Muslims across the country have joined the agitation, apprehending that the move could be a precursor to a country-wide NRC.
Legendary cricketer and co-owner of Indian Super League football club Kerala Blasters, Sachin Tendulkar wished everyone on the auspicious day of Onam.
The suspension of US aid to Pakistan, which was announced by President Donald Trump in January 2018, remained in effect throughout 2019, the State Department said.
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the richter scale and epicentred in Myanmar on Wednesday shook several parts of east and northeast India.
All the chief ministers from the northeast states have confirmed that will be attending the 9th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said on Wednesday.
Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa said the "unprecedented" northeast monsoon killed 470 people and nearly a lakh livestock besides damaging crops in over 3.83 lakh hectares.
A Delhi Police head constable, Ratan Lal, was among the nine killed in the violence that erupted on Monday over the amended citizenship law.
After an apparent truce between AAP and the BJP following the Delhi polls, sparks are flying once again. Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
The chief of Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh Mohan Rao Bhagawat said on Saturday that the Centre should hold no talks with insurgent groups in the Northeast on the country's sovereignty and integrity, as these are non-negotiable.
The mass gathering was organised to celebrate the Lag B'Omer holiday at Mount Meron.
Atishi will contest from East Delhi, Guggan Singh from North-West Delhi, Raghav Chadha from South, Dilip Pandey from North-East, Pankaj Gupta from Chandni Chowk and Brijesh Goyal will contest from New Delhi seats.
With several key members of ULFA surrendering, the outfit's leader Paresh Barua who has been anti-talks, has been left isolated
The chief minister still has time to repair the damage but he will have to act all-round, both at the government and party levels, suggests N Sathiya Moorthy.
The country's sixth nuclear test sparked a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake which was detected in the northeast of the country where North Korea's test site Punggye-ri is located.
'It was only after D-Day that people believed that I had actually directed Kal Ho Naa Ho.'
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.'
The manifesto proposes to launch a Sagar Mala project to set up new ports and upgrading the existing ones and "stringing them together".
A defeat in Assam would be bad news for the Congress which is in power in Meghalaya, Mizoram and Manipur.
A long-suspected nexus between Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence and insurgent groups active in India's northeast have come to light with detained former Bangladesh intelligence chief confirming Islamabad's spy agency's link to the sensational supply of arms to the United Liberation Front of Asom in 2004.
Hurricane Florence hammered the Carolinas in America with damaging winds, storm surge and catastrophic flooding. The damage is so catastrophic that experts are pegging property damage and disruption from Hurricane Florence to total at least $17 billion to $22 billion. Additionally, the storm has claimed 32 deaths as of Monday, most of them in North Carolina, a number that had nearly doubled since a day earlier. Dogs, domestic animals and livestock took a hit from the record-breaking rainfall, surging floodwaters and brutal winds. Here are some of the most heart-warming images from the rescue.
'They know everyone and have everyone's horoscope. If they feel Himanta Biswa Sarma is the right man for Assam, they will give it to me, if they feel Sarbananda Sonowal is the right man, they will give it to him, or if they feel both of them are not good, let's bring another person'
The unions are planning a major protest in Birmingham on July 27, at National Grid's annual general meeting. National Grid is a leading supplier of gas and electricity in Britain and the northeast region of the US. In an e-mail response to queries from Business Standard, a NG spokesperson said the company already outsources some information services support from India, from companies including Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro and Zensar Technologies.
In a major setback to the United Liberation Front of Asom, its top leader Arabinda Rajkhowa has been detained in Bangladesh and is likely to be handed over to India soon.
Jumping into the Lok Sabha electoral fray in the national capital, Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party has declared candidates for four constituencies. One of the candidates is a billionaire, who unsuccessfully contested the Delhi assembly polls in 2008.
Newcastle United grabbed a Premier League lifeline Monday when late goals by substitutes Obafemi Martins and Peter Lovenkrands secured a 3-1 home win over fellow relegation strugglers Middlesbrough.
Barring stray incidents of violence like stone pelting, the shutdown called by the MVA allies Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party was largely peaceful.
The BJP, which has two MLAs in the MDA government, backed the Cabinet decision.
Paresh Barua, the fugitive 'commander-in-chief' of the anti-talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Assam, has been reportedly spotted by Indian security agencies at various locations in China.
A majority of Congress leaders said the party will face desertions if Rahul Gandhi does not remain the leader.
He cautioned people against forces inside and outside India which are working against the country by targeting it and its constitutional values.
The new service will travel through 18 countries and each bus will accommodate 20 passengers.
FC Goa clinched their first win of the ongoing Indian Super League season as they beat Kerala Blasters 3-1 at the Fatorda Stadium, in Margao, on Sunday.
Only a 5-year-old airline with 20 planes is allowed to fly abroad.
Driven from its self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State is down but not out. Where once they confronted armies, the extremist Islamist group's adherents have now staged hit-and-run raids and suicide attacks. In some cases, the group has claimed responsibility for atrocities, including the bombings of churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed at least 253 people. Its involvement is not always proven, but even if the link is ideological rather than operational, Islamic State still poses a security threat in many countries.
Days after he attacked Bharatiya Janata Party's PM candidate Narendra Modi over the 2002 riots issue, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that BJP's "divisive" policy was responsible for spoiling the country's secular fabric and incidents of hate crime.
Star striker Ferran Corominas converted an early penalty (6th minute) to hand the hosts the lead before second-half strikes from Jackichand Singh (55th), Edu Bedia (61st) made it 3-0. A late brace from Miguel Palanca (84th, 90th) condemned Mumbai City to a heavy defeat.
Addressing the nation on Independence Day, the prime minister also spoke on renewable energy and the need to maintain a balance between development and the environment. Referring to the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), launched in January 2019, Modi said, "A special campaign is being worked out to reduce pollution in 100 selected cities with a holistic approach."
A preview of the English Premiership's first round of matches.
Tata Motors, however, will not be able to meet this small demand and keep the Nano alive from October next year, when safety regulations for existing car models kick in.
The first event, a 7.8-magnitude quake, struck just after midnight Monday near the coastal community of Kaikoura, some 93 kilometers (55 miles) northeast of the city of Christchurch, the US Geological Survey reported.
