Brasilia, July 31 (IANS) More than 80 per cent of the tickets available for the Rio Olympics have been sold, organisers said on Saturday. Fans have spent 1.03 billion reais ($320 million) on tickets, representing…
Kingston, July 31 (IANS) India took firm control of the second cricket Test match by bowling out the West Indies for 196 runs before reaching for 126 for one at the end of the first…
Tunis, July 31 (IANS) Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid on Saturday lost a confidence vote in parliament. In a plenary session of the Assembly of People’s Representatives (ARP), the national deputies decided by 118 cons,…
Kingston, July 31 (IANS) Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up five wickets for 52 runs as India bowled out the West Indies for just 196 in their first innings of the second Test here on Saturday….
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) In what has come as a shocking development, over 10,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia are facing a “food crisis”, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday. “The number…
Imphal, July 30 (IANS) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday announced the commencement of works of the longest tunnel in the Indian Railway – on the Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new broad gauge railway line in Manipur. The…
Kingston, July 30 (IANS) Middle-order batsman Jermaine Blackwood’s (62) fighting half-century lifted a lacklustre West Indies to 88/4 at lunch on the opening day of the second Test against India here on Saturday. Indian seamers…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) In what has come as a shocking development, over 10,000 Indian workers in Saudi Arabia are facing a “food crisis”, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday. “The number…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on Saturday postponed the verdict over wrestler Narsingh Yadav’s dope case till Monday, continuing the ordeal of the Rio Olympics-bound grappler. NADA Director General Naveen Aggarwal…
Panaji, July 30 (IANS) The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) don’t reflect well in international rankings despite their high calibre because of a perception handicap, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Saturday….
Ahmedabad, July 30 (IANS) Patel reservation leader Hardik Patel has alleged that BJP president Amit Shah was “misusing” the Rajasthan Police to harass him at the Udaipur house where he was staying after being exiled…
July 30 (IANS) Following pressure from its main ally RJD chief Lalu Prasad, the Bihar government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday took a U-turn by lifting the ban on the sale and…
Panaji, July 30 (IANS) India is just “one or two years” away from indigenously manufacturing missiles, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday, claiming that DRDO scientists were on the verge of evolving seeker technology,…
By Darshan Desai Ahmedabad, July 30 (IANS) Prominent Muslim body Jamiat-e-Ulema-Hind has declared support for a massive public rally being organized in Ahmedabad on Sunday by around 30 different Dalit groups of Gujarat to protest…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that India needs to see if the target of becoming a developed country can be achieved by 2030, having missed keeping former…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) In a tribute to former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on his first death anniversary, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday inaugurated a memorial in his name in the national…
By Pradeep Singh Gurgaon, July 30 (IANS) Over 1,500 policemen, including four Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs), have been pressed into service in Gurgaon to ensure smooth movement of traffic following the massive rain-related traffic…
Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) State-run lender Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Saturday said that it will reduce its marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) from August 1. The bank said in a regulatory filing…
Chandigarh, July 30 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Saturday that various government departments in Gurgaon have been asked to take steps to deal with rain-induced traffic snarls and responsibility will be…
Patna, July 30 (IANS) More than 2.2 million people in Bihar have been affected by floods across the state’s 10 districts, with rivers overflowing their banks, officials said on Saturday. Vayasji, the principal secretary of…