New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) In view of heavy rainfall in the Barak river basin in Assam, the Central Water Commission (CWC) on Friday warned of possible floods and advised three districts to take precautionary…
New Delhi: Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar welcomed by budding athletes at IG stadium after her return from Rio 2016 Olympic; in New Delhi on Aug 20, 2016. (Photo: Bidesh Manna /IANS) New Delhi, Sep 2…
Kathmandu, Sep 2 (IANS) A day after late King Birendra Shah’s statue was removed and attempts were made to reinstall it in Nepalgunj city, the police on Friday sounded a high alert across the country…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung had returned the Delhi government’s file on hiking minimum wages in the city — highlighting the escalating…
Jammu, Sep 2 (IANS) The Pakistan Army resorted to unprovoked firing at Indian positions on the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday in Akhnoor sector of Jammu district. Different sources told IANS in winter capital…
New York, Sep 2 (IANS) Just ahead of its much-anticipated September 7 event where the company is set to unveil an array of products including iPhone7, Apple on Friday re-activated its dormant Twitter account it…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Seventy per cent of Indians — mostly young — wish to re-elect Narendra Modi as Prime Minister in 2019, an online poll said on Friday. However, women’s support for the…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned those with black money to declare it before the given deadline of September 30, adding that stern action might be taken after that. “The…
Islamabad, Sep 2 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed on Friday in two separate terror attacks in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, reports said. Four terrorists trying to attack a Christian colony in Peshawar were…
Singapore, Sep 2 (IANS) Thirty-one new cases of Zika have been confirmed in Singapore, raising to 151 the number of persons infected by the mosquito-borne virus in the Southeast Asian city-state, the government said on…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Following the release of India’s Q1 growth figures earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India’s economy had overcome a difficult phase, and added that sluggish…
Los Angeles, Sep 2 (IANS) Rapper Kanye West’s ‘Famous’ sculpture reportedly has a $4 million price tag. The 39-year-old’s waxwork figures of himself, wife Kim Kardashian West and other famous names including Caitlyn Jenner, George…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The nationwide day-long strike on Friday by Left-affiliated trade unions against the BJP-led central government’s “anti-labour” policies affected normal life in several states, including West Bengal, Karnataka and Communist-ruled Kerala…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Following bilateral talks with visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi here on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India and Egypt would cooperate in the fight against terrorism…
Agra, Sep 2 (IANS) Over 2,000 inmates of Agra Central Jail continued their hunger strike for the sixth consecutive day on Friday. They are demanding the immediate release of inmates who have completed 14 years…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Arvind Kejriwal government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it has withdrawn its suit seeking a declaration that Delhi is a state as it has filed six petitions…
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Ahead of his departure on Friday to Vietnam on a bilateral visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the southeast Asian nation as “friendly”, India’s relationship with which will benefit Asia…
Islamabad, Sep 2 (IANS) The Pakistan Army has said that the footprints of the Islamic State (IS) militant group have been eliminated from the country. “They tried [sneak] into Pakistan but failed and [were] apprehended,”…
Panaji, Sep 2 (IANS) The Shiv Sena in Goa on Friday called the “harassment” of RSS leader Subhash Velingkar by the Sangh and the local BJP as “suicidal”, and also backed the Velingkar-led regional language…
Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) The key Indian stock market indices were trading flat on Friday afternoon. The wider 50-scrip Nifty of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was trading 2.35 points or 0.03 per cent up…