Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Pakistan’s newly-appointed Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt. Gen. Naveed Mukhtar called on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday. The ISI chief and Sharif exchanged views on the country’s security situation…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) A day after he resigned, the central government looked for a successor to Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung who on Friday said he had offered to quit twice earlier but…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) has delisted 255 political parties that existed only on paper and has asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to initiate appropriate action, if necessary….
Chennai, Dec 23 (IANS) DMK President M.Karunanidhi was discharged from Kauvery Hospital on Friday and has returned to his home. In a statement, the hospital said Karunanidhi was discharged on Friday after recovering well from…
Agartala, Dec 23 (IANS) Tripura’s ruling Left Front led by the CPI-M on Friday swept the gram panchayat by-polls winning 40 of the 44 seats where polling was held earlier this week, an official said….
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) If approached, India is ready to help the NRI parents of a five-year-old child who has been separated from them by Norwegian authorities who accused them of beating him, a…
Kathmandu, Dec 23 (IANS) India has agreed to export to Nepal additional 240 megawatts of electricity — 80 MW immediately from January and 160 MW from February — in a bid to lessen the power…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Citing wrong translations available on Google translator, Vice President Hamid Ansari here on Friday emphasised on having a good translation system in Indian academic institutions. “If a research done anywhere,…
London, Dec 23 (IANS) A former British ambassador to Syria has accused the Foreign Office of lying over the countrys civil war and said the British policy there has “made the situation worse”. Peter Ford…
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) Automobile major Tata Motors on Friday said that a majority of its shareholders at an extra-ordinary general meeting (EGM) on Thursday voted to remove Industrialist Nusli Wadia as an Independent Director…
Nagano (Japan), Dec 23 (IANS) Veteran Indian star Shiva Keshavan won the gold medal at the Asian Luge Championship here on Friday. Keshavan dominated the event and finished the two-heat race with a time of…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Home grown messaging app Hike Messenger is set to roll out a “Video Stories” feature on Saturday which will allow users to share videos of up to 20 seconds. These…
Valletta (Malta), Dec 23 (IANS) A Libyan aircraft with 118 people on board, including 82 men, 28 women and an infant, was hijacked on Friday by a man claiming to have a hand grenade, media…
Chandigarh, Dec 23 (IANS) At least 10 special trains and 300 buses will ferry, free of cost, over 25,000 devotees from Punjab to Bihar’s Patna to participate in the 350th birth anniversary celebrations of 10th…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Finding no common ground on the issue of dual control or cross empowerment that deals with assessee jurisdiction, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council’s 7th meeting that came to…
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) Ranbir Kapoor says the “romantic hero” he portrays in most of his films may look the same, but the charm with which Bollywood’s ‘Badshah of romance’ Shah Rukh Khan plays out…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The birth certificate would no longer be required to get a passport issued, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Friday. Speaking to media here, Minister of State for External…
The first day of shooting is always an exciting day. Here we are talking about the making of movie “Shadi Teri Bajyenge Hum Band” directed by Gurmeet Singh and Produced Rohit Kumar. The film has…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Delhi Metro will make 10 of its stations, across various sections of its network, go completely cashless from January 1, 2017 by opting digital payment app Paytm for token purchase…