Jammu, Dec 30 (IANS) A exchange of fire was on across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Friday evening after Pakistani Army resorted to heavy unprovoked firing at Indian…
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) Celebrities like Katrina Kaif, Anurag Kashyap and Emraan Hashmi — once big newsmakers from Bollywood — seemed to have faded away this year. With the new year…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Praising the Aadhaar-based mobile payment application, BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money), which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, the industry stakeholders said it is a game-changer for…
Mumbai, Dec 30 (IANS) Indian basketball player Satnam Singh Bhamara says superstar Aamir Khan’s portrayal in “Dangal” reminded him of his own father. Praising the Nitesh Tiwari directorial, Bhamara said that actresses Fatima Sana Shaikh…
Lucknow, Dec 30 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday expelled his son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav from the party for six years for “indulging in anti-party activities”. He said…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes money from the corporates but conducts raids on honest people. He said he does not fear the…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Narinder Batra resigned as Associate Vice-President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Friday to protest the scam-tainted duo of Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Friday asked the government to immediately remove restrictions on cash withdrawals as the 50-day deadline given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expired….
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Congress on Friday reiterated its demand for making public the minutes of a meeting of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Board on November 8 — hours before the…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Trinamool MP Tapas Paul was on Friday arrested by the CBI in the Rose Valley chit fund scam, an official said. “He has been arrested for further interrogation over his involvement…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Accusing the BJP of having association with a chit fund scam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday dared the Narendra Modi government to arrest her and her party MPs…
Kolkata, Dec 30 (IANS) Targetting the BJP, Trinamool Congress termed arrest of party MP Tapas Paul’s arrest in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam a “political atrocity” as the party has been vehemently…
Islamabad, Dec 30 (IANS) Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday admitted the slain Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Mansoor was issued a Computerised National Identity Card (CNICs) in 2005, but he blamed the…
Lucknow, Dec 30 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Friday expelled party General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav for six years for indulging in anti-party activities. “I am expelling Ram Gopal Yadav from the…
Chennai, Dec 30 (IANS) There was no major last minute rush of people to deposit the demonetised 500/1,000 rupee notes in their accounts but the cash crunch may continue, bankers said on Fridaty. The central…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Delhi Metro Museum here on Friday launched a special brochure in braille for the blind to commemorate its eighth anniversary. The brochure, printed in Hindi and English, will help…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Sanatan Sanskriti Sansthan, which works for promoting secular values, national integration and brotherhood, has urged Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to ensure improved condition of the…
Lucknow, Dec 30 (IANS) The political crisis in the Samajwadi Party (SP) deepened on Friday, with party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav serving a show cause notice to his son, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav,…