New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked bureaucrats to break out of the “silo mentality”, which he said is a “big bottleneck” in the functioning of the Union government, an official…
Islamabad, Oct 17 (IANS) The Pakistan Army on Tuesday said there had been no US drone strikes on the Pakistani side of the border in recent days and all military operations had been conducted on…
Lucknow, Oct 17 (IANS) In a damage control exercise after a BJP MLA’s comments on the Taj Mahal sparked outrage, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the famed monument in Agra was…
Madrid, Oct 17 (IANS) Athletic Club Bilbao’s San Mames Stadium was named as the best football stadium in the world at the World Football Summit. The announcement was made on Monday night at the World…
Bengaluru, Oct 17 (IANS) The charges against writer Kancha Ilaiah, a staunch critic of the caste system, are an “absurd assault” on the right to freedom of expression, Amnesty International India said on Tuesday. Kancha…
Hyderabad, Oct 16 (IANS) Customers of Airtel Payments Bank can now make digital payments for fuel purchase at 1,500 HPCL fuel stations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The announcement was made during the inauguration of…
Beijing, Oct 16 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is participating in the China Import and Export Fair (CANTON 2017) that will run until October 19 in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. The opening ceremony…
By Gaurav Sharma New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Skipper Jann-Fiete Arp struck a brace as a clinical Germany outplayed Colombia 4-0 in a Round-of-16 fixture of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup at the Jawaharlal Nehru…
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Acknowledging that compliance of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is still low, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia on Monday said a clear picture of revenue under the new indirect tax…
London, Oct 16 (IANS) The much-awaited 50,000 pounds Man Booker Prize 2017, the shortlist of which features novels by three men and three women exploring unusual and challenging themes along with a neck-and-neck fight between…
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Cooling of food prices helped ease India’s annual rate of inflation based on the wholesale price index (WPI) in September to 2.6 per cent, official data showed on Monday, even…
Washington, Oct 14 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has condemned Iran as a “fanatical regime” and refused to continue certifying an international nuclear deal. Trump said on Friday he was referring the deal to Congress…
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Around 1,000 school children here on Friday were trained to use toilets and wash hands using innovative play-based methods ahead of Global Handwashing Day, celebrated on October 15 every year….
Ranchi, Oct 13 (IANS) Jailed Maoist commander Kundan Pahan in his interrogation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has revealed that he was given Rs 5 crore to kill former Jharkhand Minister Ramesh Singh Munda…
Allahabad, Oct 13 (IANS) The Allahabad High Court came down heavily on the trial court Judge in the Arushi Talwar murder case, saying he took evidence and circumstances of the case for granted and tried…
Bengaluru, Oct 13 (IANS) Bengaluru-based health and fitness start-up HealthifyMe on Friday unveiled its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled nutritionist Ria. Ria uses key learnings obtained from HealthifyMe’s 150 million tracked meals and 10 million message exchanges…
Darjeeling, Oct 13 (IANS) In a sudden escalation of violence in West Bengal’s northern hills, a police sub-inspector was killed and three others were injured in an exchange of fire between security forces and the…
Chandigarh, Oct 12 (IANS) An 80-year-old man from Tarn Taran district in Punjab was booked on Thursday for the murder of his daughter-in-law, police said. Police said Arjun Singh doused Harjinder Kaur, 45, with petrol…
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) A car which Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal earlier used to use extensively was stolen here on Thursday, police said. The blue colour WagonR car, registered in the name of…
Patna, Oct 12 (IANS) Hundreds of supporters of the Rashtriya Janata Dal holding a protest in the state capital against the Rs 1,000-crore Srijan scam in Bihar were lathi-charged by police when they tried to…