New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Global aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Friday said it has awarded a contract for manufacture of titanium machined parts and aluminium assemblies for the 787 Dreamliner and 737 airplanes to Bengaluru-based…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien on Saturday referred a private member’s bill on granting special status to Andhra Pradesh to the Lok Sabha Speaker to decide if it was…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) As the call drop issue remains yet to be fully addressed, the telecom regulator on Friday issued a consultation paper seeking opinion of stakeholders on how quality of services could…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) A resurgent Indian men’s hockey team aims to put behind the humiliation of 2012 Olympics as it opens the Rio Games campaign against Ireland on Saturday with renewed vigour…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who underwent surgery to fix a dislocated shoulder suffered during a rally at Varanasi, is recovering well and has been shifted out of the ICU, hospital…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he was saddened by the death of 14 people at the hands of terrorists in Assam. “Saddened by the attack in Kokrajhar. We…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) The Olympic Rings emblem first appeared in 1913 on a letter written by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. He drew and coloured the…
Agartala, Aug 5 (IANS) India’s third International Internet Gateway (IIG) in Agartala through Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh has accelerated internet connectivity in the mountainous northeastern region, a BSNL official said on Friday. “Using the 3rd…
Panaji, Aug 5 (IANS) Monkeys and wild boars that destroy farms and plantations in Goa must be declared vermin, Congress leader Pratapsing Rane said in the state assembly on Friday. “We have to declare monkeys…
Johannesburg, Aug 5 (IANS) South Africans have delivered a stinging rebuke to the ruling African National Congress (ANC), handing the party its first major election setback since it swept to power in 1994 after the…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government will move the Supreme Court in a week’s time to challenge the Delhi High Court verdict holding that Delhi was a Union Territory and the…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Delhi High Court verdict giving primacy to the Lt. Governor in the administrative affairs of Delhi has started a “new chapter in the politics” of the city, the AAP…
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Short covering, along with positive global indices and a firm rupee lifted the Indian equity markets on Friday. Consequently, the key indices provisionally closed the day with substantial gains, as healthy…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal will announce the party’s plans to contest the Gujarat assembly election at a rally in Surat on October 16, party sources said. Aam Aadmi Party leaders…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Automobile manufacturer Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) on Friday said that it will increase the prices of all models across its entire range from August 16. The company pointed out that…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 5 (IANS) With three established though squabbling players of the professional tennis circuit in its ranks, India hopes to bag at least a medal in this discipline at the Rio Olympics….
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The central government on Friday notified a 4 per cent inflation target, plus or minus 2 per cent, for the next five years under the monetary policy framework agreement with…
New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday extended till August 22 the interim bail granted to senior Corporate Affairs Ministry official B.K. Bansal in a bribery case. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)…
Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) All crew members aboard a Pakistani helicopter that crashlanded in Afghanistan were safe, Afghan Ambassador in Islamabad Omar Zakhilwal said on Friday. Six people, including a Russian national, aboard were taken…
Kathmandu, Aug 5 (IANS) Indian airline major Jet Airways has announced resumption of normal operations to Nepal, with five daily flights, beginning from October this year. The airlines said it will fly thrice a day…