New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Churchill Brothers head coach Alfred Fernandes on Tuesday claimed Goa has immense football talents but they probably failed to match the expectations to represent India in the just-concluded FIFA U-17…
Bhubaneswar, Nov 21 (IANS) The Odisha government has decided to apply for Geographical Indication (GI) tag for ‘Jagannath Rasagola’ instead of ‘Odishara Rasagola’, said an official on Tuesday. The director of industries, on the basis…
Ludhiana, Nov 21 (IANS) The death toll in the building collapse of a plastic factory in this Punjab city has risen to 11 and some people are still feared trapped under the debris, Punjab government…
By Vishav Moscow, Nov 21 (IANS) Nuclear energy is not the opposite of the green and renewable energy and there is space for both in the global energy mix, a senior IAEA official said here…
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Switzerland-based international think-tank Horasis is going to hold its first Asia meet in India at Kolkata. The two-day meet, starting from November 26, is expected to be attended by over 350…
Harare, Nov 21 (IANS) A routine meeting that had been called by President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday failed to take place after cabinet ministers snubbed the call to attend it. The official Herald newspaper reported…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday said the city’s air quality may worsen and directed to continue measures to impound and shut down visibly polluting vehicles and factories. Hussain, in…
Jammu, Nov 21 (IANS) The Singapore government has offered technical support to Jammu and Kashmir for skill, riverfront development and water management, a minister said here on Tuesday. Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu, who returned after…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said the Railways does not need huge funds in the next Union Budget as it will focus on monetising its own assets. “Earlier, I…
Patna, Nov 21 (IANS) A Bihar government directive to school teachers to “monitor” open defecation in their areas has raised a stink, with affected staff up in arms over the order which they dubbed as…
Moscow, Nov 21 (IANS) Football legends, including Diego Maradona, Brazil’s Cafu and Italy’s Fabio Cannavaro will be draw assistants at the final draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup set for December 1 in Moscow,…
Zurich, Nov 21 (IANS) Three football officials have been banned by world football’s governing body FIFA for life for taking bribes, it was announced on Tuesday. FIFA said the three officials are former FIFA audit…
New York, Nov 21 (IANS) A rapid rise in the oxygen levels over 400 million years ago may have provided a three-fold increase in biodiversity, new research has claimed. The findings showed a nearly 80…
Shillong, Nov 21 (IANS) The Meghalaya Election Department is targeting to register millennial voters and has sought the cooperation of political parties in the enrolment of more voters ahead of the 2018 assembly polls, an…
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday condemned the “brutal killing” of journalist Sudip Dutta Bhowmik in Tripura. “We strongly condemn the brutal killing… My condolences to the family,” Banerjee…
Mumbai, Nov 21 (IANS) Actor Ranveer Singh, one of the three lead actors of “Padmavati”, on Tuesday said he stands by the movie and its director Sanjay Leela Bhansali “200 per cent” amidst the ongoing…
Shillong, Nov 21 (IANS) The Meghalaya Editors’ and Publishers’ Association (MEPA) and the Shillong Press Club on Tuesday condemned the murder of journalist Sudip Datta Bhowmik in Tripura. Bhowmik, a reporter of “Syandan Patrika” and…
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday issued summons to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Manjinder Singh Sirsa in a defamation case filed by Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain. Metropolitan Magistrate Shefali…
Los Angeles, Nov 21 (IANS) Actress Natalie Portman says she has “100 stories” of sexual misconduct and harassment against her in Hollywood. “When I heard everything coming out, I was like, wow, I’m so lucky…
By Sandeep Pauranik Bhopal, Nov 21 (IANS) Award winning poet and author of the verse anthology ‘Do Panktiyon Ke Beech’ (Between Two Lines) Rajesh Joshi has questioned the Madhya Pradesh government’s decision to ban the…