Mumbai/Thiruvananthapuram, May 11 (IANS) Denying reports that all withdrawals from State Bank of India (SBI) ATMs will be chargeable from June 1, the largest public lender on Thursday clarified that the charge of Rs 25…
Guwahati, May 11 (IANS) The Assam Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, 2017, was unanimously passed by the assembly on Thursday, making the state 11th in the country to do so. Finance Minister Himanta Biswa…
Cuttack, May 11 (IANS) Bengaluru FC will take on Mohun Bagan on Friday at the Barabati Stadium here knowing that a win would give them the best chance to make it to the semi-finals of…
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had told Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa that his meeting with Indian business tycoon Sajjan Jindal was part of back-channel diplomacy moves with India, a…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) There is a need to nurture the informal and unorganised sector in India in order to address the problem of unemployment, former member of the erstwhile Planning Commission Arun Maira…
Potchefstroom (South Africa), May 11 (IANS) The Indian women’s cricket team rode on an all-round effort to thrash Zimbabwe by nine wickets in the Women’s Quadrangular Series at the North-West University No.1 Ground here on…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Describing cyber crime as a rising menace in India, experts on Thursday said proper awareness, assessment, and implementation of security policies were the way forward to fight the malady. Discussing the…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her state would never stop its fight against intolerance, notwithstanding the silence maintained by other states. “The intolerance in the name of…
Lucknow, May 11 (IANS) Ishwar Tyagi, father of Indian Police Service (IPS) official Sanjiv Tyagi, was found dead with a gunshot wound at his Ghaziabad residence on Thursday, the police said. While the exact cause…
Srinagar, May 11 (IANS) At least 14 people, including four students and 10 policemen, were injured on Thursday when students clashed with security forces in various districts of Jammu and Kashmir, although nobody sustained serious…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said approaching the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the case of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav indicated the Narendra Modi governments “diplomatic…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) here on Thursday told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it didn’t have the expertise to repair the damage caused to the Yamuna floodplains during…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A 48-year-old gunrunner, carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh for his arrest and wanted in four cases in the national capital, has been held from north Delhi, police said…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The government’s initiatives like ‘Make in India’ and ‘Smart Cities’ have strengthened India’s economy which has now become one of the top investment destinations, the chief of World Trade Center…
Dubai, May 11 (IANS) Eight of the 15 fixtures of the ICC Champions Trophy have been sold out with over 15,000 tickets picked up by fans over the past one week, the International Cricket Council…
Rome, May 11 (IANS/AKI) The Islamic State terror group said it is still waging war against the Vatican “and other strongholds of Christianity”, US terrorism-tracking website SITE Intelligence reported on Thursday. “The war on the…
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Around 4,500 petrol and CNG pumps in Maharashtra have decided to observe ‘holiday’ on Sundays, beginning May 14, and work on single day shifts, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., from Monday – ignoring…
Beirut, May 11 (IANS) Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri was invited on Thursday to attend the Arab-Islamic-American Summit to be held in Riyadh on May 21. According to a statement by Hariri’s press office, the…
Seoul, May 11 (IANS) South Korean President Moon Jae-in has expressed his gratitude to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a day after the Indian leader tweeted in the Korean language to congratulate Moon on his…
Madrid, May 11 (IANS) Romanian tennis player Simona Halep defeated American Coco Vandeweghe in the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open here on Thursday. Halep, World No. 8, needed only 59 minutes to defeat World No….