Bhubaneswar, Nov 7 (IANS) India on Tuesday test-fired the indigenously-designed and developed long-range subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay from an Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha’s Balasore. The missile, with a strike range of…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said he has asked Education Minister Manish Sisodia to consider closing down of city schools due to pollution. The Chief Minister in a…
Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday extended birthday greetings to Tamil film icon Kamal Haasan, who has confirmed his political plunge just days back. “Wishing you a very happy…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday said that it has seized over Rs 20 lakh in cash and gold worth Rs 7.33 crore in poll-bound Gujarat. In a statement, the…
Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Sounding alarm bells, The Global Nutrition Report 2017 says India faces a serious challenge stemming from both under-nutrition and obesity leading to various health, social and economic problems. Among 140 countries,…
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 7 (IANS) The Pazhavangadi Ganapathy temple, in the heart of city, witnessed a good rush of devotees on Tuesday morning with many breaking coconuts with just one prayer in mind – that the…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Hollywood might be flooded with horrifying casting couch stories after the numerous sexual abuse allegations against the powerful producer Harvey Weinstein, but it’s “nothing like that” in…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Mounting a powerful defence of the demonetisation measure designed to curb black money, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that as a disruptor of the status quo ante the…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) From joining politics under firebrand leader George Fernandes, to becoming the president of Samata Party — a key ally in the first National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Government,…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday received Belgium’s King Phillipe ahead of bilateral discussions here. “PM @narendramodi receives His Majesty The King Philippe of Belgium at Hyderabad House on his…
Kolkata, Nov 7 (IANS) Expelled GJM leader and Darjeeling’s Board of Administrators Chairman Binay Tamang has sought the West Bengal Tourism Department’s co-operation to organise a tourism festival in the north Bengal hills, a state…
(‘Note-Bandi: Demonetisation and India’s Elusive Chase for Black Money’ is an upcoming book from Oxford University Press dedicated to the “memory of Indian citizens who lost their lives due to demonetisation”). Excerpts from the preface…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) A day after China raised objection to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said on Tuesday the visit was a “source of motivation”…
Srinagar, Nov 7 (IANS) Three Jaish-e-Muhammad militants, including the nephew of terror outfit chief Masood Azhar, were killed in an overnight gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said on Tuesday….
By Aparajita Gupta New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) When Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), cautioned the government against demonetisation, saying short-term economic costs would outweigh long-term benefits, he was…
By Amit Kapoor Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts in building India’s global appeal for investors seems to have finally yielded returns in terms of the country’s performance in the World Bank Doing Business rankings. India…
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Nov 7 (IANS) For India’s first blade-runner Major Devinder Pal Singh (retd), legendary Canadian athlete Terry Fox was a greater inspiration than world’s most well-known prosthetics-enabled athlete, South African Oscar Pistorious,…
By Vikas Datta Title: The Descent of Man; Author: Grayson Perry; Publisher: Penguin Random House UK: Pages: 127; Price: Rs 499 Fans of the film “Godfather” may recall that scene in the beginning where Don…
By Brig Anil Gupta (retd) Whatever may be the merits or demerits of the ongoing agitation by a group of armed forces veterans at the Jantar Mantar site in Lutyen’s Delhi, the treatment meted out…
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday called on Belgium’s King Phillipe here and discussed bilateral relations. “EAM @SushmaSwaraj call on His Majesty The King Philippe of Belgium. Engaging conversation…