New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said set procedures were followed in the appointment of Army Chief General Bipin Rawat and all candidates were equally good. The Defence Minister told…
London, Jan 3 (IANS) Britain’s ambassador to the European Union, Ivan Rogers has quit his job in Brussels, according to a media report on Tuesday. A spokesman with the British government also said in a…
Chennai, Jan 3 (IANS) Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri defeated compatriot and local boy Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-1, 6-1, but Saketh Myneni’s was beaten 4-6, 3-6 by seventh seeded Mikhail Youzhny in the Round of 32…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Automobile major Bajaj Auto said on Tuesday that its sales for December were down due to demonetisation. “After demonetisation, the mood of overall economy, two wheeler companies and us is hard….
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Central Reserve Police Force personnel were posted in large numbers near the BJP state headquarters here as an agitation and stone pelting by enraged Trinamool Congress activists continued for over three…
Colombo, Jan 3 (IANS) Two Pakistan maritime security ships are to visit Sri Lanka this week on a goodwill mission, the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo said on Tuesday. The High Commission said that in…
Tehran, Jan 3 (IANS) Iran has denied that it has reached an agreement with Kurdistan in Iraq for laying joint oil pipelines, Iran’s Petro-Egergy Information Network (SHANA) reported on Tuesday. Iran has made no agreements…
Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday picked Robert Lighthizer, a former trade official under President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, as the US Trade Representative (USTR), Trump’s transition team announced. Lighthizer,…
Islamabad, Jan 3 (IANS) Parliamentarians from Europe and North America along with speakers from Jammu and Kashmir will attend a seminar in Islamabad to discuss the Kashmir issue, an official said on Tuesday. The two-day…
Lucknow, Jan 3 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav will inaugurate the second ‘UP NRI Day’ in the state capital on Wednesday, a government spokesman said on Tuesday. The first edition of the event…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said a new line of production for single engine fighter jets will be started in India under the Strategic Partnership model. The minister told…
Beirut, Jan 3 (IANS/AKI) American movie star George Clooney and his wife and international rights lawyer Amal Clooney are expecting twins this year, Lebanon’s Daily Star reported on Tuesday. Rumours have continued to swirl that…
Bengaluru, Jan 3 (IANS) Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Tuesday said his statement on the alleged molestation incident on New Year Day was interpreted out of context. “I am extremely pained by the fact…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for the Rs 3.6-crore Demonstration Housing project for Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh to build houses for the poor. Laying…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said two more states will join the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) on Wednesday and the third a week thereafter. “Almost the entire country…
Bishkek, Jan 3 (IANS/AKI) A Kyrgyz citizen named by Turkish state broadcaster TRT as the suspected gunman in the deadly New Year Eve attack on an Istanbul nightclub pleaded his innocence on Tuesday after he…
Lucknow/New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Hopes of truce after days of crisis in the warring Samajwadi Party remained grim on Tuesday despite a last minute effort to broker peace between the factions led by Mulayam…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Rollout of the GST regime may only be possible by June-July, as the possibilities of meeting the April 1 deadline are bleak now in view of the negative impact of…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Outgoing Chief Justice T.S. Thakur on Tuesday said it was incumbent on the legal fraternity to uphold the independence of judiciary as he pointed to pendency of three crore cases,…