Ranchi, Aug 29 (IANS) At least 30 school girls were hospitalised after suspected food poisoning in Jharkhand’s Gumla district on Monday, police said. The students of Kasturba Girls School at Ghaghra, around 130 km from…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 29 (IANS) The coal production and transportation at all mines of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) was affected due to a 48-hour economic blockade launched by a local group in Talcher on Monday. Due…
Kolkata, Aug 29 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed a resolution proposing the name of the state be changed to ‘Bangla’ in Bengali or ‘Bengal’ in English. The government resolution under rule 169…
Shimla, Aug 29 (IANS) All 73 passengers were injured when a private mini bus carrying them skidded off the road and rolled down a hill in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district on Monday, police said. The…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday permitted the self-styled godman Asaram to travel to Delhi from Jodhpur jail by air for his check-up by a medical board at the All India…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Following their agitation against rights abuses and the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Baloch activists will on Tuesday stage protests in three German cities to mark the International Day of…
Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) Ignoring negative global cues and a weak rupee, Indian equity markets were on Monday lifted by short covering and sector-specific buying after a volatile day of trading. Both the key indices,…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) After being conferred the highest sporting honour of the country, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, awardee gymnast Dipa Karmakar said that the joy has doubled as her coach Bishweshwar Nandi…
Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) After a heated debate, both houses of the Maharashtra legislature on Monday unanimously ratified the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, making it the ninth state in the country to do…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Chemicals & Fertilisers Minister H.N. Ananth Kumar on Monday said he is pursuing the case for making an independent ministry for pharmaceuticals so that all decisions regarding the industry could…
Mumbai, Aug 29 (IANS) Reserve Bank of Governor (RBI) Raghuram Rajan on Monday ruled out any further interest rate cuts till such time the inflation came down to the comfort zone, and once again asked…
Agartala, Aug 29 (IANS) Three months after six Congress MLAs in Tripura joined the Trinamool Congress, they were on Monday recognised as TMC legislators by the assembly Speaker. Trinamool leader Sudip Roy Barman, after the…
Baghdad, Aug 29 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and 16 others injured in a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State during a wedding party in Iraq’s holy city of Karbala, media reports…
Islamabad, Aug 29 (IANS) Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain on Monday said Islamabad will continue to highlight at international levels the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and “atrocities being committed by Indian security forces” against Kashmiris….
Visakhapatnam, Aug 29 (IANS) A fuel tank accidentally fell from Indian Navy’s fighter jet MiG-29K while it was taking off from the naval air station INS Dega in this coastal city in Andhra Pradesh on…
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Indian states are growing at around 10-11 per cent and a dialogue between them and American investors can help in boosting Indo-US bilateral trade, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on…
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Chennai, Aug 29 (IANS) Rajya Sabha member M. Sasikala Pushpa on Monday said she would not resign her post despite her expulsion from the AIADMK party. Speaking to reporters here, she categorically ruled out quitting…
Jakarata, Aug 29 (IANS) An Indonesian man is set to hold the title of world’s oldest man at 145 years, authorities here said on Monday. Living in a village in the Sragen Regency area of…
Sydney, Aug 29 (IANS) India’s Adani Enterprises, after overcoming one of its last legal hurdles, has said the construction of its Carmichael coal project in Australia’s Queensland state will begin in 2017. Australia’s Federal Court…