New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here on Saturday indicated that the private sector can play a pivotal role in meeting the country’s infrastructure and industrialisation deficit and added that the best…
Guwahati, July 9 (IANS) Over one lakh people have been affected by to floods in seven districts of Assam for the last few days, an official said on Saturday. A total of 112,307 people in…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 9 (IANS) The Kerala Police has been “verifying” the mysterious disappearance from Kasaragod district of about a dozen youth who are feared to have joined the Islamic State terrorist group. Asked about reports…
Lucknow, July 9 (IANS) At least four persons were killed and over half-a-dozen injured when a disputed building in Meerut collapsed during its demolition on Saturday, police said. Five persons were pulled out of the…
By Devanik Saha Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar are the worst states for women, an IndiaSpend analysis of social indicators and demographic data of Indian states reveals. Women in these states are among those who…
By Devanik Saha Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar are the worst states for women, an IndiaSpend analysis of social indicators and demographic data of Indian states reveals. Women in these states are among those who…
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) A social group on Saturday started an online petition to press for the release of Hamid N. Ansari, a Mumbaikar who is languishing in a Pakistani jail since nearly four years….
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Saturday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 27.8 degrees Celsius, average for this time of the season. “The sky will remain cloudy with…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Masala Library by Jiggs Kalra is opening its doors for food lovers in the national capital soon. Zorawar Kalra – the man behind the restaurant – says it will be…
Srinagar, July 9 (IANS) More than 20,000 people on Saturday attended the burial of top Hizbul commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani in south Kashmir’s Tral town. People from different parts of Pulwama district gathered at Shariefabad…
Rio de Janeiro, July 9 (IANS) Brazil’s interim president Michel Temer has reassured international visitors that they will be safe during next month’s Olympic Games here. In a short video published on Friday, Temer played…
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) Indian IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) on Saturday announced that its non-executive director Phiroz Vandrevala resigned from the company for personal reasons on Friday. “Phiroz Vandrevala has relinquished the…
Los Angeles, July 9 (IANS) Supermodel Heidi Klum, who has been dating Vito Schnabel for two years now, doesn’t want to marry again. Following her failed marriages with stylist Ric Pipino and singer Seal, with…
Chennai, July 9 (IANS) Bank employees are preparing to strike work on Tuesday and Wednesday after talks between their representatives and bank managements failed on Friday, C.H. Venkatachalam, a union leader, said on Saturday. The…
New York, July 9 (IANS) A team of scientists, including one of Indian-origin, has developed a system that can forecast the outbreak of dengue fever as much as three weeks in advance by simply analysing…
Los Angeles, July 9 (IANS) The Lunchbox director Ritesh Batra has been roped in by streaming service Netflix to direct veteran actors Robert Redford and Jane Fonda in Our Souls At Night. Co-produced by Finola…
Washington, July 9 (IANS) Scientists with NASA’s Dawn mission have identified, on the dwarf planet Ceres, permanently shadowed regions most of which likely have been cold enough to trap water ice for a billion years….
By Debdoot Das Kolkata, July 9 (IANS) World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar Alberto Del Rio says he is rooting for Portugal in the ongoing Euro football championship as Cristiano Ronaldo is the driving force behind…
Islamabad, July 9 (IANS) Pakistan’s celebrated humanitarian and founder of the Edhi Foundation, a non-profit welfare organisation, Abdul Sattar Edhi, has died at the age of 92 at a hospital in Karachi, his son said….
Allu Arjun and Allu Aravind Chennai, July 9 (IANS) Producer Allu Aravind is proud of his son Allu Arjun, whose latest Telugu outing “Sarrainodu” has emerged as the highest grossing film in the actor’s career…