Baghdad, Aug 6 (IANS) Iraq is promised to get a loan of $195 million from Japan to develop a thermal power station in Basra province, said an Iraqi government statement on Saturday. The loan was…
Shillong, Aug 5 (IANS) Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is mulling to create 5,000 digital learning centres under the control of its regional directors, Vice-Chancellor, Ravindra Kumar on Saturday. He said the Central government…
Jodhpur, Aug 5 (IANS) The Rajasthan High Court on Saturday stayed the process of deporting nine Pakistani Hindus and directed the government to allow them to live them here till next date of hearing. However,…
Kolkata, Aug 5 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Saturday said Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the film industry will be beneficial for the consumers in the long run, adding it a unform…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) A young man was arrested for battering his friend to death with a brick under the influence of alcohol in north Delhi, police said on Saturday. Police said accused Rajveer,…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Cross-complaints have been registered in connection with a brawl at a south Delhi restro bar, apart from one against a singer on the charge of tearing a policeman’s uniform and…
Kathmandu, Aug 5 (IANS) Ahead of Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s visit to India, the Nepalese Ministry of Finance has declined to extend an agreement on Small Development Projects undertaken by the Indian government,…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The GST Council on Saturday appealed to the Indian industry to pass on to customers the benefit of the novel input credit system introduced in the new pan-India indirect tax…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Economist Rajiv Kumar has been appointed the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog in place of Arvind Panagariya, said informed souces. Panagariya, an academician on leave from Columbia University, resigned as…
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Chandigarh, Aug 5 (IANS) In a joint operation, the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Punjab Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on Saturday recovered a 9mm pistol along with ammunition and over 4.5 kg of…
Jammu, Aug 5 (IANS) A militant hideout was busted on Saturday in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir by security forces and a cache of arms and ammunition seized, official sources said. “Acting on a…
Addis Ababa, Aug 5 (IANS/MAP) A Chinese trade delegation representing six companies is visiting the Ethiopian capital to explore investment in low-cost housing and power generation in the country. The CEO of the Touchroad International…
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Upping the ante against power thefts, Reliance Energy’s East Division vigilance team has lodged complaints against 10 illegal power distributors in Govandi area here, an official said here on Saturday. The…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Hours after an AAP legislator was remanded in judicial custody, a court here on Saturday granted him bail in a case related to defacement of public property as he “dramatically”…
Tripoli, Aug 5 (IANS) Libyan Coast Guard teams have rescued over 600 migrants from the Mediterranean waters off the coast of the Arab nation, rescue services said on Saturday. The largest rescue operation, which took…
Chandigarh, Aug 5 (IANS) The Punjab Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on Saturday arrested five state police personnel and three private persons who have snatched 300 gm heroin and extorted Rs 8 lakh from a…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Former TERI chief R.K. Pachauri could not appear before a court here on Saturday in a defamation case which he has filed against lawyer Vrinda Grover and others, blaming two…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 5 (IANS) The first swine flu death in Odisha this year was reported from a private hospital here on Saturday, a Minister said. A man from Vizag in Andhra Pradesh succumbed while undergoing…
New Delhi/Chennai/Kolkata/Mumbai Aug 5 (IANS) Signalling the spread of digitisation in India, income tax (I-T) offices across the country did not witness any rush of assessees waiting to manually file their income tax returns for…