Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel’s second media meet on Wednesday created a controversy with a section of the Mumbai media corps complaining they were either not invited or deliberately…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) A lawyer on Wednesday said he has filed a complaint with the NCW against Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh, as he has insulted woman in the advertisement of menswear company Jack…
Chennai, Dec 7 (IANS) Comedian actor, political satirist and editor Cho Ramaswamy, a legend in his own right, died here early on Wednesday, just a day after viewing on TV the burial of his old…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Cyber Cell of Delhi Police on Wednesday said the Twitter accounts of the Congress party and its Vice President Rahul Gandhi, hacked a few days back, were operated from…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) A day to the month after high denomination notes were banned, there was no respite in sight for cash-strapped people on Wednesday as queues outside banks and ATMs for money…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday defended the NJAC Act, saying Constitution maker B.R. Ambedkar had said the power to appoint judges should not be in…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) In a surprise move, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept its key lending rates unchanged, citing global and local uncertainties and also lowered the country’s growth forecast for…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) Indian equity markets slipped on Wednesday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) decided to keep its key lending rates unchanged in its fifth bi-monthly monetary policy of 2016-17. Besides, investors’…
Mumbai, Dec 7 (IANS) Cricket is contemplating player evictions for the first time next year, while also limiting the size of ever-bulging bats. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) World Cricket committee recommended that umpires be…
Siliguri (West Bengal), Dec 7 (IANS) Two persons were killed and six others injured when the engine and two coaches of the Guwahati-bound Capital Express derailed in West Bengal on Tuesday night, an official said….
Varanasi, Dec 7 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the note ban and urged people not to vote for the BJP in Uttar…
Vatican City, Dec 7 (IANS/AKI) Christians and Hindus must be “lights of peace” in order to challenge violence and hatred in the world, the Vatican’s top interfaith dialogue official has said. “Our aim is that,…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The NIA on Wednesday registered a case in connection with the November 29 terror attack on an army base in Nagrota in Jammu and Kashmir, in which seven Indian soldiers,…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The government is hopeful that a debate on demonetisation in Parliament would start soon as back-channel talks with the opposition are on, informed sources said on Wednesday. According to a…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani on Wednesday described the unending disruption of the Lok Sabha as “disgraceful” and demanded to know who was running the house. As the house was…
Patna, Dec 7 (IANS) The CBI has announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for anyone providing information in connection with the murder of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh, police said on Wednesday. Posters in…
Patna, Dec 7 (IANS) Bihar will take help of a satellite to click the image of the “world’s longest human chain” in January 2017 in support of prohibition in the state, said Chief Minister Nitish…
London, Dec 7 (IANS) Britain’s competition regulator on Wednesday imposed a record 84.2 million pound ($106 million) fine on the pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer, and a 5.2 million pound ($6.55 million) fine on the distributor Flynn…
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) State-run oil marketers Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp on Wednesday signed an agreement to build India’s biggest oil refinery at a cost of $30 billion….
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court will on Friday hear a PIL by NGO Common Cause challenging appointment of Rakesh Asthana as the Central Bureau of Investigation’s interim Director, on grounds it was…