Islamabad, Jan 20 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has expressed hope for improved relations between Washington and Islamabad, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Jalil Abbas Jillani said on Friday. According to Radio Pakistan, Jillani said…
Jagiroad, Morigaon (Assam), Jan 20 (IANS) Amid the initial pangs of demonetisation and cashless economy, people in central Assam’s Morigaon district on Friday witnessed the ancient mode of transactions — the barter system. Over a…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MPs on Friday called on Home Minister Rajnath Singh and urged him to bring an ordinance for conducting Jallikattu, a bull-taming ancient sport…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday modified its earlier order to allow any official to be an office bearer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) or state…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) In his first tweet of the day, as he prepares to take office as US President, Donald Trump posted in bold letters “THE MOVEMENT CONTINUES — THE WORK BEGINS.” “It all…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) As Donald Trump was set to be sworn in as the 45th President of the US, outgoing President Barack Obama used his last few hours on the POTUS Twitter account to…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Even as the minimum and maximum temperatures dipped a little as compared to Thursday, the national capital on Friday had a respite from the biting chill — thanks to a…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has asked roughly 50 senior Obama administration officials to remain in their roles in order to “ensure the continuity of government”, his incoming White House Press Secretary…
Ahmedabad, Jan 20 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested Jignesh Bhajiyawala, son of Surat-based snack seller-turned-financier Kishore Bhajiyawala, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on the charge of exchanging scrapped currency notes…
Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) Manmohan Vaidya, head of the RSS’ communications department, sparked a row here on Friday, saying that no reservations should continue for a long time and that the reason behind the poor…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Cash flow, restricted post-demonetisation, will normalise soon but might take longer in rural and remote areas, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel informed a parliamentary panel on Friday….
By Saket Suman Jaipur, Jan 20 (IANS) The burning issues that have remained at the centre of national discourse ever since the NDA government under the dispensation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Indicating that all is not well in the alliance, the Congress on Friday expressed its displeasure over the Samajwadi Party (SP) releasing a list of 191 candidates for Uttar Pradesh…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) New currency in circulation amounted to Rs 7 lakh crore till January 13, according to a newsletter brought out by the Group Chief Economic Adviser of the State Bank of…
Chennai, Jan 20 (IANS) The swarming mass of youth in Chennai’s Marina Beach and in Madurai were in no mood to call off their protests for Jallikattu on Friday, and declared they would end their…
Chandigarh, Jan 20 (IANS) On a day when cricketer-turned- politician Navjot Singh Sidhu said the assets of the Badal family had increased exponentially in the past decade, the AAP on Friday said Sidhu was complicit…
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) In response to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s call to investors, several corporate houses on Friday came forward with big investment proposals for the state. RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group’s Chairman Sanjiv…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) Donald J. Trump, who is set to be sworn in as the 45th President of the US, arrived for a church service at St. John’s Episcopal Church here on Friday, in…
Itanagar, Jan 20 (IANS) The Arunachal Pradesh government on Friday took the historic step to go cashless with the inauguration of ‘Digi Dhan Mela’ in tune with the central government’s programme of ‘100 cities 100…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should aplogise to the nation for ‘falsely’ implicating Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs and ministers. Kejriwal’s remarks came…