New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) With no respite from rising food prices, notably pulses, India’s annual wholesale inflation rate moved up further to (-)1.99 percent for November, against (-)3.81 percent for the month before, official…
Cairo, Dec 14 (IANS) Egypt on Monday completed its probe into the Russian plane crash in Sinai peninsula and found nothing indicating “any illegal intervention or terrorist action” in the tragedy. “The technical investigative committee…
Tokyo, Dec 14 (IANS) The Japanese government is set to ease requirements for issuing multiple-entry visas to short-term Indian travellers effective from January 11, 2016, the foreign ministry said on Monday. The move came after…
London, Dec 14 (IANS) A group of 15-20 people have vandalised the offices of Facebook in Hamburg, Germany — smashing glasses, throwing paint and spraying “Facebook dislike” on the entrance of its building, media reported…
Melbourne, Dec 14 (IANS) An Australian teenager accused of preparing to carry out an Islamic State (IS)-inspired terror attack in Melbourne has pleaded guilty to the charge in court. The 17-year-old male, from Melbourne, entered…
Canberra, Dec 14 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday overturned a decision by his predecessor to ban government investment in wind power. Earlier this year, the former prime minister announced a controversial ban…
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) In a goof up, a function to celebrate first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s 125th birth anniversary, attended by President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday began with a vocal rendition of ‘Vande Mataram’…
Hyderabad, Dec 13 (IANS) Five people were burnt to death and six others injured in a collision between an autorickshaw and a car in Telangana’s Karimnagar district on Sunday, police said. The collision occurred near…
Mumbai, Dec 13 (PTI) The bodies of well-known painter and installation artist Hema Upadhyay and her lawyer Harish Bhambhani have been found packed inside cardboard boxes lying near a drain in suburban Mumbai, police said…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) An online campaign to ban on 5,000-odd websites that carry Santa-Banta jokes at the cost of the Sikh community has received massive support, the initiators of the campaign have said….
Barmer, Dec 13 (IANS) Oil and gas major Cairn India are to launch the world’s largest enhanced oil recovery programme in the Rajasthan desert using polymer injection technology for recovering more oil at its processing…
Chandigarh, Dec 13 (IANS) Inmates of a mental hospital in Amritsar or of an old-age shelter home for widows may not have much to do with assembly elections in Punjab but the premises where they…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) Hundreds of squatters were forced to spend the cold winter night out in the open in west Delhi after their hutments were demolished in an anti-encroachment drive, but an infant’s…
London, Dec 13 (IANS) Scientists have developed a first self-sufficient system powered by a wearable energy generator that uses urine to power wireless transmitter. This is the first self-sufficient system powered by a wearable energy…
London, Dec 13 (IANS) Although it brings embarrassment for you at public places, flatulence can, in fact, be a sign that you are eating healthy food. According to health experts, passing air frequently is actually…
King Bhumibol Adulyadej London, Dec 13 (IANS) A Thai man may get 32 years in jail for “liking” and sharing on Facebook a doctored image of the country’s king, a media report said here. Thanakorn…
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) At least one person was killed when a man opened fire in a US retail giant Walmart store in the borough of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, the media reported on Sunday. The…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board, (or Vyapam as it is popularly known), which has conducted admission tests for National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal since its inception in 1997,…
(AP Photo/Carlo Allegri) London, Dec 13 (IANS) If you pay extra attention to the probability of dangerous diseases that you may suffer in future, you are probably suffering from what is being termed as ‘Angelina…
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IANS) India’s packaged food business has grown manifold, and it is estimated to grow to $50 billion by 2017 from $32 billion at present, a survey said on Sunday. “There has…