New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasting Arun Jaitley addresses a press conference regarding cabinet decisions taken on 12th May, 2016, in New Delhi on May 13, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB)…
Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday gave a clean chit and removed Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur and five others from the list of…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday reiterated that he will not interfere in the controversy surrounding double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar’s insistence for a trial to secure a berth in…
Ahmedabad, May 13 (IANS) Former Gujarat Chief Minister Suresh Mehta has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to undermine the judiciary’s independence. In a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, made available to IANS,…
Hyderabad, May 13 (IANS) The world’s largest cargo aircraft AN-225 Myria landed at Hyderabad airport for a stopover on way to Perth in Australia from Turkmenistan in Central Asia. The aircraft of Antonov Airlines of…
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Disappointing macro-economic data, along with profit booking, dragged the Indian equity markets lower on Friday. Consequently, the key indices provisionally closed the day’s trade deep in the red. The wider 51-scrip…
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency on Friday dropped the names of Sadhvi Pragnya Singh Thakur and four others as ‘accused’ in the September 2008 Malegaon blasts case, in its charge-sheet filed before…
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Disappointing macro-economic data, along with profit booking, dragged the Indian equity markets lower on Friday. Consequently, the key indices traded deep in the red during the late-afternoon session. The wider 51-scrip…
Dubai, May 13 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday re-appointed former India skipper Anil Kumble as its cricket committee chairman while his teammate Rahul Dravid was added as a member of the panel…
Patna, May 13 (IANS) Manorama Devi, a Janata Dal-United legislator and mother of murder accused Rocky Yadav, on Friday filed an anticipatory bail plea in Bihar’s Gaya civil court, even as authorities prepared to confiscate…
Kolkata: CAB chief Sourav Ganguly addresses a press conference in Kolkata, on March 9, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Former India captain and incumbent Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly…
Mumbai, May 13 (IANS) Disappointing macro-economic data, along with profit booking, dragged the Indian equity markets lower on Friday. Consequently, the key indices traded deep in the red during the mid-afternoon session. The wider 51-scrip…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Congress on Friday alleged that Malegaon blast accused were being set free because they have links with the BJP-led central government. “The central government wanted to save Malegaon (blast…
By Arul Louis United Nations, May 13 (IANS) In a world economy still ensnared in a low-growth trap, India is well-placed to maintain its high growth rate despite the drought and the external pressures, according…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Baba Hardev Singh, spiritual head of Sant Nirankari Mission, died in a road accident in Montreal, Canada, an official of the organization said here on Friday. Kripasagar, press and publicity…
Chandigarh, May 13 (IANS) The Parkash Singh Committee, set up to probe lapses into the official response to the violence during the Jat agitation in Haryana in February, has held certain police and administrative officers…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The cabinet on Friday approved the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy designed to safeguard trademark identities, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here. He said the Department of Industrial Policy…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Babusona Sarkar, 27, from West Bengal, in the running for the state assembly polls is a tea seller. However, any comparisons with Prime Minister Narendra Modi a la the chaiwala are…
Ranchi, May 13 (IANS) All opposition parties and tribal and Moolvasi organisations in Jharkhand are supporting a call for a state-wide shutdown on Saturday to protest against the domicile policy announced by the Raghubar Das…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday bid farewell to retiring members from the Rajya Sabha and said it would have been good if the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill…