Chandigarh, May 18 (IANS) Heat wave conditions intensified in Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday with most places in both the states recording maximum temperatures over 43 degrees Celsius. Haryana’s Hisar town was the hottest in…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Congress party on Wednesday took a swipe at actor Rishi Kapoor for questioning why important assets of the country were named after the Gandhi family, by asking if the…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The nine disqualified rebel Congress legislators of Uttarakhand whose shifting loyalty led to a political upheaval in the hill state are to join the BJP. “All the nine rebel Congress…
Mumbai: Apple CEO, Tim Cook visiting Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai on May 18, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) From announcing a Design and Development Accelerator facility in Bengaluru to performing aarti at the…
London, May 18 (IANS) The newly-elected mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has invited US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to visit the British capital to show him that Islam is “compatible” with western values and…
Bhubaneswar, May 18 (IANS) The number of tigers in Odisha has been estimated at 40, said a report on Wednesday. According to the tiger estimation report of Odisha government, the state has 40 tigers against…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) With the exit polls predicting that the Communist Party of India-Marxist and Congress alliance in West Bengal unlikely to wrest power, knives are out in the Left outfit against the…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) As the mercury touched a scorching 47 degrees Celsius in Noida and Palam and other NCR areas too recorded high temperatures on Wednesday, the Met office declared an ‘Orange Alert’…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) As many as 20,000 personnel will be deployed for the counting of votes in the assembly polls in West Bengal on Thursday, an Election Commission official said on Wednesday. “There will…
Chennai, May 18 (IANS) Just a few more hours and the answers will trickle in. And depending on which way the wind blows on Thursday, it could either be J. Jayalalithaa retaining power or Muthuvel…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Thousands of devotees of the Nirankari sect gathered here as spiritual leader Baba Hardev Singh, who died in Canada last Friday, was cremated with full honours at the national capital’s…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) On a day Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal made public a draft bill on statehood for Delhi minus certain areas, the BJP said on Wednesday that only parliament was empowered to…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain Maharashtra legislator Pankaj Bhujbal’s plea against non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued by the Special PMLA Court in connection with an alleged money-laundering case…
Kathmandu, May 18 (IANS) An alliance of Madhesis and Janajatis on Wednesday decided to continue its protest against the new Nepali constitution for another 10 days. The Sanghiya Gathbandhan, or the federal alliance of the…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Total loans disbursed by India’s microfinance industry grew 36 percent in the last fiscal as compared to 2014-15, the Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) said on Wednesday. “Growth of 36 percent…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The tension and suspense almost akin to a whodunnit novel that surrounds the West Bengal assembly polls will reach its climax on Thursday when the vote count is taken up to…
United Nations, May 18 (IANS) Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi on Wednesday termed as “untenable” Indian “tactics” to depict Pakistan-administered Kashmir as part of India through a new map bill, adding that New…
Dhaka, May 18 (IANS) Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday moved to Supreme Court seeking a stay on a case that accuses her of graft involving funds. The two pleas involving Zia Charitable…
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Global tech giant Apple Inc’s CEO Tim Cook kicked off his maiden India trip with an early morning visit to the famed Shree Siddhivinayak temple in Prabhadevi, central Mumbai, where he…
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Public sector lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Wednesday posted massive net loss of Rs.5,367.14 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2016 caused by provisioning for bad loans. This is…