Washington, June 30 (IANS) The US Supreme Court on Thursday severely crippled the American environment regulator's ability to force existing power plants to cut their carbon dioxide emission, dealing a severe blow to President Joe Biden's ambitious climate change agenda at home and abroad, as it could impede his ability to deliver on international commitments.
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) West Bengal unit of the BJP has announced its new steering committee for the state panchayat polls of 2023 keeping out the party's former state president and the current vice-president Dilip Ghosh out of it. Actress turned-politician and the party MP from Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency, Locket Chatterjee, known as a close confidant of Dilip Ghosh, has also not been given any berth in the steering committee.
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) Belur Math, the headquarters of Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, on Thursday issued a strong note of objection against a recent comment by a Trinamool Congress MLA describing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the incarnation of Maa Sarada, the wife and spiritual consort of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
Madrid, June 30 (IANS) NATO, the worlds most powerful military alliance, has declared China as a security threat for the first time, warning that Beijings ambitions and coercive behaviour is a major challenge to the groups interests, putting its forces on a potential war-footing against Russia, media reports said.
Panaji, June 30 (IANS) Hitting out at Sanjay Raut, rebel Shiv Sena MLA Deepak Kesarkar on Thursday said here that they have not backstabbed anyone, but "a person like him (Raut) did it by giving wrong advice".
Imphal, June 30 (IANS) A rescue operation is underway after a massive landslide in Manipur's Noney district on Thursday buried dozens of people, authorities said.
Jaipur, June 30 (IANS) The two accused in the Kanhaiya Lal murder case had plans to kill another businessman in Udaipur, sources have revealed, adding that they have links with the proscribed terror outfit IS.
United Nations, June 30 (IANS) An "F-Bomb" hurled by a Syrian activist struck the UN Security Council in a bid to explode the myth of its mighty prowess in enforcing peace around the world.
Lucknow, June 30 (IANS) Thirty-four years after he was killed, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has affirmed the life imprisonment awarded to a convict Bhagwati Singh a.k.a. Pappu in connection with the murder of national badminton champion Syed Modi in 1988.
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday cautioned Acharya Pramod Krishnam not to cross the 'Lakshman Rekha' and question his own government in Rajasthan over the brutal killing of a tailor in Udaipur on Tuesday.
New York, June 29 (IANS) An international conspiracy to import opioids and other drugs from India and distribute them across the US has been busted with the conviction of the participants.
Chennai, June 29 (IANS) A special team of Tamil Nadu Police, which is investigating the Kodanad estate murder and heist case, questioned late Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's driver Kannan for several hours on Tuesday and Wednesday, sources in the police told IANS.
Chennai, June 29 (IANS) The 25-hour countdown for the Thursday evening launch of Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, carrying three Singapore satellites, began on Wednesday evening, the Indian space agency said.
Jaipur, June 29 (IANS) The video of the dramatic arrest of two accused in Udaipur tailor's murder namely, Ghaus Mohammad and Riyaz Jabbar, from Bhima area of Rajsamand district, is going viral on the social media.
Jaipur, June 29 (IANS) The murder of Kanhaiya Lal has been registered under stringent provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and will be investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday after chairing a high-level review meeting.
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) Naib Subedar Amrendra Kumar, who slipped and fell into a stream in Arunachal Pradesh nearly 72 hours ago, is yet to be traced.
Jaipur, June 29 (IANS) Kanhaiya Lal, whose brutal and horrific murder shocked the nation, was cremated on Wednesday in Rajasthan's Udaipur in the presence of a large number of people who raised slogans demanding capital punishment for the accused.
Jaipur, June 29 (IANS) The family members of Kanhaiya Lal, who was brutally murdered on Tuesday, claimed that the deceased had filed a complaint with the police on June 15 alleging that he was being threatened by anti-social elements, however, police instead of acting, only helped in bringing a compromise. The Rajasthan government has now suspended ASI Bhanwarlal on Wednesday.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), June 29 (IANS) On the report of Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Bikru massacre, an inquiry has been ordered against three PCS officers, posted in the district, for not doing scrutiny of the arms licence of the accused.
Jaipur, June 29 (IANS) The Diwan of Ajmer Dargah, Syed Zainual Abedin Ali Khan has strongly condemned the Udaipur murder.
New York, June 29 (IANS) Shocking revelations that former US president Donald Trump coerced security personnel to remove "magnetometers" (devices that detect weapons) from CH and allow his protesters to move freely were made before the democratic Senate Special House Judiciary Committee probing the January 6 Capitol Hill riots.
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday won the bypoll to the ward number 2 of Jhalda Municipality in West Bengal's Purulia district.