New York, Dec 1 (IANS) President-elect Donald Trump officially confirmed that he has selected Steven Mnuchin to be the next Treasury Secretary and Wilbur Ross to serve as Commerce Secretary, media reports said. “This team…
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s official twitter account was hacked on Wednesday, and expletives and abuses were posted on the handle. The abusive tweets were later deleted. One of the…
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Policy think-tank NITI Aayog on Wednesday constituted a Committee of Chief Ministers and experts to script an action plan and draw up a roadmap to implement the digital payment systems…
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed cinema halls to play the National Anthem before the start of movies, saying it will instil “constitutional patriotism as well as committed patriotism and…
New York, Nov 30 (IANS) Singer Katy Perry and actor Orlando Bloom are reportedly engaged. After being together for 11 months, Perry was spotted with a yellow diamond jewel on her wedding ring finger in…
Washington, Nov 30 (IANS) Outgoing US President Barack Obama has said that his wife and the current First Lady Michelle Obama will never run for the White House, despite a growing chant. The social media…
Washington, Nov 30 (IANS) A wildfire sweeping through the central US state of Tennessee has killed three people and destroyed more than 150 buildings, a local official said. “We do not have further information on…
Hyderabad, Nov 29 (IANS) The Telangana government on Tuesday decided to make part payment of salaries of its employees in cash in view of cash crunch due to demonetisation of high value currency notes. The…
Bogota, Nov 29 (IANS) At least 76 people were confirmed dead after a plane carrying 81 persons crashed near Medellin in Colombia, the media reported on Tuesday. The passengers included players from Brazilian soccer team…
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, which amends the Income-tax Act, 1961, and the Finance Act, 2016. The bill, moved by Union Finance Minister…
Jammu, Nov 29 (IANS) Two militants were killed and three soldiers injured in a gunfight on Tuesday after heavily armed suicide attackers stormed into an army camp in a garrison town near here, officials said….
New York, Nov 29 (IANS) At least nine persons were injured and one suspect was shot dead in a stabbing incident at a university campus in Ohio in the United States, media reports said. Police…
Hyderabad, Nov 28 (IANS) The Telangana government will shortly come out with e-wallet for cashless transactions across the state, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said on Monday. He told reporters here that the Information Technology…
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Intensifying her attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday threatened to stage a demonstration outside his residence against demonetisation and vowed to remove him…
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the Income Tax rules, levying a tax of 60 per cent on undisclosed income or…
Washington, Nov 28 (IANS) President-elect Donald Trump claimed on Sunday that he not only won the electoral vote but the popular vote as well, if the “millions” of “illegal” votes cast for his Democratic rival,…
Washington, Nov 27 (IANS) Trump Tower in New York city turned into “Dump Tower” on Google Maps for a few hours, and its proper name was restored on the mapping service by early Sunday morning….
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a strong push to turn India into a cashless economy and said demonetisation of high value currency notes was a step forward that…
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Demonetisation has made India’s temples significantly richer as hundi deposits have seen an upsurge with “sin” currencies after November 8 when the government spiked 500- and 1,000-rupee notes. These notes…
San Francisco, Nov 27 (IANS) A digital marketing research group has recorded online sales at a record high of $3.34 billion during the Black Friday shopping spree in the United States. Xinhua news agency on…