Coming out strongly in defense of stone-pelters Kashmiri students, Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday said that it was a way adopted by them to vent their anger against the system that is inimical and hostile towards them.
Sharapova returned from her doping ban on April 26.
Foodgrains and common-use products like hair oil, soaps and toothpaste as also electricity will cost less from July 1 when the GST is scheduled to be rolled out as the all-powerful GST Council today finalised tax rates for bulk of the items.
Tax rates cleared by the all powerful GST Council will bring cheer to the industry as prices of consumer products are likely to drop with the implementation of the new indirect tax regime from July 1, experts said.
A car plowed into pedestrians at the busy tourist destination Times Square in New York on Thursday, killing one person and leaving 12 others injured, authorities said.
Consumers stand to gain from the GST rates announced for daily consumption items which will also help keeping a check on prices, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Thursday.
Libya on Thursday asked Italy to arm the patrol boats it uses in the fight against illegal immigration across the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe.
The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered the cancellation of all duplicate/bogus ration cards in the state.
The Uttar Pradesh jewellers will go on a strike from Friday to protest against the killing of two traders in Mathura.
NATO's chief says members are discussing whether to join the international coalition fighting the Islamic State group but insists the alliance will not deploy combat troops.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday confirmed Dinesh Karthik as the replacement for injured Manish Pandey in the Team India squad for ICC Champions Trophy, which starts on June 1.
Union Environment Minister Anil Dave's funeral will be held on Friday on the bank of the Narmada river in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh, an official statement said on Thursday.
A children home shelter ' SPYM-Wishes and Blessing Home', where over 50-60 small children used to live was demolished allegedly by the Delhi Police and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) in Nizammudin on Thursday.
On Thursday, he took to Twitter to hail India's diplomatic win over Pakistan after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) stayed the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav.
In a tragic incident, at least fifty people swept away after a footbridge collapsed in south Goa's Curchorem on Thursday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday decided to investigate the death of actor Kalabhavan Mani, following the order given by Kerala High Court.
India on Thursday said asserted that the ruling of ICJ, staying the execution of Jadhav, is binding on Pakistan.
The Southern Naval Command has ordered an inquiry into the death of Cadet Gudeppa Sooraj, who was found in an unconscious and unresponsive state on the floor of Academic wing of the Academy by a duty sailor instructor earlier on Wednesday.
Around 50 people fell into a river after a footbridge collapsed in South Goa's Curchorem.
Former union minister of state for environment, forests and climate change Anil Madhav Dave, who passed away this morning, has left a will in which he said a tree should be planted in his memory.
One policeman and a civilian were injured after terrorists lobbed a grenade at a police station in Srinagar's Safa Kadal are on Thursday.
The Gujarat government on Thursday gave appointment letters to over 18,000 police recruits, including 4,500 women, of various ranks, at a mega ceremony held here.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday termed the International Court of Justice verdict on alleged spy Kulbhushan Jadhav a "major victory" and said that India will seek consular access to Jadhav again.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will leave on a three-day visit to Sikkim tomorrow.
Indian software trade body Nasscom on Thursday dismissed widespread media reports of mass layoffs in the country`s hugely important information technology industry but warned that the sector must reinvent itself.
