New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) French company DCNS, which has been in the line of fire after its documents containing sensitive data on the Indian Scorpene submarines were leaked, has said there were talks going…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday attached Rs 4,234.84 crore worth properties of beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya as part of its probe following a complaint by State Bank Of…
Hanoi, Sep 3 (IANS) India and Vietnam on Saturday called for peaceful resolution to disputes in South China Sea, and also stressed on the need to reform the United Nations, including expansion of its Security…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misleading the country by misrepresenting facts related to the economy and distorting facts and figures of the GDP, FDI, National…
Ghaziabad, Sep 3 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation at its executive meeting on Saturday enhanced the developmental budget from Rs 72 crore to Rs 117 crore. In the executive meeting Mayor Ashu Verma said: “Developmental…
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) A special postage stamp and an Indian Post Special Cover will mark Mother Teresa’s canonisation as a saint on September 4 at The Vatican, officials said here. Designed by artist Alok…
Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) Braving incessant rain and employing drones and satellite mapping technology, the West Bengal government is carrying out the survey expeditiously for initiating the process of returning land taken from peasants of…
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) Family income and age play a key role in determining whether women living in rural Nepal could have home births or hospital deliveries, a new study has found. For the…
Moscow, Sep 3 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said his country hopes to develop mutually beneficial cooperation with South Korea. “We appreciate the cooperation between our countries, and South Korea is one of…
Gaza, Sep 3 (IANS) Egyptian authorities on Saturday opened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in both directions for the first time in two months, an official said. Hisham Edwan, head of the…
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) After two weeks of lacklustre trading, the latest one that ended Friday saw some renewed appetite for equities among investors, lifting two key indices to their highest levels in 52 weeks….
Hangzhou, Sep 3 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping met his US counterpart Barack Obama on Saturday and said China was willing to work with the US to ensure bilateral ties stay on the right track….
Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) The Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has permitted the berthing of dry bulk cargo vessels at its Offshore Container Terminal (OCT) on trial basis after demands by ship agents, an official said…
Gurgaon, Sep 3 (IANS) Farmers here celebrated the CBI raids on Saturday at the Who’s Who of Delhi and Haryana’s homes and offices. After several years of continuous struggle the farmers rejoiced at the outcome….
Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) Mother Teresa’s canonisation would take place thousands of miles away at the Vatican, but her adopted city Kolkata would be a part of the historic occasion on Sunday. From giant screens…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The outgoing Governor of Reserve Bank of India Raghuram Rajan on Saturday said the status and the position of the central banker should not be changed in the interests of…
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday completed 100 days in office and announced a road map for the state including a green initiative, homes for the poor, and development…
Ranchi, Sep 3 (IANS) Thousands of people facing the threat of eviction from their houses staged a protest outside the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi on Saturday. The protesters had gathered under the banner of Ghar…
Hanoi, Sep 3 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to China, India on Saturday boosted its defence ties with Vietnam by offering a $500-million defence line of credit to the southeast Asian nation…
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) The West Bengal government may have promised to return the Tata Nano project land to farmers in Singur, but experts have voiced doubts over the “ecological and economical…