Kochi, Sep 16 (IANS) The money-spinning Kerala tourism industry celebrated quietly on Sunday after receiving the first chartered flight of tourists this season following the devastating floods. The flight with 46 tourists from Australia landed…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The rise in domestic fuel prices continued unabated on Sunday, with the price of petrol nearing the psychological Rs 90 a litre mark in Mumbai and the fuel selling at…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday took a dig at the BJPs claim that fuel prices will be brought down soon, saying the saffron party must have found a…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 16 (IANS) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday suggested the Odisha government reduce taxes on fuel to provide relief to the people of the state. “The Odisha government, which was collecting an…
Kolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) A massive fire broke out in Central Kolkata’s Bagri Market on Sunday but there were no reports of any casualty or injury. “The fire erupted around 2.45 a.m.. Almost 30 fire…
By Arun Kumar Das New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Railways will try Japanese technology in bio-toilets, which is different from those being used here, at a few selected stations as a pilot project to ascertain…
By Rohit Vaid Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) The Central government’s measures to arrest the drastic fall in rupee are expected to steer the equity market trajectory next week. In addition, market observers opined that high…
By Nishant Arora Utsunomiya (Japan), Sep 16 (IANS) Not many tech geeks or journalists have been inside Canons sprawling lens factory in the picturesque town of Utsunomiya – the capital of Tochigi Prefecture in the…
Tripoli, Sep 16 (IANS) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Libya on Saturday revealed that Germany will provide 2 million euros ($2.33 million) to election programmes in the country. The German contribution, announced by…
New Delhi/Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) JetSetGo, which currently manages the largest fleet of private jets and helicopters in India, plans to start an “on-demand urban air transport service” — SkyShuttle — from September 17. On…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Saturday started a 90-day “National Rath Yatra” protesting against foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail and the Walmart-Flipkart deal. The protest movement…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Congress on Saturday sought to fix accountability of Prime Minister Modi and Finance Minister Jaitley in the Rs 90,000 crore “loot of public money” and the escape of 23 fugitives,…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The youth need to figure out the jobs of the future and garner the required skills as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other such technological advances may to cause job losses,…
Kolkata, Sep 15 (IANS) Demanding a price reduction for ethanol-blended petrol, West Bengal Consumer Affairs Minister Sadhan Pandey on Saturday said the state would take steps to create awareness among consumers about the blended petrol…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Virtually ruling out any immediate cut in fuel prices, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said after a review meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the government would stick to its…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday said the Narendra Modi government’s five measures to stop further depreciation of the rupee and widening of the current account deficit (CAD) were…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) The CBI on Saturday defended its Joint Director A.K. Sharma saying the ‘look out circular notice’ against fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya was not changed “individually” but the decision was taken…
New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) Fuel prices in the country hit a new benchmark on Saturday with the price of petrol in Mumbai touching Rs 89 per litre, for the first time ever. It was…
By Ravi Dutta Mishra and Rituraj Baruah Mumbai, Sep 15 (IANS) Subdued investor sentiments on the back of persistent depreciation in the Indian rupee along with high crude oil prices pulled the domestic equity market…
Bhubaneswar, Sep 15 (IANS) The Odisha government on Saturday hiked bus fares across all categories under the automatic fare adjustment mechanism following the increase in fuel prices. As per the order of the transport department,…