New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is preparing a framework to provide accreditation to credit counsellors for facilitating easy flow of credit to the MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises),…
Patna, Aug 23 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide assistance to Bihar in dealing with the “worst” floods in decades. “Flood situation in Bihar…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday recorded the statement of a 28-year-old PhD student who has filed a complaint of rape against a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student. During in-camera proceedings,…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Ananth Kumar on Tuesday advocated a “3 A” approach – authenticity (quality), availability and affordability – to improve upon fertilisers. “The ultimate aim of the…
Port of Spain (Trinidad), Aug 23 (IANS) The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has launched an investigation into why the fourth Test match between India and West Indies had to be abandoned due to…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Despite a hefty hike in fees of US H-1B and L-1 visas, there has been no drop in number of applications from India and the country continues to be the…
Chandigarh, Aug 23 (IANS) To ensure basic courtesy to the common citizens approaching various organs of the government for individual or public matters, the Haryana government on Tuesday announced that directions have been issued that…
Kolkata, Aug 23 (IANS) The Act East policy of the central government will open new markets like Myanmar and the ASEAN countries for eastern Indian entrepreneurs, President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Tuesday. “The Look…
New York, Aug 23 (IANS) United States’ star swimmer Ryan Lochte has lost all four of his major sponsors, including Speedo and Ralph Lauren Corp, following his “exaggerated” story about being robbed at gunpoint at…
Junagadh, Aug 23 (IANS) Unidentified assailants barged into the Junagadh office of leading Gujarati daily Jai Hind on Monday night and stabbed to death its bureau chief Kishore Dave, police said. Dave, 53, was alone…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The number of cases of inter-country parental child abduction related to Indians in the US is the second highest next only to Mexico, a senior US government official said here…
Mumbai, Aug 23 (IANS) The Maharashtra Congress on Tuesday strongly criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine ruling in the state for what it said was a dictatorial move to bring in a law that…
Moscow, Aug 23 (IANS) Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Tuesday the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had adopted a “political decision” rejecting the Russian appeal against the non-admission of the country’s athletes…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The Central Water Commission (CWC) has recommended construction of water harvesting structures, inter-linking of rivers and construction of new storage structures as some important measures to meet the challenges of…
Moscow, Aug 23 (IANS) Russia may file a lawsuit with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after the country’s Paralympians were banned from the upcoming games in Rio de Janeiro, senator Tatiana Lebedeva said…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) A three-and-half-year-old boy was killed here on Tuesday when he was run over by his school van that had dropped him home, police said. The incident occurred around 2 p.m….
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Calling for time-bound implementation of the Insolvency and Banckruptcy Code (IBC) 2016, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday directed senior officials of his ministry to take “immediate action” on the…
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Indian badminton player P.V. Sindhu who won silver medal in Rio 2016 Olympics during a programme organised to felicitate her in Vijayawada on Aug 23, 2016….
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday assured the National Security Guard (NSG) of upgrading their infrastructure and training. Inaugurating the Composite Building complex of 52 Special Action Group here,…
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday said the misunderstanding over his recent speech that allegedly mentioned Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru in the list of freedom fighters…