New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Expressing its inability to issue guidelines for curbing Sikh-centric jokes or their circulation, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said it is within the realm of legislature to act upon. “If…
Bengaluru, Feb 7 (IANS) Tata Sons’ interim Chairman Ratan Tata on Tuesday flagged off Moonshot Wheels, a mobile science exhibition bus that will traverse 11 states across the country showcasing models of lander, rover and…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, Feb 7 (IANS) The Nepali police on Tuesday presented before the media in the southern city of Birgunj five alleged ISI agents, who had been involved in various terror activities in…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the bill to ban old bank notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 and provides for punishment for holding such currency notes. The Specified…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said on Tuesday that there have been no incursions along the Sino-Indian border. “There have been no instances of incursions along our border…
Riyadh, Feb 7 (IANS) More than 39,000 Pakistanis have been deported from Saudi Arabia in the past four months, the media reported on Tuesday. Quoting security sources, the Saudi Gazette newspaper said the deportations were…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Tuesday said that it expects all public sector banks (PSBs) to join the digital payment mobile-based app Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM)…
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) In a rare and challenging case, a 68-year-old woman weighing just 35 kg underwent a ‘high risk aortic valve replacement and bypass surgery at the Asian Heart Institute here recently, a…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Bollywood movie ‘Jolly LLB 2’ will be released on February 10 as production house Fox Star Studios on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that it was cutting four scenes as…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a dig at one of his bitter critics, Bhagwant Maan, saying the Aam Aadmi Party MP from Punjab — unlike him telling people…
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday extended a warm welcome to Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel, a staunch opponent of the BJP, and promised to make him the face of…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said the “collateral damage” caused by demonetisation was so high that it took away all the benefits. Participating in a debate in the Lok…
Panaji, Feb 7 (IANS) A 37-year-old yoga teacher was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping a 32-year-old US national from California on the pretext of giving her a tantrik massage. A Goa Police spokesperson said…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) A total of Rs 16,200 crore in undisclosed foreign income of Indians has been detected under the HSBC and International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) lists, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley…
Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) India cooperated with multilateral efforts to use UN-mandated sanctions to achieve a nuclear agreement with Iran, a US Congress think tank said in a report. The independent Congressional Research Service (CRS)…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Former Union Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta, facing trial in some 10 cases relating to the allocation of coal blocks, was on Tuesday granted bail in another case by a court…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Speaking on demonetisation in Parliament for the first time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday justified the November 8 move, saying it was made at the right time, but he…
Kabul, Feb 7 (IANS) At least 20 people were killed on Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the parking lot of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court building here, officials said. A spokesman for the…
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) West Bengal Advocate General Jayanta Mitra resigned on Tuesday following “differences of opinion” with the Mamata Banerjee government. “If two people are together, there is bound to be some differences of…
Washington, Feb 7 (IANS) US President Trump has said that the news media was playing down the terrorist threat posed by the Islamic State (IS) and journalists were reluctant to report on the militant groups…