Seoul, Feb 29 (IANS) An American student detained in North Korea confessed at a press conference in Pyongyang on Monday that he tried to steal a political banner from the hotel he was staying in….
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced a new amnesty scheme for those having unaccounted money to come clean by paying 45 percent of their undisclosed asset. Presenting his…
Los Angeles, Feb 29 (IANS) Actor-comedian Chris Rock made many burst into laughter with his jokes on diversity as he took the stage as the host of the 88th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre here…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on Monday said the middle class in the country should have got more relief in the union budget proposals for 2016-17. “I think the middle…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Going the green way, the central government decided not to hand out hard copies of General Budget 2016-17 on Monday, making a departure from tradition. The general budget, an exhaustive…
Mumbai, Feb 29 (IANS) Bollywood celebrities like Anil Kapoor, Anupam Kher and Farhan Akhtar have congratulated Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, who has broken the jinx and finally won an Oscar for Actor in a Leading…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Continuing government efforts to deal with the high levels of non-performing assets (NPAs), or bad debts, of state-run banks, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday allocated Rs.25,000 crore towards their…
New York, Feb 29 (IANS) Neurostimulation, a brain stimulation technique originally developed to help patients with brain injuries such as strokes and depression, can also be used to improve learning and skill retention in pilots,…
New York, Feb 29 (IANS) Targeted suppression of inflammation in the body along with standard therapy can improve cognitive problems of patients with schizophrenia, according to US researchers. Brian J Miller from Medical College of…
Ludhiana, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Monday when some men armed with iron rods attacked his car here, coming “within an inch of grievously injuring” him, the…
Tokyo, Feb 29 (IANS) Top diplomats from Japan and China met in Tokyo on Monday to discuss possible responses to North Korea in the wake of the recent nuclear and missile tests carried out by…
Seoul, Feb 29 (IANS) South Korea is set to spend a total of 746 billion won ($603 million) on its space programme this year, as part of efforts to realise its long-cherished goal of reaching…
Agra, Feb 29 (IANS) Four days after a VHP leader was murdered in Agra, the city was on Monday gripped by communal tension. The situation is tense and ahead of the 13th day death ritual…
Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his car was attacked in Ludhiana in Punjab. “My car attacked with sticks and stones in Ludhiana. Front glass pane broken. Badals and…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who presented India’s national budget for the next fiscal in the Lok Sabha on Monday, gave every bit of a competition to the fashion savvy Prime…
Canberra, Feb 29 (IANS) An Australian man was sentenced to jail for eight years for attempting to murder a dead man, in a case lawyers believe may be the world’s first. Daniel James Darrington, 39,…
* To reduce multiplicity of taxes and cascading, 13 taxes with collections of less than Rs.50 crore a year abolished Income tax deptartment will expand e-sahyog to assist small taxpayers Scope of e-assessment to be…
London, Feb 29 (IANS) The social networking website Facebook can be used to track people’s sleeping habits by building up a database of when your friends were seen last online busy chatting or “liking” posts…
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) New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun…