New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents national budget 2016-17 at the Parliament House in New Delhii on Feb, 29, 2016. (Photo: IANS/ Lok Sabha TV) Chennai, March 1 (IANS) The central government on…
Hyderabad, March 1 (IANS) Police shot dead six Maoists on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border on Tuesday, police said. A gun battle erupted in the Chintavadu forests in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh near Khammam district in Telangana….
Sydney, March 1 (IANS) Australia has imposed some of the world’s toughest laws on cyclists to protect them from accidents, the media reported on Tuesday. According to the new laws in New South Wales (NSW)…
Agra, March 1 (IANS) A Catholic priest on Monday opened a yoga and nature cure centre in the city’s Dayalbagh area to “benefit the suffering humanity”. Father John Ferriera – who said he had treated…
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) The Indian Air Force’s Induction Publicity Exhibition Vehicle (IPEV), a mobile platform promoting its various activities across the country, will visit various colleges in Kolkata and adjoining cities from March 3….
Thiruvananthapuram, March 1 (IANS) Superstar Mammootty is delighted that his son Dulquer Salman beat him at his own trade, by edging him out at the Kerala State Film Awards 2015, which were announced here on…
Havana, March 1 (IANS) The sales of Cuban cigar grew four percent in 2015 and generated a revenue of $428 million, an executive of state-run cigar maker Habanos S.A. said. The growth was due to…
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) The mecca of music and entertainment, Rhythm House, passed away into history on Tuesday, exactly 68 years after it first opened in 1948. Late Monday night, it downed its shutters for…
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer “The Revenant”, which bagged three Oscars at the 88th Academy Awards, has raked in Rs.3.5 crore in its opening weekend in India, according to Fox Star Studios, which released…
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) Expectations of a rate cut, coupled with budgetary announcements and positive Asian cues, buoyed the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. Consequently, the barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) A notice to bring a privilege motion against Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani was submitted to Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari on Tuesday, a day after a similar notice…
New York, March 1 (IANS) Researchers have developed a new technology called device fingerprinting that could help address the unique security challenges of the electrical grid and other cyber-physical systems. “Device fingerprinting is a unique…
Muscat, March 1 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and 14 injured on Tuesday when a Dubai-bound passenger bus collided with a truck and a car in Oman. Police said injured people were admitted…
Beijing, March 1 (IANS) A villager in China’s Shaanxi province unearthed 459 kg of ancient coins while building a house, said sources on Tuesday. The villager, surnamed Zhang from Xingping city, was levelling the land…
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai will arrive here on Wednesday on a two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh, an official said. He will visit the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur where…
(160229) — LOS ANGELES, Feb. 29, 2016 (Xinhua) — Leonardo DiCaprio poses after winning the Best Actor for his role in “The Revenant” during the 88th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles,…
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) From panning the camera to the life of a celebrity to splashing shades of darkness with a focus on a fan’s obsession — the trailer of Shah Rukh Khan’s Fan didn’t…
Beijing, March 1 (IANS) An abortion drug, Mifepristone (MIF) can possibly have an anti-tumour effect in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), the media reported on Tuesday. A research conducted under the Kunming Institute of Zoology in…
Berlin, March 1 (IANS) Former FC Bayern Munich president and German football great Uli Hoeness has been released from prison on suspension after serving half of his three-and-half-year sentence for tax evasion. The 64-year-old leaves…
