Hyderabad, Aug 3 (IANS) RDP, a leading IT hardware and mobility devices manufacturing company, on Wednesday announced the launch of its RDP ThinBook ultra slim laptop at Rs.9,999. The 14.1-inch laptop is claimed to be…
1. What is Goods and Services Tax (GST)? How does it work? The GST is a single indirect tax for the whole nation, which will make India one unified common market. It is a single…
Chandigarh, Aug 3 (IANS) The war of words between leaders of Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) escalated, with Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Wednesday declaring that…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Most rail accidents take place around unmanned level-crossings, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday calling for the removal of such crossings as a national priority. “To…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The nine-member Lok Sabha panel probing the Parliament video of AAP MP Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said there were contradictions in his stand on the issue. “The committee gave four…
Kolkata, Aug 3 (IANS) The country’s largest lender State Bank of India has identified 7 lakh accounts, which were opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), for providing overdraft facility, a top bank…
Kathmandu, Aug 3 (IANS) Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda was on Wednesday elected the 39th Prime Minister of Nepal, Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar said. Out of a total 573…
Islamabad, Aug 3 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said the Kashmir issue is the main pillar of Islamabad’s foreign policy. Sharif, addressing the concluding session of the three-day conference of Pakistani envoys…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 3 (IANS) After being denied more furniture and television sets by the Rio Games Organising Committee (OC), the Indian contingent’s Chef de Mission Rakesh Gupta has decided to approach the Indian…
Patna, Aug 3 (IANS) The fairer gender in Bihar are all for prohibition of liquor. While the men are divided over the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Bill 2016 that was recently passed by the assembly,…
Kathmandu, Aug 3 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated newly-elected Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda. Prime Minister Modi also extended an invitation to Prachanda to visit India. “Prime Minister…
Islamabad, Aug 3 (IANS) Home Ministers from seven Saarc countries, minus Bangladesh, are meeting here on Wednesday for a two-day conclave with regional affairs, terrorism, drugs and human trafficking on the agenda. The South Asian…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The world’s apex wrestling body, United World Wrestling (UWW), on Wednesday gave the green light to India’s Narsingh Yadav for participation at the Rio Olympics, starting on Friday, after the…
Guwahati, Aug 3 (IANS) A one-horned rhino cow and her calf were killed by poachers inside the Kaziranga National Park, said park official on Wednesday. Park officials recovered the carcasses of the female rhino and…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Congress President Sonia Gandhi was on Wednesday shifted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here and was likely to undergo further tests for the fever and high blood pressure that…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Sahara chief Subrata Roy to deposit another Rs 300 crore to continue to stay on parole. The court rejected Roy’s plea to be permitted…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 (IANS) Former Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan, who was in contention for the top political post in Kerala after the May 16 assembly elections, was on Wednesday appointed chairman of the Administrative Reforms…
Kathmandu, Aug 3 (IANS) CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda was on Wednesday elected the 39th Prime Minister of Nepal, Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar said. Out of a total 573 votes cast, Prachanda…
Raigad (Maharashtra), Aug 3 (IANS) Rescuers have found two bodies even as a massive search was on for the remaining missing passengers of two buses that were washed away early on Wednesday in flood waters…
Baghdad/London, Aug 3 (IANS) Royal Air Force fighter jets have bombed a major Islamic State training centre housed in a palace built by late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence…