New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) As many as 4,500 openings for teachers are expected to be advertised for Delhi University (DU) colleges in a few days’ time to address the longstanding issue of vacant seats,…
Accra, May 5 (IANS/MAP) Signatories to the Paris climate accord have been urged to step up their support for global climate change mitigation efforts, in the light of the US’ regression in its support for…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will leave on a three-day official visit to Japan on Saturday to participate in the annual meeting of Board of Governors of Asian Development Bank (ADB)…
Chandigarh, May 5 (IANS) The Haryana government has decided to take strict action against illegal slaughterhouses and meat shops, a Minister said on Friday. “Notices would be issued to owners of shops selling meat after…
Mumbai May 5 (IANS) For the first time in over five years, power surplus Maharashtra is experiencing a sharp – though temporary – energy shortage due to technical reasons, resulting in load-shedding, an official said…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The “brazenness and coldness” with which the men convicted in the Nirbhaya gang-rape picked up the young woman from a public space in the evening hours to carry out their…
Zurich, May 5 (IANS) World football’s governing body FIFA on Friday lifted its four match international suspension of Barcelona star Lionel Messi after an appeal by the Argentine Football Association. Messi, who has already served…
Itanagar, May 5 (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday flagged-in the Mt Kangto Exploration Arunachal Team 2017. Mt. Kangto, which is 23,163 feet above the sea level, is on Arunachal Pradesh’s border…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) Indian tourists in the US spent more than $13 billion in 2016 as a US export in travel and tourism sector, a US embassy official said here on Friday. “It looks…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Newly-elected Badminton Association of India (BAI) President Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday announced the upgradation of five Centres of Excellence by the end of this year. Sarma, who took over…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, May 5 (IANS) The clash between Nepal’s judiciary and legislature took a new turn on Friday as the Supreme Court issued an interim order directing the Parliament to put on hold…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi said on Friday that justice has been delivered in the Nirbhaya case and that the court verdict is a reminder to work tirelessly for building a…
Bhopal, May 5 (IANS) With Indore and Bhopal declared the top two cleanest cities in the country and as many as 21 cities of Madhya Pradesh featuring in the list of 100 most clean Indian…
Ipoh (Malaysia), May 5 (IANS) India’s chances of entering the final of the ongoing Sultan Azlan Shah hockey tournament went up in smoke as they suffered a 0-1 defeat to hosts Malaysia in their last…
London, May 5 (IANS) Indian origin author Vikram Seth’s “A Suitable Boy” is being adapted as the first period drama for BBC One. The series will have a complete non-white cast. Published in 1993, the…
Islamabad, May 5 (IANS) Pakistan, which has opted out of the South Asia Satellite project, termed the satellite launched on Friday as solely made by India and therefore it cannot be called a regional project….
Panaji, May 5 (IANS) Accidental dialling of the newly introduced single emergency number 112 has triggered a problem of sorts for the Goa Police. According to Deputy Inspector General (Police Control Room) Rupinder Kumar, “accidental…
New York, May 5 (IANS) Actress, singer and model Daliah Lavi, best known for her roles in films like “Casino Royale” and “The Silencers”, is dead. She was 74. Lavi passed away on Wednesday at…
Islamabad, May 5 (IANS) A special Pakistani court hearing a treason case against former President General Pervez Musharraf (Retd) restrained his counsel on Friday from presenting his arguments, noting that it could not hear the…
NEW YORK, May 4, 2017 (Xinhua) — A woman walks past an health insurance counter at a hospital in New York, the United States on May 3, 2017. U.S. Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Thursday…