By Durga Chakravarty Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Designer Payal Singhal, who has clients across the globe in places like New York, Miami, Hong Kong and London, feels the Indian fashion industry — despite the hard…
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) Pakistani Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry, who is set to be replaced with envoy to India Abdul Basit, is headed for Washington — as Islamabad seeks to boost its ties with the…
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) Over 72 per cent of Punjab’s nearly 1.99 crore voters cast their votes on Saturday in 117 assembly segments in the northern state, election officials said here. Sangrur district recorded the…
London, Feb 4 (IANS) Thousands of protesters were set to march on London for the second time in a week on Saturday, to oppose US President Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from seven mainly-Muslim nations…
Panaji, Feb 4 (IANS) Polling for Goa’s 40 assembly constituencies officially ended at 5 p.m. on Saturday by when 83 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise, officials said. Poll officials here said that…
Chennai, Feb 4 (IANS) Thousands of people scooped out buckets of thick oil sludge along the Chennai coastline on Saturday that had spilled into the sea after the collision of two tankers last week. Two…
Shimla, Feb 4 (IANS) An earthquake of ‘light’ intensity hit Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district on Saturday, triggering panic among the people. No loss of life or damage to property was reported. “Tremors of earthquake measuring…
By Porisma P. Gogoi Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) The bull run at the Indian equities markets continued for the second consecutive week as sops announced in the Union Budget 2017-18, along with a strong rupee…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A five-year-old Pakistani boy was reunited with his mother on Saturday at the Wagah-Attari border crossing, with some help from Indian authorities. The boy, Iftikhar Ahmed, had been taken “forcibly”…
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) The Screenwriters Association (SWA) of Bollywood here on Saturday expressed shock and outrage at what it termed “a thinly disguised anti-Muslim” ban announced by new US President Donald Trump. SWA President…
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) Over 66 per cent of Punjab’s electorate had exercised their franchise till 5 p.m. on Saturday as polling for the state assembly officially ended, election officials said. Voting remained peaceful, barring…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The impact of demonetisation on the Indian economy is transient and it will attain a growth rate of over 7 per cent in 2017-18, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said…
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) Days after a crackdown on the Jamaat-ud-Dawa and its chief Hafiz Saeed, the charity has reappeared under a new name — the Tehreek Azadi Jammu and Kashmir (TAJK – Movement for…
Meerut, Feb 4 (IANS) Expressing his resolve to weed out corruption, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday again attacked the opposition and urged the Uttar Pradesh voters to boot out parties involved in graft and…
Chandigarh, Feb 4 (IANS) Over 50 per cent of Punjab’s 1.98 crore voters cast their vote till 3 p.m. on Saturday for the 117 assembly seats in the state, election officials said here. Fatehgarh Sahib,…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Calling it “spineless”, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that the Election Commission has “completely surrendered” before Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kejriwal’s remarks came in response to reports…
Srinagar, Feb 4 (IANS) Security forces on Saturday killed two militants in Sopore town of north Kashmir after a brief gunfight in which two officers of the state police were injured. “Police and other security…
Panaji, Feb 4 (IANS) Sixty seven per cent voters cast their ballot by 3 p.m. in the Goa assembly polls on Saturday, an election official said. “Seventy per cent votes were polled in North Goa…
By Brij Khandelwal Agra Feb 4 (IANS) As campaigning for the first phase of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh assembly elections gains momentum, many old-timers and other locals in the City of the Taj rue the…
Islamabad, Feb 4 (IANS) The Pakistan government has in principle decided to appoint Abdul Basit, the country’s envoy to India, as the new Foreign Secretary, Geo News reported. In another major appointment, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary…