Lending a helping hand to make agriculture sustainable, Punjab National Bank has come forward to set up a farmers’ training centre in the state. This was informed by Punjab National Bank MD and CEO Usha…
Chennai, Nov 16 (IANS) The low pressure developing over the Bay of Bengal brought intermittent heavy showers here on Monday, even as the death toll from rain-related incidents in the past one week climbed to…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 16 (IANS) An Indian-origin billionaire from Kerala is so much in love with his roots that he wants his fellow businessmen in the Middle East to realise why this place is described as…
Attari (Punjab), Nov 16 (IANS) In a major security breach, an NRI crashed his SUV into the security gates at the Attari joint check post (JCP) early on Monday and reached the zero line at…
Mumbai: Actor Aamir Khan during the launch of her book Mrs.Funnybones, in Mumbai, on Aug 18, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) Superstar Aamir Khan, who suffered a muscle spasm in one of his…
PARIS, Nov. 14, 2015 (Xinhua) — Police officers stand guard at a road leading to the Bataclan concert hall in Paris Nov. 14, 2015. Over 100 people were killed in a mass hostage-taking at the…
Chennai: Heavy rains lash Chennai on Oct 31, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Nov 15 (IANS) Steady rain in most parts of coastal Tamil Nadu due to a depression over the Bay of Bengal put normal…
Sandalwood smuggler Kollam Gangi Reddy, an accused in an attack on chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu at Alipiri in Chittoor in 2003, was brought from Mauritius to Hyderabad by a team of police officers led…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The levy of 0.5 percent Swachh Bharat cess on taxable services came into effect from Sunday. With the imposition of the cess, the service tax rate will go up from…
New York, Nov 15 (IANS) Uncomfortable with your wristband fitness tracker? Now you can bury it somewhere in your closet as your smartphone would be your new fitness tracker, say researchers from the Massachusetts Institute…
London, Nov 15 (IANS) Do you have an irrational fear of third Friday the 13th? If yes, then you are not alone. Thousands of people across the world have what has now been termed as…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) The 35th edition of India’s largest trade fair has commenced on a high note here, drawing huge crowds to the sprawling Pragati Maidan fairgrounds on the very first day, some…
New York, Nov 15 (IANS) Ladies please take note! Women with greater fat stores in their trunk and abdominal areas may be less satisfied with their bodies – a factor that could contribute to binge…
Chandigarh, Nov 15 (IANS) An owner of a small tyre repair shop in Haryana’s Faridabad town was handed over an electricity bill of over Rs.77 crore, leaving him utterly “shocked”. The owner of Surinder Auto…
New York, Nov 15 (IANS) Frustration arising out of family stress can make managers verbally abusive towards subordinates at workplaces, says a study. “We found that supervisors who experienced more family-work conflict were more likely…
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) With India experiencing spiralling pulse-prices, Assocham on Sunday called for close monitoring of food prices, warning that rice prices may soon reach “boiling point” with stocks falling fast as a…
Berlin, Nov 15 (IANS) A German woman has admitted to police that she had killed “several” of her babies immediately after they were born. The 45-year-old woman was arrested on Saturday as the possible mother…
Hyderabad, Nov 14 (IANS) The central government is planning to withdraw subsidy on cooking gas for people with annual income of over Rs.10 lakh, union minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said here on Saturday. “Why do…
Gurgaon, Nov 14 (IANS) Senior VHP leader Ashok Singhal has been admitted to a private hospital in Gurgaon and his condition is “very much critical”, a doctor said on Saturday. Singhal, who was referred to…
Paris, Nov 14 (IANS) There is no report yet of any Indian killed or wounded in the deadly Paris terror attacks, the Indian embassy here said on Saturday. “As of now there is no report…