Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Lavishing rare praise on any opposition leader, Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday urged the Centre to heed former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s views on demonetisation as he’s “a renowned…
Hong Kong, Nov 24 (IANS) Indians enjoyed a good outing at the ongoing Hong Kong Open badminton tournament with P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Ajay Jayaram and Sameer Verma winning their respective singles matches here on…
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a globally respected economist, on Thursday called the demonetisation drive a case of “organised loot and legalised plunder”, warning that it will drag India’s GDP…
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) News of a wedding being called off here on account of the cash crunch following the recent demonetisation of high value currency notes starkly highlights some irrational conditions imposed by…
Washington, Nov 24 (IANS) US 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has garnered 64,223,958 tallied votes by Wednesday morning, over two million more votes than President-elect Donald Trump, according to data released by the non-partisan…
New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Wednesday said India is moving towards a totally digitised payment economy that will bring huge gains in the long term. “There are long-term gains…
New York, Nov 23 (IANS) Experts are urging US democratic Hillary Clinton’s campaign to call for a recount the 2016 presidential election votes in key battleground states, in case the results could have been skewed…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, Nov 23 (IANS) Indian yoga guru, Swami Ramdev, on Wednesday inaugurated a Patanjali Ayurved factory in Nepal and announced he will invest over (Indian) Rs 100 billion in a decade in…
Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) Well-known Indian American Nikki Haley, Governor of South Carolina state, has accepted President-elect Donald Trump’s offer to serve as US ambassador to the UN in the coming administration, the Washington Post…
Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) President-elect Donald Trump has decided that he wont subject former rival Democratic Hillary Clinton to a criminal inquiry related to her private email server or her family foundation, his spokeswoman said…
Chennai, Nov 22 (IANS) Carnatic music legend Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna passed away here on Tuesday. He was 86 and was not well for some time. Apart from being a singer, Balamuralikrishna was also a composer, actor…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) In an emotional speech to parliament members from his ruling BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday vehemently defended the demonetisation move, saying it was done for the benefit of…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) BJP workers on Tuesday staged a protest against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for demanding roll back of the demonetisation move and asked whether he supports “terrorism and the use…
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the demonetisation move allowed banks fetch in huge amount of money that would help the government to undertake welfare measures. Addressing the…
New York, Nov 22 (IANS) Continuing on his goal to improve the world with his donations, Social networking giant Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has sold $95 million in Facebook stock between November 17 and 18,…
Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will withdraw the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership on his first day in office. “I’m going to issue a notification of intent…
Tokyo, Nov 22 (IANS) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 struck northeastern Japan’s Fukushima on Tuesday, a weather agency said, while tsunami waves were observed in the area and two persons were injured….
New York, Nov 22 (IANS) Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has overtaken President-elect Donald Trump for the lead in the online poll of who readers think should be TIMEs Person of the Year in 2016. As…
Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) Hillary Clintons popular vote lead surged above 1.72 million on Sunday night, with millions of votes still to count. Clinton’s lead keeps rising on her strength in California, where her margin…
Vatican City, Nov 21 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis on Monday granted all Catholic priests the permanent power to forgive abortion, which he called “a grave sin”. In his ‘apostolic letter’ Francis handed priests the power previously…