Gandhinagar, July 27 (IANS) To increase the footfall of tourists in the state, the Gujarat government on Thursday decided to upgrade its infrastructure related to Mahatama Gandhi. The decision to revamp the present infrastructure related…
Rome, July 27 (IANS/AKI) Rapid help to herders om Horn of Africa countries – where the weather has become ever-more unpredictable – can reduce the impact of drought and avert humanitarian emergencies, a UN Food…
Bhubaneswar, July 26 (IANS) Noted litterateur Ramakanta Rath on Thursday received Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman, Odisha’s highest literary award, for the year 2018. The award is named after 15th century Odia poet Atibadi Jagannath Das….
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Director-producer Karan Johar who is happy with the success of his recently-released film “Dhadak”, on Thursday praised filmmaker Shashank Khaitan saying that this is the best film that he has directed…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) A bill that provides for supersession of the Central Council of Homeopathy and constituting a Board of Governors was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday and was taken up…
Bengaluru, July 26 (IANS) Leading business services provider Quess Corp Ltd on Thursday reported Rs 54 crore net profit for the first quarter of 2018-19, registering 19 per cent increase from Rs 46 crore in…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Even as the countrywide truckers strike called by the All India Motor Transport Congress entered its seventh day on Thursday, a leading industry chamber urged the government to find ways…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) As Congress and Trinamool Congress members squabbled in Lok Sabha over holding meetings of a committee on district development in West Bengal, Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) An NGO has demanded a detailed enquiry into the starvation deaths of the three minor girls here to find if they were excluded from various social welfare programmes. It has…
Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh), July 26 (IANS) On his second day of “Jan Ashirwad Yatra” on Thursday, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan slipped from the stairs of a stage after addressing a rally in…
Rome, July 26 (IANS/AKI) Other European countries besides Italy must open their ports to ships that rescue migrants in the Mediterrnanean, Italy’s Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi said on Thursday. “It is no longer justifiable…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The issue of development of a regional transport aircraft (RTA) has been considered and further actions have been taken in this regard, Parliament was told on Thursday. Minister of State…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday slammed the government over appointment of Justice A. K. Goel as National Green Tribunal Chairman after his retirement as a Supreme Court judge. Raising the matter…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) I’m a born actress, not a born model, Kareena Kapoor Khan said here as she shimmered in a heavily embellished 30 kg golden ensemble at a couture gala here on…
Johannesburg, July 26 (IANS) Member states of the BRICS economic bloc on Thursday called for sustainable growth of global trade and expressed determination to work together to strengthen multilateralism. “BRICS economies continue to support global…
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) Integrated pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories on Thursday reported an exponential rise of 672 per cent in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter of 2018-19, at Rs 456.1 crore…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Constitutional rights define and shape the life of citizens and societies and have to be construed and developed in such a manner that their real intent and existence percolates to…
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution renaming the state as “Bangla”, with the Left Front and the Congress backing the move by the Trinamool Congress government. The BJP,…
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said lack of holistic approach and narrow-vision focus on economic development is pushing India downwards in the World Happiness Index in spite of its…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) A driver working with cab aggregator Ola Cabs was brutally murdered by unidentified men and his body dumped in Bawana canal in west Delhi, police said on Thursday. An Ola…