New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to Nepal early next month will help expedite reconstruction work after last year’s massive earthquake in the Himalayan nation, a senior official said on Friday. “We…
Mumbai, Oct 28 (IANS) Actress Amrita Puri, who will next be seen in filmmaker Nikkhil Advanis upcoming TV series “P.O.W – Bandi Yuddh Ke”, says her role in the show put her into depression for…
Mumbai, Oct 28 (IANS) Grasim Industries Limited, a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, on Friday posted a 50 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit to Rs 846 crore in the quarter…
Mumbai, Oct 28 (IANS) If superstar Aamir Khan will throw a party on Diwali, actor Sanjay Dutt, who was released from Yerawada Central Jail earlier this year, will perform Laxmi Puja and spend time with…
Vijayawada, Oct 28 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday reiterated that the Centre will honour all commitments made to the residual state of Andhra Pradesh. “Go with your head held high and tell…
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Army Chief General Dalbir Singh on Friday reviewed the operational preparedness along the India-China border in Himachal Pradesh, an official statement said. Singh reviewed the operational preparedness in Puh and…
New York, Oct 28 (IANS) US authorities have arrested 20 people and charged 32 others in an India-based scam that allegedly extorted hundreds of millions of dollars from Americans and brought shame to India and…
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students on Friday staged a protest outside the Delhi Police headquarters at ITO against alleged police inaction in the case of disappearance of JNU student Najeeb…
Patna, Oct 28 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday mooted the idea of an opposition grand alliance at the national level to take on the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Mumbai, Oct 28 (IANS) This year, the auspicious ‘Dhanteras’ has spelt ‘Gold Rush’ for gold, gems and jewellery traders with huge crowds thronging retail outlets for festive season purchases, industry players said here on Friday….
Chandigarh, Oct 28 (IANS) With leaders of various parties indulging in verbal barbs in Punjab in recent months, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal’s patron Parkash Singh Badal has told party leaders and workers to focus…
Greater Noida (UP), Oct 28 (IANS) Hitting out at Pakistan for waging a proxy war with India, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said terrorism was a weapon of the coward. Addressing the 55th Raising…
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday flagged off the first direct train from Anand Vihar here to Ballia in Uttar Pradesh and said railways has fulfilled a “long pending demand”….
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Former judges on Friday backed the Supreme Court on the issue of appointment of judges and said delaying the appointments for nine months was an “unusually long time”. They also…
Kolkata, Oct 28 (IANS) Two persons were arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district for making extortion calls in the name of a senior IPS officer, a senior official said on…
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Indian Institute of Science (IIsc) will jointly establish a skill development centre (SDC) in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district. The ‘bhoomi pujan’ for the centre was performed…
Mumbai, Oct 28 (IANS) Two- and three-wheeler major Bajaj Auto on Friday reported a rise of 6.68 per cent in its standalone net profit for the second quarter (Q2) of 2016-17. The automobile major’s net…
Islamabad, Oct 28 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has left out veteran all-rounder Shahid Afridi and off-spinner Saeed Ajmal from its list of central contracts for the 2016-17 season. Afridi was in category A,…
Sydney, Oct 28 (IANS) A 29-year-old bus driver of Indian origin was charred to death on Friday while sitting behind the wheel in a shocking attack in Australia’s Queensland state. A 48-year-old man at the…
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) Murder accused Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky Yadav will return to jail as the Supreme Court on Friday put on hold a Patna High Court order that granted him bail. The…