Новости за 08.07.2015

A day after Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh sought amendment in the national anthem "Jana Gana Mana", his Tripura counterpart Tathagata Roy chose social media to assert that there was no such need.

Ira Singhal, who topped this year's civil services examination, could be the brand ambassador for the programmes of Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.

Calling people of the northeastern origin by "derogatory" names will soon become a non-bailable offence and land you in jail for up to five years.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said India was committed to "meaningful cooperation" with South Africa as there was substantial potential for growth of trade and tourism between the two nations.

Army service dogs that are euthanised on retirement can now hope to get a new lease of life.

The petitions of political leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Subramanian Swamy and Arvind Kejriwal, challenging the validity of penal provisions on defamation, should be referred to a constitution bench, government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court.

A local court on Wednesday granted to the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) a two-day custody of Telangana TDP MLA Sandra Venkata Veeraiah, arrested in connection with the cash-for-vote case.

Several parts of Himachal Pradesh were lashed by heavy rains on Wednesday triggering landslides which caused damage to property even as a high alert has been sounded with the major rivers flowing above the danger mark.

A month after a Dornier aircraft with three crew on board was reported missing, the Coast Guard on Wednesday said a submarine involved in the search has picked up positive signals in the probable area where it went down and the search vessel 'Olympic Canyon' would rejoin operations.

Nigeria`s military on Wednesday said it had arrested a suspect thought to have planned Boko Haram attacks in the central city of Jos and northern city of Zaria that killed more than 70 people.

A day after Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made a U-turn and announced that he is recommending a CBI investigation into the multi-crore Vyapam recruitment scam and the deaths related to it, all eyes are now on the state's High Court whether it will order an investigation by the central probe agency.

One person has been detained by the Mumbai police for allegedly using a drone to illegally photograph the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).

Noted social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him to implement the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme as soon as possible, failing which he will launch a countrywide agitation on the issue.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has taken a jibe at United States presidential candidate Bobby Jindal after the later claimed that non-aligned nations like India are 'desperate' for American leadership.

After a flurry of rumours about his second marriage to a US-based doctor Tanveer Zamani, former Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari has issued a statement categorically denying the reports.

SN Sahay has been appointed as the Home Secretary of Delhi.

After web-based taxi service Uber came under fire over allegations that their driver forcibly tried to kiss a woman, another app based cab service TaxiForSure is facing similar charges.

Days after being discharged from a hospital where she was undergoing treatment after a car crash, BJP's MP from Mathura ​Hema Malini on Wednesday said her heart goes out to the two-year-old girl who was killed in the accident in Rajasthan.

Washington: The US has appreciated the role being played by Pakistan in facilitating direct talks, between Afghan government and the Taliban, seeking prioritisation of peace and reconciliation efforts in the strife-torn country.

An Istanbul-bound Turkish Airlines flight from Bangkok which landed in emergency conditions here on Tuesday following a bomb scare, departed early Wednesday for its destination after being grounded for over 13 hours.