New York, June 14 (IANS) In 2015, charitable giving among Americans hit a record $373.3 billion with individuals donating over two-thirds of the amount, according to the annual report by the Giving USA Foundation. Donations…
Marseille, June 14 (IANS) Italy striker Graziano Pelle missed Tuesday’s training in Montpellier, after defeating Belgium 2-0 on Monday in their opening match of the Euro football championship. The Southampton player, who scored the second…
Patna, June 14 (IANS) The authorities in Bihar on Tuesday removed Usha Sinha, a former ruling Janata Dal-United legislator, as principal of a Patna college, as her name too figured in the Class 12 toppers…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Railways Ministry on Thursday signed an MoU with the Odisha government to set up a joint venture company for development of rail infrastructure in the state. According to the…
Gurgaon, June 14 (IANS) A 32-year-old man was on Tuesday saved by his friends and the police after he posted pictures of a suicide bid on social networking site, police said. Varun Malik, who works…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The International Federation of Health and Human Rights Organisations (IFHHRO) on Tuesday urged Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh to revoke suspension orders issued to the Lawyers Collective for allegedly violating…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will hear, after its summer break, a PIL seeking the discharge of 70 patients who are cured of their mental ailments but…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The new Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) allows for ‘agents’ of foreign vendors, but with a rider that these agents cannot get payments depending on the success or failure of a…
Ghaziabad, June 14 (IANS) A wanted criminal was arrested in Ghaziabad along with his four gang mates and pistols, a stolen Honda car, a police uniform and other articles seized from them, police said on…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday expelled six of its legislators in Uttar Pradesh for voting for other party candidates in the Rajya Sabha elections. These six are Sanjay Pratap Jaiswal from…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) India Inc seemed elated at the draft Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, released on Tuesday after the first day of the meeting of the Empowered Committee of state finance…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Tuesday appreciated the BJP-led central government’s work on pollution control and monitoring but also pointed out tardiness in its flagship programmes like…
Srinagar, June 14 (IANS) Indian army chief, Gen. Dalbir Singh on Tuesday briefed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on the overall security situation in the state, a defence statement said. “Following his meeting…
Bilbao (Spain), June 14 (IANS) Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday announced that they will play a friendly match against Girondins Bordeaux football club on July 23 in the French town of Tarnos, near Baiona. This is…
Deauville (France), June 14 (IANS) Croatian football team chief coach Ante Cacic confirmed on Tuesday that captain Darijo Srna will return on Tuesday night to the training camp in France after attending his father’s funeral…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Fancy a barbeque in your daily brew ? An agricultural engineering expert from IIT-Kharagpur here has launched two varieties of green tea infused with flavours (jasmine and a smoky taste) to…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) A day after a Delhi government bill that sought to exclude the post of Parliamentary Secretaries from the office of profit didn’t…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) To prevent next generation of weavers from abandoning the heritage art, the West Bengal Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd (Manjusha) on Tuesday launched a e-commerce portal and app exclusively devoted to promoting…
Agra, June 14 (IANS) Four armed men looted Rs 46 lakh from a Maruti Swift car heading for Firozabad on the national highway here on Tuesday afternoon, police said. Senior Superintendent of Police Preetendra Singh…
Shimla, June 14 (IANS) Doordarshan’s regional channel in Shimla will soon broadcast programmes round-the-clock for the benefit of people settled in rural and inaccessible areas of the hill state, a senior official said on Tuesday….