Mumbai/New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Posing fresh complications for India, absconder diamantaire Mehul Choksi, one of the prime accused in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, has surrendered his Indian citizenship in…
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) Unfazed by threats of action by the BJP, dissident MP Shatrughan Sinha says his sympathies are with the opposition and that he will quit his party the…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The fortunes of Indian billionaires grew by an astronomical 35 per cent per day last year, or by Rs 2,200 crore daily, while the poorest 10 per cent of the…
Jerusalem/Damascus, Jan 21 (IANS) The Israel military on Monday said it has hit Iranian targets around the Syrian capital Damascus in retaliation to a rocket fired from Syria towards the occupied Golan Heights. In a…
Islamabad, Jan 21 (IANS) An accountability court here will indict former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and other accused in the rental power projects case on February 8, the media reported. In 2014, Ashraf was…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Kotak Mahindra Bank on Monday reported a 22.57 per cent increase in its standalone net profit during the October-December quarter on a year-on-year basis. Its standalone net profit stood at…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) A “halwa ceremony”, the customary ritual that kickstarts the process of printing the budget documents, was held on Monday in the absence of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is away…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Actor Brijendra Kala says he worked closely with Salman Khan in “Bharat” and that he will be seen as a part of the Bollywood superstar’s gang working in Abu Dhabi…
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Jan 21 (IANS) Asserting that the BJP is going to retain power in 2019, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the coming Lok Sabha election is not a challenge…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Buoyed by the high demand in the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), telecom and manufacturing sectors in India, Cloud major Oracle is set to launch its first-ever data centre…
Bengaluru, Jan 21 (IANS) Karnataka Congress legislators on Monday left a resort here where they have been residing since Friday and set out for their home constituencies, a party leader said. “All the MLAs left…
Bengaluru, Jan 21 (IANS) Karnataka’s 111-year-old revered seer, Shivakumara Swami of Siddaganga Mutt at Tumakuru, is dead, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy announced on Monday. “His holiness, Swamiji passed away at 11.44 a.m. at the Mutt…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 21 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday requested the Centre to take an early decision on the realignment of a railway line from Balasore district to West Bengal’s Digha so that…
Mexico City, Jan 21 (IANS) Former Argentine international centre-back Jonatan Maidana has joined Mexico’s Deportivo Toluca after parting ways with Copa Libertadores champions River Plate. The 33-year-old arrived in Mexico on Sunday after agreeing to…
Islamabad, Jan 21 (IANS) Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan will embark on a two-day visit to Qatar from Monday at the invitation of the country’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. Khan was expected to…
It is natural for parents to protect their children from any harm, including the endless array of germs they are exposed to every day. As children grow up, they are continuously exposed to various germs,…
Jaipur, Jan 21 (IANS) The NIA and Rajasthan’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Monday arrested Mohammad Hussain, a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) member, from Jaipur airport, officials said. Hussain has been taken to Delhi for further interrogation….
San Francisco, Jan 21 (IANS) Resuming its self-driving programme, global ride-sharing major Uber has hired a “micromobility robotics” team to work on autonomous bikes and scooters. The company is working to develop electric scooters and…
Patna, Jan 21 (IANS) Bihar will soon implement the 10 per cent reservation in jobs and educational institutions for the economically weak sections in the general category, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday. “We…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hit out at opposition parties, saying the fear of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity and his return to power has brought them together but…