buy an S-400 missile defense system, which Washington considers incompatible with Ankara's participation in the F-35 fighter jet program.
Guwahati: Kargil war veteran Mohammed Sanaullah, who was sent to a detention camp in Assam after a tribunal declared him a 'foreigner', was granted bail by the Gauhati High Court on Friday.
Bengaluru: Urban Development Minister UT Khader has said that 'Sand Bazaar', which has begun experimentally in Dakshina Kannada to prevent sand deficit, will be held across the state in coming days.
Paris: Rafael Nadal reached the French Open final for the third time in a row, and a record extending 12th overall, with a straight set win over arch-rival Roger Federer, here on Friday.
Mangaluru: An unidentified man's body was found with hands tied up with clothes, neck with cotton rope and injuries on stomach in Gurupur Phalguni River near Tipu Nagar here. It is suspected the person must have been murdered.
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa Friday asked the Congress-JD(S) to give up power if it cannot run the government and asserted that his party would govern in case the coalition collapses and would make sure there is no mid-term polls.
BRISTOL: Pakistan’s third International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup 2019 match against Sri Lanka was called off due to rain on Friday, without a ball being bowled.
London/Mumbai: Taking a firm stand, the ICC on Friday denied Mahendra Singh Dhoni permission to wear the dagger insignia on his wicket-keeping gloves during the World Cup despite BCCI's assertion that it was not a military symbol.
