India

Hyderabad, Aug 6: Agitating against the decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh, Samaikyandhra supporters on Tuesday continued with their week-long protest across coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. Protesters belonging to different organisations supporting united Andhra Pradesh took out huge rallies and resorted to road blockades at several places as the protests entered the seventh day on

Mumbai, Aug 6: Indian stock market slipped below the trillion-dollar level in terms of total valuation of all listed companies on Tuesday morning, as downward pressure continued on rupee and share prices. Rupee touched its all-time low level of Rs 61.51 against the US dollar in early trade and the stock market also lost further ground with a fall of over one per cent in the benchmark Sensex. As a

Jammu, Aug 6: Pakistani troops attacked an Indian post along the Line of Control in the Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir late last night, killing five Indian soldiers. Defence sources today said the Pakistani soldiers intruded into the Indian territory past midnight and ambushed the Sarla post on the Indian side of the LoC. Five Indian soldiers were killed, the sources said. Chief Minister Omar

Bangalore, Aug 6: The scene for the ensuing byelections to the two Lok Sabha and three Legislative Council seats is hotting up with the leaders of the ruling Congress and principal opposition JD(S) making allegations and counter allegations. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said the reported move by the JD(S) and the BJP for an understanding in the bypolls has exposed the true colours of the

New Delhi/Lucknow, Aug 5: The national green tribunal (NGT) on Sunday banned mining or removal of sand from river beds across the country without an environmental clearance amid the uproar over suspension of an IAS officer who had cracked down on sand mafia in Uttar Pradesh. In its order, the Tribunal noted that the loss caused to the state exchequer due to illegal sand mining may run into lakhs

Budgam/Jammu and Kashmir, Aug 5: She was offered a scholarship by the US, but orphaned Kashmiri teenager Sufaira has been denied a passport by her own country - just because her uncle was a militant even before she was born. 15-year-old Sufaira Jan, who stays in an orphanage in Budgam, was to have left for the US in the first week of August, after winning a one-year scholarship under the India-US

New Delhi, Aug 5: Supreme Court Monday allowed CBI to withdraw the prosecution of mafia don Abu Salem under the provisions of criminal law that attracts death penalty. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam also vacated the stay on the trial of the cases going on against Salem in several courts across the country. While disposing off the petition by Abu Salem, the court ruled

Leh/New Delhi, Aug 5: Amid a spate of incursions by China in Ladakh, its troops are also resorting to tactics like preventing Indian Army from patrolling posts in this sector along the border which was well within India's territory. In what is being described as an aggressive approach by China, the tactics have come to the fore in the wake of yet another incident last week when Indian troops

Hyderabad, Aug 4: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrasekhara Rao Sunday ruled out accepting Hyderabad as union territory or a permanent joint capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. He said his party had no objection if Andhra Pradesh government functioned from here for 10 years as announced by the central government. He, however, made it clear that the Telangana government would run

New Delhi, Aug 4: Budget carrier SpiceJet has been directed by a consumer forum here to pay a compensation of Rs 28,000 to a couple for failing to take care of their luggage, which was damaged and tampered with while in transit. The South West District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum noted that the luggage was intact when it was checked-in by the complainants at Srinagar Airport, but on reaching