Rome, April 22 (IANS) Celebrations took place across Rome on Saturday as the capital of Italy commemorated its founding 2,771 years ago. Mayor Virginia Raggi placed a wreath at the Altar of the Fatherland, a…
Beijing, April 22 (IANS) Seventeen people were confirmed dead after two dragon boats overturned on Saturday in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities said. The accident occurred when two dragon boats, 18 meters long…
Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) The Central government has congratulated the West Bengal government as the state has become revenue surplus in March, officials said. In a recent communication to state Chief Secretary Malay De, Union…
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The Quality and Accreditation Institute (QAI) on Saturday said it has set benchmarks for the home healthcare industry, to open doors for respectable players and medical insurers thereby benefiting a…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said that imprint of eight century theologian Adi Shankaracharya are still apparent in contemporary India. Receiving the first copy of the book “Adi Shankaracharya:…
Hyderabad, April 22 (IANS) Amid the raging row over casting couch in Telugu film industry, the Telangana government on Saturday decided to form a special cell to look into complaints of sexual exploitation. After a…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Buisness body PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday said that the “after-effects of demonetisation and teething problems of GST” have significantly impacted the potential of exports growth. According…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Protest against rape and female molestation was the main theme in Jewellery designer Akassh K. Aggarwal’s show at India Runway Week here on Saturday when acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal…
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Airline major Jet Airways on Saturday said that it has commenced the mandated engine inspection of four ‘CFM56-7B’ engines which power some of the Boeing 737 aircraft in its fleet. The…
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Acting on a Calcutta High Court order, the West Bengal State Election Commission on Saturday fixed April 23 as the extended deadline for filing of nomination papers for the coming panchayat…
Bhubaneswar, April 21 (IANS) Heatwave conditions prevailed in Odisha with 12 places recording maximum temperatures above 40 degree Celsius on Saturday, the met department said. The western Odisha town Bolangir recorded the maximum temperature of…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu, who is examining an impeachment notice against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, is learnt to have asked the Secretariat of the upper house…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is all set to open its new engineering college in July this year with 50 seats, which will be increased later, a varsity official said on…
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Human rights organisation Amnesty International India on Saturday termed a “knee-jerk reaction” the decision to introduce death penalty for those convicted of raping a child below the age of 12,…
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) As many as 40 crude bombs were recovered from an abandoned house in West Bengal’s Howrah district, police said on Saturday.A “We received an information of bombs being stored in a…
Imphal, April 21 (IANS) Several persons were injured on Saturday after the police fired tear gas shells in Imphal East district to control the crowd protesting against a decision of the state government to shift…
Kuala Lumpur, April 21 (IANS) A 35-year-old Palestinian man was shot dead near his home on Saturday by two unidentified gunmen, police said. The man, who was reported to be an electrical engineer and had…
Manila, April 21 (IANS) The Philippines on Saturday slammed the US for raising concerns about alleged extrajudicial killings in the country and increase on police impunity in connection with President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs….
Washington, April 21 (IANS/WAM) A high level delegation representing the UAE Space Agency participated in the 34th Space Symposium this week in Colorado. The Symposium, which was held from April 16-19, brought together space leaders…
By Pramod Kumar New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Several legal luminaries and a constitutional expert on Saturday decried the opposition’s move to impeach Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, describing it as “unfortunate”, “suicidal” and…