Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday calmed talk about him taking over as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President, saying “it’s too early” to draw any…
Panaji, Jan 3 (IANS) A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against Goa Sports Minister Ramesh Tawadkar for allegedly threatening a person at Cotiago village. Superintendent of Police Shekhar Prabhudessai on Tuesday confirmed the…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime may only be possible by June-July as the possibilities of meeting the April 1 deadline are bleak now in view of…
Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar launches Tata Motors new “Pick-up truck – Xenon Yodha” in Mumbai on Jan 3, 2017. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar launches Tata Motors new “Pick-up truck – Xenon Yodha” in…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 3 (IANS) The Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday took Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul in custody for three more days for further interrogation in the Rose Valley chit fund scam. A special…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Defence Minster Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday said that around 20 lakh pensioners have been paid the benefits of One Rank One Pension so far, and more than 99 per cent…
London, Jan 3 (IANS) Ivan Rogers, Britain’s ambassador to the European Union, resigned on Tuesday just weeks after he was criticised over a leaked memo stating that Brexit could take longer than expected to sign…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to place before it within four weeks a list of corporate entities with outstanding debts in excess of Rs 500 crore and…
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India has appointed Surekha Marandi as its Executive Director (ED) in place of U.S. Paliwal, who retired on December 31, 2016, the bank announced on Tuesday. Marandi,…
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday said Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay’s arrest by the CBI in the Rose Valley chit fund scam was “much awaited” and accused the…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcements on the New Year’s Eve, including sops in housing, agriculture and for pregnant women, will cost the economy a total of over Rs 3,500 crore…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The 7th women’s Sub Junior National Hockey Championship will begin from Wednesday in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram. The annual event will feature 20 teams in A Division and 20 teams in…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Complementing the government’s recent demonetisation of high-value currency notes, state-run oil marketing companies (OMC) have started offering an upfront discount of Rs five on every cooking gas cylinder purchased online,…
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) The families of the Malegaon 2008 blasts ‘missing’ suspects — Ramchandra Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange – on Tuesday sought a probe into a police officer’s claims that they died while in…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) In a bid to let customers experience 4G network at affordable prices, Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said it will offer free data for 12 months, worth up to Rs 9,000,…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday accused the West Bengals ruling Trinamool Congress of attacking its state headquarters and said there was no democracy in Bengal under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. BJP…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has submitted a detailed report to the Election Commission on the untoward incidents in Manipur before the state elections. “The Home Ministry has apprised the Election…
Hanoi, Jan 3 (IANS) Vietnamese doctors removed a pair of scissors lodged in a man’s stomach for 18 years, authorities said. The Vietnamese man was completely oblivious to the scissors until December, when he suffered…
Tirupati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 104th Indian Science Congress, at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh on Jan 3, 2017. Also seen Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Tirupati:…
Agartala/Guwahati/Shillong, Jan 3 (IANS) A woman was killed and some others were injured in Tripura when a 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit India’s northeastern region and Bangladesh on Tuesday. There was no report of any major damage…