Panaji, Sep 16 (IANS) The Environment Ministers of BRICS nations on Friday agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and announced the setting up of a joint working group to institutionalise their mutual cooperation on…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Nepal is determined to forge an enduring partnership with India for its own development and prosperity, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ said on Friday. Nepal, Prachanda told a…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order mandating environmental clearance for all Metro and other rail projects prior to their launch. A bench of Chief…
Jammu, Sep 16 (IANS) Curfew was reimposed on Friday in Rajouri town of Jammu region after clashes erupted again during the curfew relaxation period. “Curfew has been reimposed in Rajouri town after miscreants resorted to…
By Nishant Arora Long Island (New York), Sep 16 (IANS) Apple enthusiasts are known to swarm company stores and form long queues in the hours before any big launch and the scene at retail stores…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A strike by lawyers protesting against the shifting of Patiala House Courts to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg paralysed the judicial work at all district courts in Delhi on Friday. Due…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday denied he was holidaying in Finland, saying India needed to learn a “lot from their education system, the best in the world”….
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) To ensure adequate supply of pulses at fair prices, India must use a combination of comfortable buffer stock, remunerative farm prices and a pro-active import policy, a government report said…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Delhi government on Friday directed its Principal Secretary (urban development) and the civic bodies to notify chikungunya as dangerous/notifiable disease and issue a notification in this connection. In an…
Moscow, Sep 16 (IANS) There is no reason for India to be concerned about the forthcoming Russia-Pakistan joint military drills, authorities said on Friday. “We were informed by the Russian Defence Ministry that these exercises…
Srinagar, Sep 16 (IANS) A prominent Kashmiri rights activist, earlier barred from travelling to Geneva to address a UN session, was detained on Friday after a police raid at his Srinagar house, sparking outrage amid…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) A private firm’s owner arrested by the CBI for allegedly cheating a government bank of Rs 10 crore on the basis of a fake identity was on Friday remanded in…
Panaji, Sep 16 (IANS) Holding climate change responsible for the shrinking of glaciers in the Himalayas, Union Minister Anil Dave on Friday said both India and China were “concerned” about the degradation in the world’s…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a plea by a Siwan resident seeking cancellation of bail granted to former RJD MP Mohamed Shahabuddin on the ground that the strongman-turned-politician…
Mumbai, Sep 16 (IANS) Reduced chances of a US rate hike, coupled with foreign fund inflows and value buying, lifted the Indian equity markets on Friday. Besides, healthy macro-economic data on foreign trade and positive…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP of “foul play” and committing a “fraud on democracy” after Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu alongwith 42…
Shillong, Sep 16 (IANS) Meghalaya’s opposition parties on Friday withdrew the resolution seeking removal of Speaker Abu Taher Mondal in the concluding day of autumn session. The resolution against the removal of the Speaker was…
Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) The dawn-to-dusk shut down strike called in Tamil Nadu by various organisations representing farmers, traders, transporters and others evoked a good response and ended peacefully on Friday. Meanwhile, a man who…
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Vice President M. Hamid Ansari on Friday said India will raise the issue of terrorism during the upcoming NAM Summit, being held in Venezuela, as peace is required for development….
Islamabad, Sep 16 (IANS) At least 23 persons were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque in Pakistan’s Mohmand Agency during Friday prayers. As many as 29 others were injured in…