New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav’s participation in the Rio Olympics was in jeopardy on Tuesday with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealing in the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against…
Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) A forgotten 150-metre long, underground British-era bunker has been unearthed inside the sprawling Raj Bhavan complex at Malabar Hill in south Mumbai, an official said on Tuesday. Governor C.V. Rao and…
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) Outgoing Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday suggested empowering of boards of state-run banks while making…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the sale of Non-Service Pattern (NSP) weapons by the army to its officers should be done under “strict scrutiny and supervision” and in conformity…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has mooted introduction of ‘consumer studies’ in the syllabi for school and college students to help create awareness among the consumers in the country….
Botad: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal pays tribute to Swaminarayan Sect Pramukh Swami Maharaj at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir near Botad in Gujarat on Aug 16, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Ahmedabad, Aug 16 (NEWS) Delhi Chief…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The government on Tuesday said the regional officers of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will be entrusted with the power…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday ordered Payal Abdullah, the estranged wife of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, to vacate the government accommodation allotted to Omar in 1999…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav’s participation at the Rio Olympics plunged into jeopardy on Tuesday with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealing in the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against…
Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) The government on Tuesday said that Mumbai Port has set a new record for shipment of automobiles on a single ship. According to the Ministry of Shipping, Mumbai Port set the…
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday said it was hopeful of a bilateral agreement with India over a mutual ban on non-testing of atomic weapons that will ease the entry of the two countries…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (IANS) Wrestler Hardeep Singh crashed out of the men’s Greco-Roman 98 kg 1/8 Final after losing to Turkey’s Cenk Ildem 1-2 on points at the Rio Olympics here on Tuesday….
Nongkhlaw (Meghalaya), Aug 16 (IANS) Union Minister of State for the Development of Northeastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said the integrity of India is non-negotiable. “The integrity of the Union of India is…
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) Outlawed Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed has urged Pakistan to send troops to Jammu and Kashmir to “teach” India “a lesson”. In a video accessed by IANS, Saeed made an impassioned appeal…
Chennai, Aug 16 (IANS) Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said here on Tuesday that street children will be given birth certificate and Aadhaar cards. Speaking at a function organised by Dayaa Foundation, a…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Convenience fees and service charges on card-based transactions for booking train tickets, settling bills of state-run utilities and paying various taxes will soon be a thing of the past –…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) India’s annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices shot up to 3.55 per cent for July from 1.62 per cent in June, due to an 11.82 per cent jump…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) The Aligarh Muslim University has described as “politically inspired” the Narendra Modi government’s decision to withdraw the 2006 appeal challenging the Allahabad High Court verdict that the university was not…
Srinagar, Aug 16 (IANS) Security forces on Tuesday fired at stone pelting mobs at two places in the Kashmir Valley, leaving five civilians dead in a sudden escalation in violence, officials said. In Delhi, Home…
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) With India’s relations with Pakistan touching a new low, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is likely to give a miss to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Finance…