By Arul Louis United Nations, Jan 17 (IANS) The UN does not see a serious, long-term impact on India’s economy from the demonetisation, although it will have a short-term effect because of reduced consumer spending,…
Dubai, Jan 17 (IANS) A German passport is the world’s strongest while the Indian is ranked 78th in the popular ranking of the world’s passports by a global advisory firm. The latest passport Index devised…
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (IAN) Police have arrested an American citizen in Hyderabad for downloading and uploading child pornography. The cybercrime wing of Telangana’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested 42-year-old James Kirk Jones. Jones, who was…
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested one more accused in Hyderabad IS conspiracy case. Mohammed Irfan, a resident of Mir Alam Mandi in the old city of Hyderabad, was…
Genoa (Italy), Jan 17 (IANS/AKI) Arson and human error are the suspected causes of wildfires in hills around the northwestern Italian port city of Genoa that drove hundreds of people from their homes overnight, investigators…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) A man was shot dead and another received bullet injury in his arm in a violent clash between villagers and police on Tuesday evening in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district…
Patna, Jan 17 (IANS) The Bihar Cabinet on Tuesday decided not to renew the licences of beer and ENA (extra-neutral alcohol) manufacturing units and IMFL (Indian-made foreign liquor) bottling plants from April 1 this year,…
Hyderabad/New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Police arrested Rohith Vemula’s mother and a few students as protest rocked University of Hyderabad on Tuesday on the first death anniversary of the Dalit research scholar. Students staging demonstration…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Capital market regulator SEBI on Tuesday said It would be “too early” to hold the central government’s demonetisation move responsible for the massive pullout of foreign portfolio investment from India during…
Chandigarh, Jan 17 (IANS) Punjab Police on Tuesday seized 160 kg of raw gold from a car in Mohali town, near here. Police officials said that investigations into the recovery were still in progress. They…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) In a measure of relief to foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), venture capital and private equity investors, the government on Tuesday said it is putting on hold its recent circular on…
Himmatnagar (Gujarat), Jan 17 (IANS) Firebrand Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Tuesday returned to Gujarat after six months in exile with a renewed vigour to continue his fight for reservation to his community, asserting that…
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (IANS) The Hyderabad Police has arrested Boaz Augustin, Chairman and Managing Director of Borg Energy India Pvt Ltd for defrauding various companies to the tune of about Rs 100 crore. Cybercrime police…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The government on Tuesday rubbished the Congress’s allegations that a British company had been shortlisted for printing of plastic notes in India. The government said the security clearance for the…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) With the Union Environment Ministry notifying an action plan to curb air pollution, including the odd-even scheme, Delhi Transport Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said he had learnt that the…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The world needs India’s sustained rise as much as India needs the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday but warned “parochial and protectionist attitudes” are threatening globalisation goals…
Jaipur, Jan 17 (IANS) Rajasthan Education Minister Vasudev Devnani, who on Monday had claimed that cows inhale and exhale oxygen, has come in for sharp criticism both from scientists and in the social media. At…
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) A person was shot dead and another received bullet injury in his arm in a violent clash between villagers and the police on Tuesday evening in West Bengal. The clash took…
Bengaluru, Jan 17 (IANS) Irked by leading e-retailer Amazon selling skateboards and bedspreads with images of Hindu god Ganesha, Hindus in the US on Tuesday urged it to immediately withdraw them from its online platform….
Moscow, Jan 17 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that those who spread “fake news” about US President-elect Donald Trump are “worse than prostitutes”. The Russian leader fielded questions about the incoming US…