New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to former Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram on his death anniversary. “I bow to the great Babu Jagjivan Ram ji on…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Rajen Gohain, a four-time BJP MP from Assam, on Wednesday took charge as Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways. Gohain was elected from Nowgong to the Lok Sabha…
Dharamsala, July 6 (IANS) The situation in Tibet and the implications of environmental degradation on the Tibetan plateau were among the issues which figured in the talks between US President Barack Obama and the Dalai…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Delhi’s Anti Corruption Branch (ACB), controlled by the central government, has summoned former Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit for questioning in an alleged water meter scam. “We have served a notice…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) An Indian national abducted in Libya in March has been released, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday. Indian Embassy in Libya has secured the release of Regi Joseph,…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Anil Madhav Dave, a Narmada river conservationist and environmentalist, on Wednesday took charge of the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change. “I will take one week to understand the…
Colombo, July 6 (IANS) The Sri Lankan Navy and Coast Guard on Wednesday arrested 17 Indian fishermen for poaching in Sri Lankan waters, officials said. Two Indian fishing trawlers were also seized when the fishermen…
Aden, July 6 (IANS) At least eight soldiers were killed and 10 injured when two car bombs went off at the main gate of a military base in Yemen’s temporary capital Aden on Wednesday, an…
Ranchi, July 6 (IANS) Ranked third among the states for Ease of Doing Business in India last September, Jharkhand is now all set to attract investments. The state government has constituted the Jharkhand Investment Promotion…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The newly appointed Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took charge of the ministry on Wednesday. Prasad succeeds D.V. Sadananda Gowda, who was moved to the Ministry of Statistics and…
Damascus, July 6 (IANS) At least 16 persons were killed and over 10 injured when a booby trapped motorcycle exploded near a bakery store in Al-Hasakah province of Syria, an official said. The blast occurred…
Washington, July 6 (IANS) Doubting India’s claim of a 7.5 per cent growth, the economic diplomacy arm of the US State Department has said that the Indian government must pursue reforms to match the rhetoric…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Passing the GST bill in Parliament will be the government’s priority, Minister of State for Finance Santosh Gangwar said after taking charge on Wednesday. Both Gangwar and Arjun Ram Meghwal…
Jammu/Srinagar, July 6 (IANS) Thousands of Muslims across Jammu and Kashmir offered Eid-ul-Fitr prayers on Wednesday at the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. There were large Eid prayer congregations at Eidgah, Hazratbal,…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (IANS) Muslims in Kerala on Wednesday celebrated Eid ul-Fitr with religious fervour at the end of Ramzan, the 30-day period of fasting. Since it rained in the state’s northern districts on Wednesday…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Newly elevated cabinet miniser Prakash Javadekar, who will take charge of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) on Thursday, has said improving the quality of education was the “biggest…
Panaji, July 6 (IANS) Taking oblique potshots at the Aam Aadmi Party and its political fray in Goa, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said “looters from Delhi” now had designs to loot Goa and were…
Toronto, July 6 (IANS) It is time to say goodbye to tactile keys. Canadian mobile maker BlackBerry has parted ways with its most successful device of its times — BlackBerry Classic. According to Ralph Pini,…
New York, July 6 (IANS) In a bid to regain footing in the social media landscape, Micro-blogging site Twitter has appointed Bret Taylor — former chief technology officer at Facebook and an ex-Google employee who…
Panaji, July 6 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had tried to dodge Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s offer to elevate him to the union cabinet, he has said, adding that it took him a couple of…