New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday emphasised the need to improve social and economic infrastructure for people residing along the international borders so that they continue to live in…
Mumbai, July 12 (IANS) The BSE Sensex settled at the highest closing level of 36,548.41 points on Thursday, tracking firm global cues and an appreciation in the Indian rupee. Earlier in the day, the Sensex…
By Arul Louis United Nations, July 12 (IANS) India has to build between 700 million and 900 million square metres of green urban space every year to meet the needs of a fast-rising rising urban…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The India and Pakistan armies, ranged against each other on volatile borders and the Line of Control (LoC) between the two countries, will participate in a counter-terrorist exercise in Russia…
Brussels, July 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that NATO countries have agreed to increase their military spending after he threatened to pull out at the summit here. Speaking after a two-day…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) India’s retail inflation for June has gone up to 5 per cent compared to 4.87 per cent in May 2018, according to data released by the Central Statistics Office on…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The GST Council will discuss ease of filing returns, ease of assessment and may also consider further rationalisation of tax rates in its upcoming meeting on July 21, Finance Minister…
Patna, July 12 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday said that his party’s alliance with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD-U will not end and that the two parties will together contest the 2019…
Pune, July 12 (IANS) Sadhu J.P. Vaswani, an eminent spiritual leader, philosopher, and philanthropist of the Sindhi community, died here on Thursday following a brief illness, an official spokesperson said. He was 99. “Dadaji breathed…
Jaipur, July 12 (IANS) Strict action will be taken against the village officials who made a five-year old girl in Rajasthan’s Bundi sit alone outside her house since July 3 as punishment for breaking a…
Islamabad, July 12 (IANS) Pakistan will be filing its second counter-memorial in the International Court of Justice on the conviction of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav on July 17, an official said on Thursday. On…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) When the lens briefly replaced the brushes for ‘Indian Picasso’ M. F. Husain, what took birth on the streets of Chennai in the 1980s was a rare series of photographs…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker OPPO on Thursday launched its flagship smartphone “Find X” in India for Rs 59,990. It has the world’s first stealth 3D cameras with Artificial Intelligence (AI) infused…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) India on Wednesday refused entry to British MP Lord Carlile, a member of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s legal team, on charges of having an invalid visa. “Lord Alexander…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) A major controversy brewed on Thursday over Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s remarks that a Hindu Pakistan would be created if the BJP returns to power with the Congress asking him…
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday visited a school where young students were detained for non-payment of tuition fees. He rebuked the principal and said “taking hostage for collecting…
Tokyo, July 12 (IANS) The death toll from the torrential rains that have battered Japan reached 200, authorities said on Thursday, as search and rescue missions continue to find dozens still missing in the wake…
Srinagar, July 12 (IANS) Almost 70 years after it was written by revolutionary Kashmiri poet Mehjoor, Coke Studio’s twist to a traditional folk song of love and separation has earned thousands of young admirers in…
New Delhi/San Francisco, July 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump lost about 100,000 of his 53.4 million followers and former President Barack Obama lost about 400,000 as Twitter began removing locked accounts — which are…
Jalandhar/Kottayam, July 12 (IANS) A Kerala bishop accused of sexually abusing a Catholic nun, once again denied the charges on Thursday and the reports of his moving to the Vatican. Even as a special probe…