Paris, April 28 (IANS) Paris will host the European Athletics Championships in 2020, shortly after the conclusion of the Tokyo Olympic Games, European Athletics confirmed on Friday. The 26th edition of the tournament will take…
Chandigarh, April 28 (IANS) Union Urban Development and Housing Minister Venkaiah Naidu said on Friday that online demand for 8.97 lakh houses had so far been received under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) in…
Mumbai, April 28 (IANS) Kotak Mahindra Bank on Friday said it has entered into an agreement to purchase the entire 26 per cent equity held by Old Mutual plc, UK, in Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual…
Warsaw, April 28 (IANS) India’s visiting Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Friday said peaceful, democratic means are the only way to resolve global problems. “India sees democratic and peaceful means not only as means to resolve…
Ankara, April 28 (IANS) In what appears to be a departure from Turkey’s traditional stand on Kashmir, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Pakistan and India must discuss their festering dispute. In an interview ahead of…
(170427) — WASHINGTON, April 27, 2017 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump poses for a photo with children of White House staffers and reporters during “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” at the…
Ipoh (Malaysia), April 28 (IANS) India will hope to begin a new season on a strong note with a good performance at the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup — beginning on Saturday — which is…
Kochi, April 28 (IANS) Even while Kerala’s ruling CPI-M has publicly censured State Power Minister M.M. Mani for his “loose tongue” and the Congress-led UDF have been demanding his resignation for his remarks on women…
Mohali, April 28 (IANS) Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) captain Glenn Maxwell won the toss and opted to bowl against defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in an Indian Premier League game at the I.S. Bindra Stadium…
(170428) — HOUSTON, April 28, 2017 (Xinhua) — China’s basketball player Zhou Qi arrives at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, the United States, on April 27, 2017. (Xinhua/Song Qiong)(wll) (170428) — HOUSTON, April 28,…
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) There was no stopping the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) juggernaut as Gautam Gambhir and Robin Uthappa tore apart Delhi Daredevils’ bowling to script a seven-wicket win and inch closer to a…
(170427) — HO CHI MINH CITY, April 27, 2017 (Xinhua) — A model presents a creation of Vietnamese designer Do Long during the Vietnam International Fashion Week 2017 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, April…
Beijing, April 28 (IANS) More than 20 funeral artefacts were unearthed during the excavation of two 2,000-year-old tombs in Hunan province of China, the media reported on Friday. The tombs, thought to be from either…
Istanbul, April 28 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday urged coalition forces and the US to clear the Islamic State (IS) militants from Manbij and Raqqa towns in Syria. “Together with the coalition…
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Union Minister Jayant Sinha on Friday said that central government’s regional air connectivity scheme — UDAN — which was launched on April 27 is slated to create additional 100 airports…
New Delhi/Mumbai/Kolkata/Bengaluru/Chennai, April 28 (IANS) With cash flow almost normalising after demonetisation, customers on Friday thronged jewellery shops across the country to celebrate Akshaya Tritiya. “We are seeing good footfall in our stores. In the…
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, April 28 (IANS) A six member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice J.S. Khehar on Friday dismissed a curative petition filed by the Kerala government seeking death for a rapist,…
Mumbai: People throng a cinema hall to watch “Baahubali 2” in Mumbai, on April 28, 2017. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai: People throng a cinema hall to watch “Baahubali 2” in Mumbai, on April 28, 2017. (Photo:…
Johannesburg, April 28 (IANS) Former South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has said that if the current state of affairs continue, the African National Congress (ANC) will lose power in 2019. “Many of us are…
Kolkata, April 28 (IANS) Four Indian soldiers who laid down their lives for the motherland were honoured by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) by naming Eden Gardens stands after them ahead of an Indian…