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New Delhi, Sept 8: Besides the UPA constituents, the Left Parties and the Trinamool Congress declared they will protest against rising fuel prices; the September 10 ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by the Congress will become another platform of opposition parties to show their strength against the Narendra Modi government. The Congress has announced the Bharat Bandh against the rising prices of petrol and

Chicago, Sept 8: Hindus have no aspiration of dominance and the community will prosper only when it works as a society, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said and urged the community leaders to unite and work for the betterment of the mankind. Addressing a gathering of some 2,500 delegates attending the second World Hindu Congress here, Bhagwat said one of the key values to bring the whole world into a

Chicago, Sept 8: Hindus have no aspiration of dominance and the community will prosper only when it works as a society, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said and urged the community leaders to unite and work for the betterment of the mankind. Addressing a gathering of some 2,500 delegates attending the second World Hindu Congress here, Bhagwat said one of the key values to bring the whole world into a

Bagalkot, Sept 8: Four persons were killed in a collision between a truck and a Maruti Omni van in Mudhol town in Bagalkot district on Saturday. The victims are Kaseemsaab Mujawar (42), Afreena Kaseemsaab (35), Shabana Noor Ahmed (38). They hailed from Kalakeri village. The accident occurred near K R Lakkam School on Vijayapura-Belagavi highway. They were in Goa for works and were returning to

New Delhi, Sep 8: Petrol price in the national capital on Saturday crossed the Rs 80 mark for the first time ever as rupee depreciation made imports costlier. Petrol price was Saturday raised by 39 paise a litre and diesel by 44 paise per litre, according to price notification issued by state fuel retailers. The increase pushed the petrol price in Delhi to Rs 80.38 per litre. Diesel rate touched

New Delhi, Sep 8: Within days after a 'successful' round of Indo-US talks at the level of foreign and defence ministers, US President Donald Trump has said his administration wants to stop the subsidies that growing economies like India and China have been getting. Addressing a fundraiser event, President Trump said India and China "call themselves developing nations" and under that category, they

New Delhi, Sep 8: A key BJP meeting chaired by its president Amit Shah on Saturday vowed to work to ensure the party's return to power in the Lok Sabha elections with a bigger victory than 2014 when it had won a majority on its own for the first time in its electoral history, sources said. A slogan of "Ajey BJP" (Invincible BJP) was adopted at the meeting of the party's national office bearers and

Bangkok, Sep 8: Fourteen female tourists have claimed that they were sexually assaulted by a guru at a yoga retreat in Thailand's picturesque Koh Phangan island, a media report said on Friday. Agama Yoga embraced ancient tantric teachings under its charismatic leader, the guru Swami Vivekananda Saraswati whose real name is Narcis Tarcau, the Guardian report said. Tarcau, who is from Romania, set

London, Sep 8: Yemen’s Prime Minister Ahmed bin Dagher said that the Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths had presented some good ideas to resolve the crisis in the country but that he had “made mistakes with others.” Talking to Asharq Al-Awsat, bin Dagher said that he appreciates Griffiths’ efforts to find a solution to the crisis, and that the peace process in Yemen is complicated. Yemen’s

Kathmandu, Sep 8: China will allow Nepal the use of four of its ports, the Nepalese government said on Friday, as the landlocked Himalayan nation seeks to end India's monopoly over its trading routes by increasing connections with Beijing. Wedged between China and India, Nepal depends heavily on India + for the supply of essential goods including fuel and the use of its ports for trade with other