Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) Petrol prices rose across the four metro cities on Saturday, just a day after the BJP-led Central government reduced excise duty on the transportation fuel. In the national capital, petrol was…
Lucknow, Oct 6 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday pointed to the low participation of women in higher sciences and said that their scientific potential was not being harnessed properly. “Of the 3,446 scientists…
Hyderabad, Oct 6 (IANS) Qualcomm will set up up a campus in Hyderabad at an investment of $400 million (about Rs 3,000 crore), which will be its largest facility outside of the United States, the…
Guwahati, Oct 6 (IANS) The rise of Islamist extremism in Bangladesh poses a serious threat not only to the religious minorities, secularists, intellectuals and other sects within the Muslim community, but also to India’s northeastern…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) A woman was found dead near a vacant house that was taken care of by a man, who was her acquaintance, here on Saturday, police said. Deputy Commissioner of Police…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) A 40-year-old man was stabbed to death after his tempo brushed past a pet dog in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area on Saturday, police said. “Vijender Rana’s Tata Ace tempo accidentally…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Two Delhi policemen, accused of negligence during the investigation into an anti-drug activist’s murder case here, were suspended on Saturday, taking the total number of suspensions in the police department…
Barcelona, Oct 6 (IANS) World-renowned Spanish soprano Montserrat Caball?, who broke the boundaries of classical music by once famously collaborating with rock star Freddie Mercury, died on Saturday in a hospital here at the age…
Tehran, Oct 6 (IANS) Heavy rains in the northern and northwestern parts of Iran over the past two days claimed at least seven lives. The unprecedented floods in the three provinces of Mazandaran, Gilan and…
Guwahati, Oct 6 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday called for concerted measures to protect the state’s rich and diverse wildlife. “Assam has the proud privilege of sustaining a verdant wildlife in its…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said it was possible to restore linking of mobile phone and bank accounts with Aadhaar through legislation. “By law it can still be done,…
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) With current account deficit (CAD) still remaining a concern, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday hinted at more steps to rein in the problem. “To bridge current account deficit and…
Paris, Oct 6 (IANS) Interpol’s Secretary General on Saturday asked the Chinese authorities to clarify the status of the international police organization’s President Meng Hongwei, who reportedly went missing while on a trip to China…
Washington, Oct 6 (IANS) The first human spaceflight aboard a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) is expected to take place in June 2019, while a flight on a Boeing spacecraft is set…
Jakarta, Oct 6 (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Saturday raised the death toll in the devastating earthquake and an ensuing tsunami in Sulawesi Island to 1,649. National Disaster Management Agency spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said that…
Mumbai/New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) Reliance General Insurance Company on Saturday said it won the group health insurance mandate from the Jammu & Kashmir government to cover its employees after a rigorous transparent competitive tender….
Hyderabad, Oct 6 (IANS) The Central government uses banks as a weapon to penetrate into jurisdiction of states, said former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Y.V. Reddy on Saturday. He said by controlling the…
Bengaluru, Oct 6 (IANS) A bus driver of the state road transport service has been taken off duty for allegedly allowing a monkey to steer its wheel in Karnataka’s Davangere district, an official said on…
Chennai, Oct 6 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday alleged corruption running into crores of rupees in the appointment of Vice Chancellors of universities in the state. Addressing a conference on “Enhancing Quality…
Bhubaneswar, Oct 6 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday launched the “Nirman Kusuma Yojana” to provide financial assistance to children of construction workers for pursuing technical education. The Chief Minister said the government…