Montreux (Switzerland), Dec 20 (IANS) The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has unanimously voted to re-induct the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) as one of its permanent members during its extraordinary congress here on Tuesday. Complementing…
Patna, Dec 20 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will join him in a protest against demonetisation. “Nitish Kumar will be with us to protest against demonetisation,” Lalu…
Berlin, Dec 20 (IANS) The Pakistani suspect arrested following the truck attack in the German capital reportedly had no involvement in the crime. The actual perpetrator was armed and is still at large, a high-ranking…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) In its bid to improve the countrys ranking in the World Banks report on Ease of Doing Business, the government has announced several measures, including an eBiz portal being made…
Chennai, Dec 20 (IANS) After guiding India to a record-setting 18th straight Test win, skipper Virat Kohli on Tuesday said the 4-0 series win against England is the outcome of the mutual respect and admiration…
Dharamsala, Dec 20 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh assembly on Tuesday witnessed unruly scenes as members of the opposition BJP demanded debate on the ongoing corruption cases against Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. After over half-hour of…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) India and Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday pledged to work together to prevent youths from falling prey to the common challenges of terrorism, extremism and radicalism as the two sides reaffirmed their…
Mumbai, Dec 20 (IANS) Bollywood’s star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan was on Tuesday blessed with their first child, a son, whom they have named Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi. Celebrities like Karan…
United Nations, Dec 20 (IANS) In an apparent reference to Pakistan, India has renewed its demand for international action against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror groups and their safe havens “outside Afghanistan”. Denouncing…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the results of the Chandigarh local body elections were a clear endorsement for the demonetisation step taken by the Narendra Modi government….
Ottawa, Dec 20 (IANS) Canada has called for the unconditional release of a Canadian man and his American wife after a new video appeared showing them begging their governments to intervene on their behalf with…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday reserved order on senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s application for an anticipatory bail in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. Additional Sessions Judge Vikash Dhull said…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) BJP leader Smriti Irani on Tuesday said attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a way of political sustenance for Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. “For his own political sustenance, Rahul…
Chandigarh, Dec 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday swept the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation elections by winning 20 of the 26 seats, thus retaining its control over the civic body. The Corporation went…
Dubai, Dec 20 (IANS) India have ended 2016 as the top ranked Test team on the ICC rankings after registering a 4-0 victory over England in the five-match series which culminated with an innings and…
Chennai, Dec 20 (IANS) Riding on Karun Nair’s unbeaten 303 and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja’s seven for 48, a ruthless India on Tuesday hammered England by an innings and 75 runs in the fifth cricket…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to stay the latest demonetisation order putting a ceiling on the deposit of scrapped currency. Amarinder Singh also…
Dhaka, Dec 20 (IANS) Bangladesh’s elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Tuesday arrested two accomplices of the two masterminds of the terror attack on a cafe here that killed 21 persons, mostly foreigners. The…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The CPI-M on Tuesday dubbed as “whimsical and anti-people” curbs by the RBI on depositing amounts exceeding Rs 5,000 in old notes. “In fact, the latest order is because almost…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Man Booker Prize-winning author Paul Beatty features in the final list of speakers of the much-awaited literary event of the upcoming year — ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2017 — that…