London, July 17 (IANS) To the delight of those trying to find life beyond our solar system, a team of astronomers has claimed to have picked up “strange signals” emanating from a star 11 light…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir accounted for 49.5 per cent of the human rights violation complaints against the armed forces between 2012 and 2016, revealed an RTI reply. Meanwhile, the state’s share…
Hyderabad/Amaravati, July 17 (IANS) All 174 legislators in Andhra Pradesh and 117 of 119 legislators in Telangana voted on Monday to elect the country’s 14th President. One seat is vacant in the 175-member Andhra Pradesh…
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Arnold Classic world bodybuilding title winner Kai Greene will come to Nitrro fitness, Thane on Wednesday to introduce the western philosophy of fitness and bodybuilding. Kai, who lives in New York,…
Madrid, July 17 (IANS) Spanish tennis star Garbine Muguruza confessed that defeating Venus Williams to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday was a “dream come true”. Speaking to Spanish newspaper Marca, 23-year-old…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Assuring steps have been taken to weed out sub-standard institutes, the government on Monday said that a large number of teacher training colleges had failed to provide details of their…
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Boosted by the onset of quarterly results and Parliament’s monsoon session, the key Indian equity indices — the Sensex and the Nifty — edged up to close at a fresh high…
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday congratulated the team of Indian astronomers who identified a previously unknown, extremely large supercluster of galaxies christened “Saraswati” located in the direction of…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) City-based Indian Super League (ISL) football club Delhi Dynamos on Monday unveiled former Real Madrid midfielder Miguel Angel Portugal as their head coach on a one-year contract. Commenting on his…
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) A total of 337 votes were cast on Saturday in the West Bengal assembly in the presidential polls, sources said. All 294 MLAs along with 31 Lok Sabha members and 12…
Berlin, July 17 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has dismissed proposals from its sister party Christian Social Union (CSU) to impose a limit on the number of refugees admitted to…
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Food service company Jubilant FoodWorks on Monday reported that its President and Chief Financial Officer Sachin Sharma has resigned. According to the company, its Board of Directors will appoint “a successor…
Dubai, July 17 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has denied that it was responsible for an alleged hacking of the Qatari state news agency and websites earlier this year. According to the Washington Post,…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) After a long spell of hot and humid weather, light rain in parts of the national capital on Monday brought the much needed relief to the people. With the showers,…
Islamabad, July 17 (IANS) There is plenty of evidence that “a radical mindset (is) taking root in Pakistan’s higher institutes of learning”, a Pakistani newspaper said on Monday. “The internet has made it even easier…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Voting to elect Indias 14th President ended at 5 p.m. on Monday in Parliament House and state assemblies across India with an overwhelming majority of the electoral college members having…
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Actress Madhoo Shah, who starred in Mani Ratnams 1992 Tamil film “Roja”, says she wishes to work with the renowned filmmaker again in near future. “Mani Ratnam sir is a dear…
Kolkata, July 17 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party’s support for opposition presidential nominee Meira Kumar is a mark of protest against the BJP’s “atrocities” and urged opposition parties…
Chennai, July 17 (IANS) Voting to elect the 14th President of India saw a total of 234 ballots cast in Tamil Nadu. The polling began at 10 a.m. and ended a couple of hours later….
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of uttering “hypocritical rhetoric” on the violence unleashed by cow vigilantes and accused him of “running with…