Jammu, Dec 29 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said that it will cover all 22 districts of the state under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) so that poor families can avail…
Hyderabad, Dec 29 (IANS) A girl from Hyderabad has painted a surface of 140 square metres with her feet in an attempt to enter Guinness World Records. Jahnavi Maganti, 18, has claimed to have created…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Over 22,700 cases of transaction frauds related to “Credit Card, ATM or Debit Cards and Internet Banking” have been reported in 2017-18 till December 21, Parliament was informed on Friday….
Mumbai, Dec 29 (IANS) India’s foreign exchange (Forex) reserves rose by $3.53 billion as on December 22, 2017, official data showed on Friday. The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) weekly statistical supplement showed that the…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said the government will start five “Schools of Excellence” next year in order to provide better quality education. “These schools will impart…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday appointed BJP leader Vinay Sahasrabuddhe as the President of Indian Council of Cultural Relations. “President has appointed Sahasrabuddhe as the President of ICCR today…
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Historians are committed to writing about common people and the cause of writing scientific and secular history, Indian History Congress general president K.M. Shrimali said here on Friday. His statement followed…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The overall disposal rate of grievances of 52 central ministries and departments is 97 per cent, according to official data between January 2014 and December 2017. According to the Centralised…
Madrid, Dec 29 (IANS) Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Friday drew a positive picture of 2017 in his last official appearance of the year. Speaking after the last meeting of his cabinet before the…
Johannesburg, Dec 29 (IANS) South Africa’s Constitutional court on Friday ordered Parliament to set rules related to the potential dismissal of the country’s President Jacob Zuma after the legislature failed to hold him accountable for…
Athens, Dec 29 (IANS) The arrival of the French modern circus Baraka in Greece for first time on November 15 this year happened to coincide with a tragedy. That night torrential rains hit Elefsina, a…
Cape Town, Dec 29 (IANS) Indian opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan on Friday slammed the Emirates Airlines for not allowing his wife and kids to catch the connecting flight from Dubai to South Africa. Dhawan and…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday approved the Education Department’s proposal for setting-up a “world-class” skill centre at Jonapur village in south Delhi at an estimated cost of around Rs 254…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Shortfall in GST collections led to India’s fiscal deficit for the first eight months of 2017-18 reaching 112 per cent — Rs 6.12 lakh crore — of the full year’s…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal has approved the state government’s scheme under which victims of road accidents, fire and acid attacks will get medical treatment in all city hospitals at…
Washington, Dec 29 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Friday put Democratic congressional leaders on notice warning that he would not back relief for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) beneficiaries unless lawmakers appropriated funds…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Centre on Friday urged businesses to prepare for implementing the e-way bill for inter-state transportation of goods under GST from February 1, terming it an efficient use of Information…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) A 33-year-old property dealer was gunned down and another severely injured by their two friends following a money-related brawl in the national capital, police said on Friday. The police said…
Cairo, Dec 29 (IANS) At least ten people were killed in a shootout outside a church here on Friday, state media reported. “The security forces thwarted an attack on Mar Mina Church in the Helwan…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The government on Friday extended the deadline to file GSTR-1 for all taxpayers by 10 days, till January 10. In a statement, the Finance Ministry said that all registered persons…