Mumbai: JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar addresses a students rally in Tilak Nagar in Mumbai on April 23, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The condition of JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who was…
Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) In another step towards the commercial launch of Jio 4G services, expected later this year, Reliance Industries has unveiled an referral programme in which employees can offer the experience to 10…
Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting and BJP leader Arun Jaitley. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday outright rejected suggestions to tax agricultural…
Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress found itself on the wrong foot when two of its candidates were caught on camera allegedly threatening polling officers and police and “violating secrecy of votes”…
New Delhi/Itanagar (IANS) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul on Thursday sought a financial assistance of Rs.12,000 crore from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reconstruction work following recent natural calamities in the state. Pul met…
Damascus, May 5 (IANS) Renowned conductor Valery Gergiev led a concert in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra to support the restoration of the Unesco World Heritage site and honour victims of the war. The…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Thursday gave its nod to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, that seeks to improve the ease of doing business in the country. The measure seeks…
By Vinayak Dutt New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) With his Art of Living Foundation (AoL) yet to pay the major chunk of “environment compensation” for its cultural fest on the Yamuna floodplains, spiritual guru Sri…
Panaji, May 5 (IANS) Goa’s former education minister and an unattached legislator Atanasio Monserrate, who was arrested by the state police Crime Branch on Thursday for raping a minor girl, had “purchased” the girl for…
Ujjain: Ascetics during Simhastha Kumbh Mela, the largest congregation of Hindus in Ujjain on April 22, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Ujjain, May 5 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and nearly 50 injured at the…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) It was a pleasant Thursday of October 20, 2011, when a happy and laughing group of two young men and two women stepped out of a popular Andheri…
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti during a meeting in Srinagar on March 24, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Srinagar, May 5 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday hit out at those…
Madurai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa addresses during an election rally in Madurai on April 15, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, May 5 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday…
Patidar Anamat Sanghursh Samiti (PASS) leader Hardik Patel. (File Photo: IANS) Ahmedabad, May 5 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Thursday opposed the bail application of quota agitation leader Hardik Patel in the Gujarat High Court,…
Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting and BJP leader Arun Jaitley. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The steel industry accounts for the largest proportion of the non-performing assets…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he was anguished over the “loss of lives” at the Kumbh Mela in Ujjain following heavy…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, May 5 (IANS) Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister K.P. Oli on Thursday addressed Parliament and assured political parties that he was not going to recommend dissolution of the House, after the Maoists…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) BJD members from Odisha on Thursday staged a noisy protest against the central government’s stance on the Polavaram irrigation project in Andhra Pradesh just before the Lok Sabha passed the…
Copenhagen, May 5 (IANS) An adult education centre in a Copenhagen suburb has told Muslim students that they can no longer attend classes unless they remove the niqab face veil. The controversial move was an…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met Han Zheng, member of the politburo of the Communist Party of China and party secretary of Shanghai, who is on a visit to…