Ahmedabad, June 29 (IANS) Breaking his silence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that killings in the name of ‘gau bhakti’ (cow worship) is not acceptable even as a man accused of carrying beef…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Rain lowered the mercury here on Thursday as the national capital recorded a maximum of 31.4 degrees Celsius, five notches below the season’s average, the Met Office said. The India…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Like in the case of Antalya, Turkey, last year, where a standalone statement on terrorism apart from the usual joint declaration was issued, leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are…
Darjeeling, June 29 (IANS) Declaring that the indefinite shutdown in north Bengal hills will continue, the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on Thursday announced the formation of a coordination committee at an all-party meeting to take…
Taunton (UK), June 29 (IANS) India defeated West Indies by seven wickets in their first round match of the women’s cricket World Cup here on Thursday. Chasing a target of 184 runs, India achieved the…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The stage is all set for the rollout of the major indirect tax reform measure – Goods and Services Tax (GST) – in Parliament’s Central Hall on Friday night amid…
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday dubbed “dogmatism and rigidity” of mind as the biggest deterrent in the way of progress and development and called upon people to be open to new…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Thursday said that clarification on specific issues with respect to the application of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will help the airline…
Shillong, June 29 (IANS) Ayekpam Wangpa, Vice Chairman of the outlawed United National Liberation Front (UNLF), a secessionist outfit in Manipur, has died at hospital in Myanmar, a UNLF source said on hursday. Wangpa died…
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Thursday accepted Bimal Gurung’s resignation from the post of Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) — the development board in the north Bengal hills….
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) India has apprised the US of New Delhi’s position on Jammu and Kashmir after the use of the term “Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir” in the US State Department’s designation of…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) To make their students more competitive globally, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in India (ICAI) on Thursday announced changes in its syllabus and exam pattern which will be applicable from…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday approved amendments in the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules in order to protect consumers from malpractices of under-weight and under-measurement. The changes…
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) An 11-year-old mentally challenged girl was sexually assaulted by her landlord in Mianwali area in west Delhi, police said on Thursday. The accused, Shankar Singh, was arrested from a relative’s…
Amaravati, June 29 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh State Public Service Commission has given the green signal for the appointment of Olympics badminton silver medallist P.V. Sindhu as a Group-I officer. The badminton player is soon…
Taunton (UK), June 29 (IANS) Riding on a strong batting display by opener Smriti Mandhana and skipper Mithali Raj, India sealed a comfortable seven-wicket victory over West Indies in a group match of the ICC…
Gangtok, June 29 (IANS) Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Thursday took stock of the situation in Sikkim amid a stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops along the border. Informed sources said the Army chief…
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) Kesoram Industries Ltd is looking at increasing its industrial footprint in the eastern region of the country after the buy-back of spun pipe and the heavy chemicals businesses from Camden Industries…
