New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Singer Benny Dayal is excited to perform at the Global Citizen Festival India, which will have Coldplay and Jay Z. He says it means a lot. “Performing at this festival…
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) A Children’s Day special initiative by an Indian retail eyewear chain, starting Monday, will enable mass vision screening for children in schools across the country, ensuring healthy eyes. Titan Eyeplus…
Kolkata, Nov 13 (IANS) Nitin Kumar Sinha toppled top seed Vishnu Vardhan in the final to clinch the Asian Tennis Tour title here on Sunday. Nitin won the match 6-7(10-12), 7-6(7-3), 30-15, when his opponent…
Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) Over 5,000 Mumbaikars from all age groups took part in the first Indian Navy Half Marathon organised by the Western Naval Command here on Sunday, an official said. The runners were…
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Warning of an impending anarchy, Delhi Chief Minsiter Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw his decision to spike the 500 and 1,000 rupee notes. Saying…
Rajkot, Nov 13 (IANS) Chasing a 310-run target, India survived anxious moments before posting 172/6 in their second innings to draw the first cricket Test match against England on the fifth and final day here…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 13 (IANS) There was no let-up in the rush for withdrawing money and exchanging demonetised notes in several cities of Odisha, as serpentine queues in front of banks and ATMs were a common…
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at a ceremony on Sunday launched trade cargo shipment from Balochistan’s Gwadar port, a key project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Sharif marked the departure…
Panaji, Nov 13 (IANS) Even as lakhs across India queue up outside ATMs and banks for a fourth day to surrender demonetised currency and withdraw cash, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made an impassioned…
Hobart, Nov 13 (IANS) Rain played spoilsport on the second day of the second Test cricket match between Australia and England at the Bellerive Oval here on Sunday. During play on Saturday, South Africa had…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Nov 13 (IANS) A multi-pronged strategy of criminalising possession of Rs 10 lakh or more in cash and cutting down discretionary powers of government officials are some of the steps the…
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee will on Monday inaugurate the 36th India International Trade Fair (IITF) to be held here between November 14-27, at which South Korea will be the “partner country”…
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) India made no additional commitments in the civil nuclear agreement signed with Japan during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Tokyo for the annual bilateral summit on Friday, it is…
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Closed toe ballerina shoes are always in trend in the winter season. Make sure you’re with the trend with a spot of colour and laser cut details, says an expert….
Guwahati, Nov 13 (IANS) In view of apprehensions that the Centre’s demonetisation move would affect wage disbursal to tea garden labour in Assam, the central government has made special arrangements for the tea gardens of…
Hyderabad, Nov 13 (IANS) Police in Telangana on Sunday seized Rs 20 lakh cash in demonetised currency notes from a milk van of a private dairy company. The amount was seized in Yacharam mandal of…
Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) Master story-teller and British politician Jeffrey H. Archer will come to India on a four-city tour starting November 21 to promote his seven-volume “Clifton Chronicles” series, an organiser said on Sunday….
Panaji, Nov 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that when he was Gujarat Chief Minister, he would carefully study pro-poor schemes formulated by his then Goa counterpart Manohar Parrikar. “As Chief Minister…
Mumbai, Nov 13 (IANS) Actor Hrithik Roshan says whatever he does, he does it in the best possible way. The actor, who was present at the launch of Ananya Birla’s debut song launch “Livin’ the…
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Could a chalk stick be a hand wash? In a move to engage primary school students and inculcate in them the habit of hand washing, hygiene brand Savlon has launched…