Bhubaneswar, April 27 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday launched Banayana, an Odisha Forestry Sector Development Project (OFSDP), for sustainable management of forest and bio-diversity. This new project would be implemented in 14…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal on Thursday reserved judgement on a plea seeking lifting of its ban on 10-year-old diesel vehicles as the Central government told it that no only diesel…
Bengaluru, April 27 (IANS) Gujarat Lions dominated with both bat and ball to beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by seven wickets in their Indian Premier League (IPL) clash at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here on…
Reggio Calabria (Italy), April 27 (IANS/AKI) Police arrested 15 people in Reggio Calabria on Thursday in an operation against the Calabria mafia’s Condello and Stillittano clans’ extortion and nightclub bouncing rackets in the southern Italian…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday chaired a meeting of the party’s coordination committee for northeastern states and discussed ways to strenghten the party in the wake of electoral…
Jiaxing (China), April 27 (IANS) Indian athletes shone bright at the Asian Grand Prix athletics meet here on Thursday with Neena Varakil and Neeraj Chopra clinching gold and silver respectively. Varakil claimed gold in the…
Mosul (Iraq), April 27 (IANS/AKI) Air strikes killed an Islamic State leader on Thursday and destroyed one of the jihadist group’s bases in the beleaguered Iraqi city of Mosul, local media reported, citing a military…
Bhopal, April 27 (IANS) Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, a prime accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case, after being released from jail on Thursday said she had to spend nine years behind bars due…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday reviewed the status of 2015 developmental package announced for Jammu and Kashmir and directed its expeditious implementation within a definite time frame. “Accelerate…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) There was about two per cent drop in the number of candidates who lost their security deposit in the 2017 civic bodies polls compared to the last with 73.5 per…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) A banded ‘Khukri’ snake, now a rare and uncommon species in the Delhi area, was rescued here on Thursday. Animal welfare organisation Wildlife SOS, that rescued the snake from the…
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) BMW Group on Thursday said that it has entered into an international alliance with the Aditya Birla Group to be its preferred premium mobility supplier. According to the luxury automobile manufacturer,…
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Sporting black badges, hundreds of doctors here on Thursday observed National Black Day in protest against the West Bengal Clinical Establishment Act. Demanding a repeal of the law, they claimed the…
Chennai, April 27 (IANS) Well-known Tamil actor and writer Vinu Chakravarthy, who had starred in over 1,000 films, breathed his last here on Thursday. He was 74. A statement said Chakravarthy passed away after battling…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that it had a reasonable stock of new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 currency notes in place before the announcement of demonetisation…
Warangal (Telangana), April 27 (IANS) On its 16th formation day, the TRS held a massive show of in this Telangana town on Thursday with the party president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao vowing to…
Mumbai, April 27 (IANS) Kotak Mahindra Bank on Thursday reported a rise of 40 per cent in its stand-alone net profit for the fourth quarter (Q4) of fiscal 2016-17. The company’s net profit increased to…
Panaji, April 27 (IANS) Goa Governor Mridula Sinha on Thursday convened a special one-day assembly session on May 9 to ratify the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, 2017, a government spokesperson said. “The special…
Srinagar, April 27 (IANS) Guerrillas believed to be foreigners sneaked into an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday and killed three soldiers in an audacious pre-dawn attack that left two militants dead, officials…
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday said that situation in Jammu and Kashmir was a “matter of concern” but the Narendra Modi government will find ways to normalise it. “I…