Hyderabad, Oct 7 (IANS) The indefinite strike by employees of the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) continued third day on Monday with both the KCR government and employee unions refusing to budge from their respective stands. The government refused to hold talk or even take back 48,000 striking employees, issuing orders to recruit new … Read more
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) A high-level Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) delegation on Monday handed over a memorandum to Union Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Puri for reconstruction of Sant Ravidas Temple. Headed by the VHP working President Alok Kumar, the delegation, comprising senior representatives from Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist religions, demanded the reconstruction of … Read more
Lahore, Oct 7 (IANS) Sri Lanka stunned Pakistan by 35 runs in the second T20 international here on Monday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. After winning the first match by 64 runs, Sri Lanka, a team largely devoid of their regular players with most of them refusing to tour Pakistan, … Read more
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Monday announced the party’s new Uttar Pradesh team, with two-time MLA and Congress Legislative party chief Ajay Kumar Lallu as the state chief. The new team has no big names but the Congress has tried to balance social equations among the office bearers, comprising … Read more
Tikamgarh (Madhya Pradesh), Oct 7 (IANS) Two people died when a car, allegedly belonging to senior BJP leader Uma Bharti’s nephew Rahul Singh Lodhi hit a bike on Tikamgarh-Chhatarpur road on Monday. However, Lodhi denied involvement in the accident. It is not yet clear whether Lodhi, who is also an MLA, was at the wheels … Read more
Srinagar, Oct 7 (IANS) In another major step towards return of normalcy to Jammu and Kashmir, Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday directed that the two-month old advisory asking tourists to leave the valley be lifted immediately. “This will be done with effect from October 10,” the notification said. Ahead of revocation of special status, … Read more
Islamabad, Oct 7 (IANS) While overtly appearing to adhere to the FATF directives to crack down on UN proscribed terror groups, Pakistan has been quietly un-freezing their accounts and not providing any information about what it is doing to ensure that the money does not go back into terrorist funding, the Asia Pacific Group has … Read more
