Tura (Meghalaya), Feb 20 (IANS) Countering Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s statement that the murder of an election candidate was proof of “lawlessness” in Meghalaya, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Tuesday said his government has never…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Leasing activity in the logistics and warehousing segment in India rose 50 per cent during the second-half of 2017, compared to the first-half of the year, a report said here…
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Renowned cardiologist B.K. Goyal passed away here on Tuesday following cardiac arrest, a family member said. He was 82. He collapsed at his home in Malabar Hill on Tuesday morning and…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) In the most significant move involving the Indian coal sector since its nationalisation in 1973, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday decided to end the monopoly status of state-miner Coal India…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Already reeling under $1.8 billion fraud blow, the Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Tuesday got another shock from two top rating agencies Moody’s and Fitch who are mulling to downgrade…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Parliament House will soon open a creche facility on its premises so as to have an inclusive work environment for its women employees. A 1,500 square-feet creche in the…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) IAS Association Secretary Manisha Saxena on Tuesday said that Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash was “manhandled” and “mistreated” at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence here on Monday and termed it a…
Islamabad, Feb 20 (IANS) Former Pakistani cricketer Aamer Hanif’s son has committed suicide by hanging himself over “non-selection in an Under-19 cricket team”. Mohammad Zaryab, who was a first-year college student and Hanif’s oldest son,…
Kanpur, Feb 20 (IANS) CBI teams on Tuesday continued their searches for the second day in a row at the Kanpur-based house and premises of Rotomac owner Vikram Kothari, involved in a multi-crore loan default…
Srinagar, Feb 20 (IANS) A low intensity earthquake measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale occurred in the valley region in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. No loss of life or damage to property was reported….
Bengaluru, Feb 20 (IANS) Stung by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “10 per cent commission” jibe against his government, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said Modi was, in fact, a facilitator of corruption. “You made…
Tehran, Feb 20 (IANS) Iranian authorities on Tuesday found the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the mountainous central province of Isfahan, killing all 65 people on board. Helicopters belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday approved the proposal for adjudication of the dispute on the Mahanadi river water between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. “The tribunal…
Islamabad, Feb 20 (IANS) China has been wooing Baloch militants by quietly holding talks with them for over five years in an attempt to protect the $60 billion infrastructure projects it is financing as part…
San Francisco, Feb 20 (IANS) Citing low awareness of Wikipedia outside the US and Europe, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has announced it will be stopping its “Wikipedia Zero” programme that provides the service free of…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) A war of words erupted on Tuesday between the AAP and the BJP over an alleged assault on Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by Aam Aadmi party legislators in the…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday placed under review for downgrade Punjab National Bank’s (PNB) local and foreign currency deposit rating of Baa3/P-3 and foreign currency issuer rating Baa3, an official…
San Francisco, Feb 20 (IANS) Knowing the risk of a heart attack or a stroke could soon become as simple as an eye test as researchers at Google and its health-tech arm Verily have found…
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices on Tuesday traded on a higher note during the mid-afternoon session — amid volatility — with healthy buying in metals, consumer durables, IT and banking stocks. Around…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday continued questioning 10 Punjab National Bank (PNB) officials including those of General Manager rank and four employees of Nirav Modi group of companies in the Rs…