New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at Parliament in New Delhi, on April 28, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) India on Friday reiterated the leaked Scorpene documents will not hurt the…
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) In a strong attack on the central government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the NDA regime was trying to “save money” by stopping and slashing funds for…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Counter-terror cooperation and bilateral trade would be the key points of discussions during the upcoming visit of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who is scheduled to be in India…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Hours after Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday that the leaked information on Scorpene submarines does not contain weapon data, Australian journalist Cameron Stewart, who broke the story,…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The 14th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) will be held in Bengaluru January 7 to 9, 2017, and around 3,000 people are likely to participate in the event, it…
Chennai, Aug 26 (IANS) The 72-hours hunger strike by 36 workers belonging to five different factories located in Maraimalai Nagar of Kanchipuram district protesting against anti-labour practices entered the second day on Friday, said a…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday criticised the Kerala government’s decision to kill stray dogs, terming it “unlawful and unscientific”. Reacting to the Kerala Cabinet’s decision to kill “dangerous” stray…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) An eight-year-old girl and her three-year-old sister were rescued from a house where they were locked for four days without food and water, police said on Friday. Deputy Commissioner of…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Dubbing the Surrogacy Regulation Bill, 2016, as “medieval and non-progressive”, the Congress on Friday said the Centre should have discussed it with other political parties before approving it. “The bill…
Panaji, Aug 26 (IANS) Accusing the AAP of being ignorant on issues related to excesses committed in the mining sector in Goa, a green NGO in the state said that there is very little difference…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The upcoming four-day visit of Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw, beginning Saturday, is expected to boost bilateral cooperation and trade, MEA officials said here on Friday. Kyaw is visiting India…
New Delhi/Washington, Aug 26 (IANS) India and US will hold their second Strategic and Commercial Dialogue (S&CD) here on August 30 and review implementation of various decisions taken during the previous summit as well as…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) On a two-month deployment in the western Indian Ocean, Indian Navy ships Kolkata, Trikand and Aditya on Friday arrived at Port Victoria in the Seychelles. An official statement said during…
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) The West Bengal government has, for the time being, shelved the plan to discuss the GST (Goods and Services Tax) Constitution Amendment Bill in the ongoing special assembly session that began…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) First time job seekers from rural and semi-urban areas will be able to search for jobs through an app now, with National Career Service Portal (Ministry of Labour) on Friday…
Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Castrol India on Friday denied knowledge of any stake sale in the company by parent firm Castrol Ltd, a unit of British oil major BP, saying that recent media reports of…
Mumbai: Actor Shahid Kapoor and his wife Mira Rajput during the wedding reception of Preity Zinta and Gene Goodenough in Mumbai, on May 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Aug 26 (IANS) Actor Shahid Kapoor and…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) An online complaint box for reporting child sexual abuse, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO), e-Box, was launched here on Friday by Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka…
Panaji, Aug 26 (IANS) The Goa government will conduct a comprehensive survey of the state’s transgender population over the next three months, a senior official of the state Planning and Statistics Department said on Friday….
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) A court here on Friday convicted Ravi Kapoor, awarded death penalty in IT executive Jigisha Ghosh’s murder case, in another murder case of a taxi driver in January 2009. Additional…