Seoul, April 1 (IANS) A record number of overseas South Korean nationals have come forward to take part in the upcoming presidential election, an election watchdog said. An initial tally showed 297,919 overseas voters registered…
Vatican City, April 1 (IANS) Addressing an audience of Spanish Archbishops on Saturday, Pope Francis warned that the Devil entered through the pocket, urging the religious leaders to cultivate the spirit of poverty. The Archbishops…
Jammu, April 1 (IANS) Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed was on Saturday sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court here. Governor N.N. Vohra administered the oath of office at…
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Acclaimed actor Adil Hussain says nowadays most filmmakers focus on cracking the ‘formula’ for a movie’s commercial success rather than working hard on telling new and different stories. Adil, who has…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) In one of its biggest crackdown on shell companies, the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted simultaneous raids on around 110 premises and 300 shell companies across the country that were…
Bhubaneswar, April 1 (IANS) Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday formally launched the BS-IV grade fuel distribution across the country on the occasion of Utkala Dibasa here. In a bid to…
Chennai, April 1 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government will complete distribution of smart cards replacing ration cards by May 2017, Chief Minister K. Palaniswami said on Saturday. Kicking off the distribution of smart cards in…
Damascus, April 1 (IANS) At least 2,826 people were killed in Syria in March, a Britain-based war monitoring group reported on Saturday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights detailed that the number of last month’s…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Saturday hit out at Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar over government formation in the state, saying that the BJP leader should thank his party colleague…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) CEO Venky Mysore said that the franchise has purposely tweaked its training jersey colours in tune with its Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise Trinbago Knight Riders. “As…
Beijing, April 1 (IANS) China’s home-grown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will expand its cooperation to Thailand and Sri Lanka, and then to the entire Southeast Asia to go global, its operator has said. Du…
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan finds a role model in Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, chairperson of leading Indian biotech company Biocon. On Friday, Shah Rukh had shared on Twitter that he has…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged the Election Commission to investigate cases of faulty EVMs to ascertain if they were tampered with to favour the Bharatiya Janata Party…
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) Over 900 corrugated board box manufacturers in eastern India have called for a one-day token strike on Monday to protest against the “unprecedented and unjustified” increase in the cost of primary…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The central government has released an amount of Rs 2,014.45 crore as financial assistance to Tamil Nadu affected by drought and cyclonic storm, an official said on Saturday. Home Minister…
By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have reached the summit clash of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on three occasions and ended on the losing side each time, but…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) With the popularity of badminton rising in India after the recent successes of the shuttlers in various international tournaments, leading Japanese sports equipment firm Yonex on Saturday announced the launch…
Miami, April 1 (IANS) Sania Mirza and her partner Barbora Strycova fought off a strong challenge from Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-Jan to reach the women’s double final at the Miami Open tennis tournament. Sania…
Ajmer (Rajasthan), April 1 (IANS) Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday offered a “chaadar” on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the “dargah” of Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. The Union Minister…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Real estate company Unitech’s Managing Directors Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra were arrested on Saturday by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police. A court here sent them…