Mumbai/Kolkata, Oct 31 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and requested him to invest in her state. The Chief Minister had a one and half hour…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed as “historic” India’s jump of 30 ranks in the World Banks Doing Business Report, 2018, released on Tuesday and said his regime would strive to…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Amid efforts by Congress to seek support of Patidar agitation leader Hardik Patel ahead of Gujarat assembly elections, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will visit the state on Wednesday and…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Carnatic music vocalist T.M. Krishna, who received the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration on Tuesday, made a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 Gujarat riots,…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday that she had spoken to India’s Ambassador in Afghanistan Manpreet Vohra following a blast in Kabul’s heavily-fortified diplomatic area and that all…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday that she had spoken to an Indian student assaulted in Italy’s Milan and was told that it was not a racial attack…
Kolkata, Oct 31 (IANS) Terming the central government a proto-fascist force, human rights activist Teesta Setalvad on Tuesday said the freedom of speech and right to question to the established set-up is being immensely curtailed…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Tuesday directed officials to prioritise removal of encroachments and free the roads from unauthorised parking. Chairing a review meeting on progress of traffic decongestion…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Minister of State for Human Resource Development Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday said the true unity of the nation will be sensed only when an injury to a person in Kashmir…
Panaji, Oct 31 (IANS) Making anti-national comments has become a fashion and those who speak against the country nowadays are sometimes considered intellectual and elite, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Tuesday. He also said…
Lucknow/Bengaluru, Oct 31 (IANS) Shia Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi met spiritual guru and Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar at Bengaluru on Tuesday and discussed the possible ways to sort out the…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Various journalist organisations on Tuesday condemned the reported molestation of women scribes by the Chattisgarh Police. In a statement, the Indian Women’s Press Corps, the Press Club of India and…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) With India climbing over 30 places in a few years in the World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ global rankings, getting into the top 50 countries is a distinct possibility…
United Nations, Oct 31 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday deplored the plight of children in armed conflict and called for action to protect them. “Children around the world are suffering enormously and unacceptably…
Lucknow, Oct 31 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday blamed late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the problems in Kashmir, saying had the policy of first Home Minister Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday reduced OPD registration timing at all its hospitals by 30 minutes, prompting the resident doctors to call off their proposed strike from November 1. “As…
Washington, Oct 31 (IANS) US President Donald Trump will not visit the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating North Korea and South Korea during his upcoming Asian tour due to a tight schedule, the White House said…
Moscow, Oct 31 (IANS) A Russian submarine launched three Kalibr cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea at facilities of the Islamic State terrorist group in the eastern Syrian province of Deir el-Zour, the Russian Defence…
Hyderabad, Oct 31 (IANS) Dubai-based Bin Zayed Group will invest $2 billion in various infrastructure projects in Telangana with an MoU being signed between the state government and Bin Zayed International LLC in Dubai on…
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday accused the government of trying to hide behind World Bank reports to mask the “grim reality” regarding the economy and said Arun Jaitley has proved to…