The lorry owners who were on indefinite strike for the last one week seeking fulfillment of their demands including toll-free traffic, bringing diesel under GST and other demands, called of their strike on Friday following the central government’s intervention in the strike.
Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "spreading misinformation" and "misleading" the people with regard to raising the minimum support price of Kharif crops, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday challenged the centre to increase the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) limit to Rs two lakh.
Josna Quadars, wife of Ashwin Mathias of Kutyar Agardande, who was working as a nurse in a government hospital at Saudi Arabia, died at the women’s hostel where she was residing mysteriously on July 19. She was 29.
A two-year-old child fell into an open toilet pit and died at Tumbe in the taluk on Friday. The child is identified as Ayesha, daughter of Ahmed Bava of Tumbe Valavoor.
Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday accused the Modi government of cruelly neglecting both MGNREGA and Food Security Act, which he termed the cause of starvation deaths of three minor girls in the national capital.
After arresting government employee Rajesh D Bangera in the Gauri Lankesh murder case, the SIT officials intensified their investigation in the district.
The BJP on Friday hit back at Congress over its allegations on the Rafale fighter jet deal, saying it had been "profitable" to the country.
Two persons were sentenced to death by trial courts in Madhya Pradesh in separate cases of rape of children below the age of 12, a lawyer said. The trial lasted for only five and 13 days in the two cases.
A multi-party conference (MPC), called to devise a joint strategy over alleged rigging in the 2018 general elections of Pakistan, on Friday rejected the poll results, demanding a "transparent" re-election.
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to admit disabled students, who have cleared the entrance examinations, into the M.Phil and Ph.D courses.
