New Delhi: Petrol pump dealers today called off their proposed day-long strike on Friday after state-owned oil firms warned them of strict action, including cancelling their contracts.

Various associations of petrol pump dealers had called the 24-hour strike against new Marketing Discipline Guidelines which impose stri

Hyderabad: Telangana State Animal Husbandry minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav escaped unhurt while a ruling party MLA was injured after the minister’s vehicle was hit by a lorry on the Outer Ring Road on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Wednesday.

The minister along with Medchal MLA M Sudheer Reddy was proceedin

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping today began final consultations with top party leaders ahead of next week’s key congress of the ruling Communist Party which is expected to further reinforce his powers on par with party founder Chairman Mao Zedong.

The Plenary Session of the outgoing Central Committee o

Washington: Despite a sharp fall in inequality around the world, the US, China and India have witnessed upward trends in its level, the IMF said today.

The International Monetary Fund said that despite the relevance of education, health and progress in recent years, gaps of access to quality education and healthcare se

Bengaluru: India qualified for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in style, pumping in four goals for a crushing 4-1 win over Macau in a qualifying round match here today, to make their fourth appearance in the continental event.

They made the cut with two matches still to go in the qualifying round.

India competed in th

New Delhi: The Delhi government will create a ‘Policy Impact Fund’ for better budgeting and improving the implementation of government programmes, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said today.

Participating in a lecture series at Delhi secretariat on ‘evidence-based policy making and monitoring and

New Delhi: Suspended Trinamool Congress MP Mukul Roy, once a confidant of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, today quit the party and the Rajya Sabha, accusing her of running a one-man show and propagating dynastic politics.

Roy, who was suspended for six years for “anti-party activities” by Banerj

Chennai: Two persons claiming to be AIADMK members have approached the Madras High Court seeking “letters of administration” to them or appointment of “appropriate persons” to preserve the estate of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

In their petition fi