By Sourabh Kulesh New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The note ban did have a slight impact on the adoption of technology and purchasing trends in the country but that phase is now over and gaming…
Bengaluru, July 20 (IANS) Professional networking giant LinkedIn on Thursday rolled out the ‘LinkedIn Lite’ Android app, a faster and lighter version of its flagship app, in India. The Lite app offers a seamless and…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) It was a rainy Thursday morning in the national capital with 25.8 mm rainfall till 8.30 a.m. The minimum temperature was recorded 25.2 degrees celsius, two notches below the season’s…
Jammu, July 20 (IANS) Three persons were killed and several houses and shops were damaged on Thursday in a cloudburst in the hilly Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The cloudburst hit Thathri…
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) Taking a cue from global markets the key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 31,955.35 points on Wednesday,…
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Bringing in more clarity on its recent order to reduce user development fee (UDF) charges at the IGI Airport, the civil aviation regulator has said that domestic passengers who travelled…
Bengaluru, July 20 (IANS) The Karnataka government will gift laptops to 1.5 lakh students of ‘poor’ families joining colleges across the state this academic year, Law Minister T. B. Jaychandra said on Wednesday. “The state…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday accorded approval for the second phase of BharatNet broadband programme to connect all 250,000 gram panchayats in the country, extending the target deadline to March…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on Wednesday said as many as 11,400 farmers committed suicide in 2016. “According to National Crime Records Bureau data for 2016, which is yet…
Kolkata, July 19 (IANS) A suburban train got partially derailed after hitting the platform buffer at Sealdah south section here, injuring at least three passengers during the busy office hours on Wednesday morning, official said….
Hyderabad, July 19 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the drug racket in Hyderabad on Wednesday questioned well-known Telugu film director Puri Jagannadh for nearly 10 hours and collected his blood sample. The sample…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The leaked 32-page Congress document that detailed key issues the opposition party planned to raise in Parliament indicated its strategy to take Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to task…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved revision of the Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) guidelines, to expand scope of welfare measures that can be…
Bhopal, July 19 (IANS) Around 500 people, including Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA)founder Medha Patkar, Madhya Pradesh Aam Admi Party (AAP) Convener Alok Agrawal and their supporters, were on Wednesday taken into custody from the railway…
Lucknow, July 19 (IANS) All appointments made during the Samajwadi Party rule in Uttar Pradesh will be probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and no guilty spared, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced in the…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave ex-post facto approval for insurance regulator Irdai’s admission as a signatory to IAIS Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding, a cabinet communique said. “With increasing integration…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Environment Ministry on Wednesday approved the projects for climate change adaptation submitted by Rajasthan, Gujarat and Sikkim. The National Steering Committee on Climate Change (NSCCC), headed by Environment Secretary…
Hyderabad, July 19 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing drug racket in Hyderabad has summoned three major courier companies in connection with the case. Officials of DHL, Blue Dart and Fedex have been asked…
Gurugram, July 19 (IANS) A doctor kidnapped from Delhi was rescued safely from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh after a shootout with his kidnappers, police said on Wednesday. “Dr. Sreekanth, kidnapped earlier this month, was rescued…
Gurugram, July 19 (IANS) Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop visited a school here on Wednesday as part of bilateral students and teachers exchange programme. BRIDGE (Building Relationships through Intercultural Dialogue and Growing Engagement), started…