Abuja, Feb 14 Government forces repelled an attack by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria’s Gombe city Saturday, witnesses said. The militants stormed Dadin Kowa, about three km from Gombe, a city in the northeastern part of the country, with heavy firing, Xinhua news agency reported citing Abu Hassan, one of the witnesses. But government forces, […]
Baghdad, Feb 14 Iraqi security forces and allied militiamen fought Islamic State (IS) militants and recaptured large parts of a town located near the major air base of Ain al-Asad which houses hundreds of US troops in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said Saturday. The security forces and Sunni tribesmen backed […]
Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today said new modern barriers at train stations and more Transport Officers to patrol the public transport network are being introduced as part of a crackdown on fare evasion. These higher barriers have been installed for testing at Olympic Park station, ahead of a roll out at stations across the […]
Guwahati, Feb 10 (IANS) Two home guards were killed and seven others injured Tuesday when a bomb went off accidentally at an Assam Police firing range in Golaghat district, an official said. The incident took place at the Kalyani firing range in Deopahar near Numaligarh, a police spokesman said. “The home guards personnel were undergoing […]
Bengaluru, Feb 10 (IANS) A very positive campaign focusing on development and governance led to a spectacular victory for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi assembly election, former Infosys director and AAP leader in Karnataka V. Balakrishnan said Tuesday. “We ran a very positive campaign focusing on development and governance in Delhi. We […]
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Four Congress candidates came second in the Delhi assembly polls with one of them losing the election by a small margin of votes. Hasan Ahmed, who contested the poll from Mustafabad, lost the seat to Jagdish Pradhan of the BJP by 6,031 votes. Devender Yadav, who contested from Badli, lost […]
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda Tuesday reviewed the swine flu situation in Gujarat, one of states worst affected by the disease. Gujarat has recorded 831 cases of swine flu and 88 people have succumbed to the disease. Nadda held a high-level meeting with state Health Minister Nitinbhai Patel and senior […]
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) He campaigned like a local leader, handpicked his own chief ministerial candidate for Delhi and made it a personal referendum on his leadership. Yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi could not halt the AAP juggernaut in these assembly polls and in the process lost his first election since his winning streak […]
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Journalist Diptosh Majumdar, who was national affairs editor with NewsX television channel, died Sunday following illness, his colleagues said. He was 56. Majumdar, who was born in 1958, had worked in senior positions both in print and electronic media. He is survived by his wife. He was admitted to Apollo […]
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Thursday told vice chancellors of central universities that they must act as “gurus” and guide scholars and students to achieve the highest standards of academic brilliance. The vice chancellors Thursday adopted a set of recommendations, including taking steps to create an atmosphere for research and innovation. Following […]