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…
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) In a bid to repair the damage done by the global recall of its flagship premium device Galaxy Note 7 over battery faults, Samsung said they would start exchanging the…
Hanoi, Sep 3 (IANS) India on Saturday signed an agreement to provide patrol boats and extended a $500-million line of credit in the defence sector to Vietnam in a clear sign of New Delhi boosting…
By Sourabh Kulesh New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Phablets — devices within the 5.5-7.0 inch display range — have an altogether different user case scenario in the overcrowded Indian smartphone market. With 6.44-inch Mi Max,…
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) Oil prices halted four-day declines and ended higher as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would like Russia and OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) to reach a crude output…
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) The US dollar traded mixed against other major currencies as the latest nonfarm payroll report from the country came out weaker than expected. In late New York trading on Friday,…
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) US stocks traded lower as investors believed that the possibility of a September rate hike became lower following the release of a disappointing nonfarm jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) India’s banking sector, mining, trade and transport were hard hit on Friday as a nationwide day-long strike by Left and Congress-affiliated trade unions in protest against the NDA central government’s…
Bengaluru, Sep 2 (IANS) German auto components major Bosch Ltd on Friday unveiled a new research and development (R&D) centre here, revamped at a cost of Rs.350 crore. “We see immense growth potential in India….
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Over 20,000 nurses in government hospitals in Delhi on Friday went on an indefinite agitation to press for higher salary and allowances, even as the government decided to crack down…
Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) Reliance Industries on Friday asked incumbent telecom service providers to provide adequate interconnect points in their network to ensure calls from Jio subscribers go through to their users, and said it…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he wanted to bring a White Paper on the economic situation in the country before his government presented its first budget in 2014…
Agra, Sep 2 (IANS) The indefinite nationwide strike by radiologists, x-ray clinics, CT scan and MRI centres was called off on Friday after the representatives of Indian Radiologists and Imaging Association met Union health department…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Congress on Friday sought to know whether Reliance company had taken permission from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) before using Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photograph in their full page…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) India’s banking sector, mining, trade and transport were hard hit on Friday as a nationwide day-long strike by Left and Congress-affiliated trade unions in protest against the NDA central government’s…