Gurugram, Sep 8 (IANS) Even as police remained clueless hours after the brutal murder of a seven-year-old boy on Friday in Ryan International School in Bhondsi area near here, all kinds of speculations about the…
Sirsa/Chandigarh, Sep 8 (IANS) The first day of search of the Dera Sacha Sauda headquarters near Haryana’s Sirsa town on Friday ended with a few computers, a luxury SUV and some currency notes being seized,…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Sep 5 (IANS) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called North Korea’s defiant nuclear programme the “most serious crisis” the world faces and appealed to the fractured Security Council…
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) Star India on Monday bagged the Indian Premier League (IPL) media rights for TV and digital broadcast worth Rs 16,347.50 crore with a single consolidated bid worldwide during the auctions here….
By Vikas Datta Title: Hands: What We Do with Them – and Why; Author: Darian Leader; Publisher: Penguin Random House UK; Pages: 128; Price: Rs 499 If you think the current trend of people, publicly…
Kolkata/Darjeeling, Sep 3 (IANS) West Bengal Tourism Minister Goutam Deb accused Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling of “patronising and protecting” Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung, who was “allowed to flee” when Bengal…
Chennai, Sep 2 (IANS) Actor Sudeep will be seen playing a boxer and wrestler in upcoming Kannada action-thriller “Phailwan”, which is slated to roll from October, according to its director Krishna. In the first look…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The government on Friday said it had approved four Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposals totalling Rs 503.40 crore, including those of AMP Solar India and Aditya Birla Capital. “From July…
New York, Sep 1 (IANS) Are you always attentive when driving? If not, you are not alone. A new study has found that mind wandering, which is potentially dangerous, is quite common among drivers. Driver…
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) The Congress on Friday said the impending reshuffle/expansion of the Union Cabinet will make “zero difference” as Prime Minister Narendra Modi believed in total concentration of power, adding he had…
Washington, Aug 30 (IANS) A devastating storm that swept through the US state of Texas made a second landfall in Louisiana state on Wednesday, dousing the region with heavy rains that officials warned could lead…
Chennai, Aug 26 (IANS) The leader of the minority faction in the ruling AIAMDK T.T.V. Dinakaran on Saturday hoped that Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao would take a good decision on the letters given by his…
Taipei, Aug 25 (IANS) Taiwan has launched Formosat-5, the first homegrown observation satellite, from an air base in the US, the island nation’s National Space Organisation (NSO) announced on Friday. The octagonal satellite – 2…
Beijing, Aug 24 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that he is ready to make concerted efforts with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in to address the differences between the two countries. Xi…
Guwahati, July 25 (IANS) A terrorist linked with the anti-talk faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was killed and a police official injured in a gunfight in Assam’s Kokrajhar district on Tuesday…
Hyderabad, April 13 (IANS) In yet another sop to farmers, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday announced that the government will provide them financial assistance from the next fiscal to purchase fertilisers. He…
Rohtak: People from Jat community stage a demonstration to press for Special Backward Class (SBC) status in Rohtak on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Amulya Ganguli Just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi described MNREGA…
New York, Feb 27 (IANS) US stocks closed mixed after wavering in a tight range, as the country’s economic growth was revised up to one percent in the fourth quarter of 2015. The Dow Jones…