Mirpur (Bangladesh), Feb 29 (IANS) India’s star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Monday lauded the team’s bowling unit, specially the pace duo of Ashish Nehra and Jasprit Bumrah for putting in their best efforts at the…
Panaji, Feb 29 (IANS) The mining industry in Goa on Monday said the budgetary proposal to abolish export duty on low grade iron ore would give it a leg up at a time of global…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Making a departure from the tradition, the central government decided not to hand out hard copies of the 2016-17 general budget that was presented in the Lok Sabha by Finance…
Ludhiana, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Monday when the vehicle he was travelling in was attacked with stones and sticks by some men near Ludhiana in Punjab….
Beijing, Feb 29 (IANS) China plans to conduct more than 20 satellite launch missions in 2016, which positions China to exceed launches by the US, an official from the country’s Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the virtual leader of the thumping brigade in the Lok Sabha on Monday as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s budget speech was hailed by the treasury…
Gurgaon, Feb 29 (IANS) Buglers of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Monday created a new record by playing bugle continuously for 12 minutes and 35 seconds, a spokesperson said. The record was created during…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s tax proposals depressed investors’ sentiments at the Indian equity markets on Monday. Consequently, the barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) ended…
Cairo, Feb 29 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday expressed the hope that cooperation in the field of education will be strengthened with Japan. In an address to the Japanese House of Representatives,…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The opposition Congress submitted a privilege notice in the Lok Sabha against Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani for what a Left leader said was “lying” to the house. Speaker…
Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) Experts on Monday gave a qualified welcome to the national dialysis programme and new drug stores proposed in budget 2016-17, but said the dual disease burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Former chief justice of India H.L. Dattu on Monday took over as the National Human Rights Commission’s seventh chairperson, an official release said. Having an illustrious judicial career which included…
Noida: People throng the office of Ringing Bell to buy its newly launched “Freedom 251” smartphone on Feb 18, 2016. The Noida-based startup’ website to crash within hours of opening up for pre-order. It claims…
Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Arbaaz Khan, who has been married to actress Malaika Arora Khan for the past 17 years and has been in the midst of rumours of a split, says he is…
By Arvind Padmanabhan New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Focusing on rural economy and infrastructure with minor rebate for small taxpayers but amnesty for defaulters, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday unveiled a Rs.19.78 lakh crore…
Kolkata, Feb 29 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Monday dubbed the 2016-17 Union Budget as “hopeless” and “stereotype”, and questioned the Narendra Modi government’s transparency over FDI. The West Bengal’s ruling party also said there…
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistani activist for female education and youngest ever Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday congratulated Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy for winning second Oscar. Speaking by phone, Malala said the entire nation was…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) State-run Indian Oil Corp moved in contrary directions on Monday, cutting the petrol price by Rs.3.02 a litre, but raising diesel by Rs.1.47, both at Delhi, with corresponding changes in…
Kolkata/New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday demanded the withdrawal of sedition cases registered against its general secretary Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders in the Jawaharlal University row and pressed for scapping…
Mumbai: Filmmaker Ram Madhvani during the trailer launch of film Neerja in Mumbai on Dec 17, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) Amidst the ban on “Neerja” in Pakistan, director Ram Madhvani is hoping…