New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday said it will move a privilege motion against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Subramanian Swamy and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar “for misleading parliament and the nation on…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Delhi is no more the world’s most polluted city. Gwalior, Allahabad, Patna and Raipur have overtaken Delhi in the latest World Health Organisation (WHO) report released on Thursday. Delhi is…
Bhubaneswar, May 12 (IANS) The Odisha government on Thursday said South Korean firm Posco had temporarily put on hold its $12 billion greenfield steel plant project near Paradip. “Posco has temporarily halted its proposal to…
Baghdad, May 12 (IANS/AKI) Islamic State militants burnt a family of five in northern Iraq to death after they tried to flee from a district under the control of the jihadist group, according to a…
Rome, May 12 (IANS/AKI) Young women attended “inelegant” dinner parties at former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi’s luxury homes for personal gain and even had lesbian sex in the hope of stirring his desire to sleep…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) India’s factory output growth turned flat in March after rising during the month before, even as the annual retail inflation for April rose to 5.39 percent from 4.83 percent in…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The work of loading reactor fuel into the second unit of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu has begun successfully, a source at the KNPP said on Thursday….
Dhaka/Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) In an apparent tit-for-tat move, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Shuja Alam was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka once again on Thursday, hours after Islamabad summoned Dhaka’s…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) With police yet to nab a Trinamool Congress leader said to be the prime suspect in the lynching of a student on suspicion of stealing a buffalo in West Bengal’s South…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The CBI on Thursday questioned former ISRO chief G. Madhavan Nair in connection with an alleged loss of Rs.578 crore in an agreement between multi-media company Devas and Antrix, the…
Hyderabad, May 12 (IANS) The Hyderabad Software Enterprises Association (HYSEA), the apex body of software industry here, has unanimously elected Ranga Pothula as its next president for the term 2016-18. Elected at the annual general…
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) In a key step towards securing the extradition of Vijay Mallya, the CBI on Thursday forwarded an Enforcement Directorate letter to Interpol seeking issuance of…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) NGO Swaraj Abhiyan on Thursday accused the Raman Singh government in Chhattisgarh of inviting a “fraudulent” tender and paying a hefty commission of $1.57 million on the purchase of one…
Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) Pakistan on Thursday summoned Bangladeshi envoy over the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, who was hanged on Tuesday over “war crimes during the 1971 separation movement”. Nizami was sent…
London, May 12 (IANS) Gay armed forces personnel will soon be allowed to wed in the chapels of military bases after an Armed Forces minister announced a pilot scheme due to begin in the near…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Thiruvananthapuram, May 12 (IANS) Social media, including Twitter and fast-flying WhatsApp messaging service, has been flooded by upset Malayalis attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he compared Kerala with…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the state government on a plea challenging a guest teacher’s removal from the post and delay in confirming 17,000 such teachers…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the central government on a PIL seeking a twofold increase in the strength of judges at all levels of judiciary from trial…
Hyderabad, May 12 (IANS) Leading drugmaker, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd said on Thursday that its net profit fell 86 percent during the fourth quarter ending March, mainly due to write-off in Venezuela on account of…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Indian Naval Ships Delhi, Tarkash and Deepak on Thursday reached Kuwait on a four day visit, an official statement said. The statement said Indian naval officers and sailors would undertake…