Howrah (West Bengal), Feb 10, (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday unveiled three greenfield projects of tobacco major and diversified FMCG conglomerate ITC Ltd entailing an investment of Rs.3,000 crore. The three…
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday broke protocol as he received Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed…
Lucknow, Feb 10 (IANS) Following a complaint and an internal probe, the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) has held the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Deoband assembly by-polls in Uttar Pradesh guilty of making…
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) US President Barak Obama has proposed $19 billion for the US space agency in the fiscal 2017 budget – a little less that $19.3 billion NASA received for the fiscal 2016….
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Indicating support to net neutrality, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha on Wednesday called for access to high speed broadband to be available to all Indians. “Access to high…
London, Feb 10 (IANS) Almost 3,000 operations were cancelled on Wednesday as second wave of industrial action by thousands of junior doctors started on Wednesday after negotiations over pay and new contracts failed. The second…
New Delhi: Policemen stop an even numbered car driver and explain him about Delhi governments’ even-odd traffic formula in New Delhi, on Jan 1, 2016. (Photo: Sandeep Datta/IANS) New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) The Delhi…
V S Achuthanandan (left); Pinarayi Vijayan. Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 10 (IANS) Ahead of assembly elections in Kerala, the two known factions of the CPI-M in the state have decided to work together, setting aside their internal…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party’s Delhi unit president Satish Upadhyay on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, following a video clip…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (File Photo: IANS) Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 10 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday urged party leaders in Kerala to stop fighting among themselves ahead of the assembly polls, saying only…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 10 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said the Sabarimala temple must open its doors to women of all age groups. This contradicted the Congress-led Kerala government’s stand that the opinion of…
Kokrajhar (Assam), Feb 10 (IANS) If the BJP forms a government in Assam, it will end illegal infiltration from Bangladesh, BJP president Amit Shah said on Wednesday. Blaming the Congress government in Assam for the…
United Nations, Feb 10 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned of the danger of the Islamic State spreading its tentacles to South Asia through organisations like the Tehreek-e-Khilafat in Pakistan and called for international…
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Pakistan is notorious for increasing incidents of killings of journalists and is considered one of the most dangerous places for media persons in the world, said a Pakistani daily on Wednesday….
Manchester, Feb 10 (AP) Bernie Sanders has defeated Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary, and Donald Trump also scored his first victory in a triumph of two candidates who have seized on Americans’ anger…
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Tuesday laid out his final budget proposal, seeking $4.1 trillion of the spending plan for the fiscal year 2017. The budget proposal highlights Obama’s priorities for…
Islamabad, Feb 10 (IANS) Workers of the Pakistan’s state-owned airlines announced that they have called off strike against a government privatisation plan after they were invited for talks to listen to their demands. The nearly…
U.S. President Barack Obama (Xinhua/Bao Dandan/IANS) Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on Tuesday rolled out a national action plan aimed at taking near-term actions and putting in place a long-term strategy to strengthen…
Guwahati: Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addresses during programme organised to release the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for north-east India in Guwahati on Feb 9, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Guwahati, Feb 9…
Kolkata: West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra and Vodafone India Chief Operating officer Naveen Chopra at the launch of Vodafone 4G services in Kolkata on Jan 25, 2016. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) West…