Washington, Oct 24 (IANS) The US Treasury announced on Tuesday that it has imposed sanctions on eight individuals, including two associated with Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — Qods Force (IRGC-QF), in an effort to…
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) Six people were injured after an LPG cylinder exploded inside a house here, fire office said. The cooling operations continued even hours after the fire broke at central Delhi’s Mori…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday filed chargesheet under the anti-money laundering law against Sandesara brothers and their Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company Sterling Biotech Limited (SBL) in the fraudulent Rs 8,100-crore loan…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of the deceased and Rs 1 lakh to those injured in a stampede at…
Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) Only four days after the Amritsar train tragedy, two people were killed and a dozen others, including two children, were injured in a stampede at a railway foot-overbridge at Santragachhi station…
Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said “negligence and callousness of some people” was responsible for the stampede at a railway foot-overbridge in Howrah that killed two and injured…
Paris, Oct 23 (IANS/AKI) The head of the United Nations cultural organisation UNESCO on Tuesday deplored the slaying of journalist Sohail Khan in northwest Pakistan last week and urged the country’s authorities to bring his…
Bengaluru, Oct 23 (IANS) Karnataka’s tax collection went up 11 per cent in six months from April to September to Rs 75,634-crore, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday. “Taxes to the tune of Rs…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Amid sexual harassment allegations against Kannada film director Ere Gowda, the organisers of Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) have decided not to screen his film ‘Balekampa’ in the festival. The…
Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) Two people were killed and a dozen others including two children badly injured in a stampede at a railway foot overbridge at Santragachhi station in Howrah on Tuesday, police said. “Two…
Panaji, Oct 23 (IANS) Criticizing the culture of instant food, Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday urged the need to go back to traditional Indian food, saying “instant food means constant disease”. Naidu…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Refusing to impose a blanket ban on bursting of firecrackers, the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the use of only green firecrackers with reduced emission and decibel levels during all…
Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) Adani Ports on Tuesday reported a 38.36 per cent decline in its net profit for the second quarter ending September. The company said in a stock exchange filing that its profit…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will be conducting its maiden online entrance test between December 27-30, it said on Tuesday. “Please note that the tentative dates for the JNU Entrance Examinations…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) A group exhibition of paintings, sculpture and photographs, organised by national academy of arts Lalit Kala Akademi and the Civil Services Officers Institute, will conclude here on Wednesday. Curated by…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom said on Tuesday that its Festival of Science and Culture focused on nuclear science and technologies will be held in Mumbai and New Delhi…
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) With deteriorating air quality in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain on Tuesday directed various departments to combat air pollution on a war-footing and also take mandated actions…
By Kushagra Dixit New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) While welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict on imposing certain restriction on the timing of bursting firecrackers, environmentalists say there is no definition of green firecrackers, while raising…
Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) Themes as diverse as Steven Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster film ‘Jurassic Park’ and cancer awareness or the daily struggle of potters, jubilant beats of dhaks, songs invoking the divine goddess and colourful…
Ankara/Riyadh, Oct 23 (IANS) Rejecting Saudi Arabia’s claim that the killing of Jamal Khashoggi was “accidental”, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said there is a strong evidence showing that the dissident journalist was…