By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) For my money and time, Akshay Kumar is the finest star-actor package in Bollywood. Whether lifting the inspiring “Airlift” to another level with his performance or fooling…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said India would continue to stand with Afghanistan in fighting all forms of terrorism, in a message to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani following the terror…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) BJP parliamentarian Kirit Somaiya on Friday wrote to Justice (retd) S.N. Dhinga, who is heading the probe into the controversial land deals in Gurgaon district, and provided more documents to…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed pride and happiness over the induction of indigenously built Tejas fighter jet into the Indian Air Force. The Prime Minister also lauded Hindustan…
Thane (Maharashtra), July 1 IANS) Moving swiftly, the Thane police cracked the Rs 9.16-crore armed dacoity of a cash van on June 28 by nabbing six persons and recovering Rs 3.12 crore from them, a…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Making their monthly price revisions, state-run oil marketing companies on Friday hiked the price of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) by 5.5 per cent but cut that of non-subsidised LPG by…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Around four-five doctors of Indraprastha Apollo hospital will be summoned for questioning in relation to a kidney racket busted on June 2, police said on Friday. Joint Commissioner of Police…
Bhubaneswar, July 1 (IANS) For the third in two days, India on Friday test fired an Indo-Israeli medium range surface-to-air missile off Odisha’s coast. The missile (MR-SAM) was fired from Launch Pad 3 of Integrated…
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) A unique afforestation drive by Maharashtra to increase the green cover by planting two crore saplings was inaugurated by Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao, signalling the start of the Forest Festival (Vanamahotsav),…
Beijing, July 1 (IANS) China will not resort to the threat of force nor will it “flaunt its military power on others’ doorsteps at the drop of a hat”, a leader of the Communist Party…
Dehradun, July 1 (IANS) At least seven people were killed following cloudburst and landslides as heavy rains lashed Pithoragarh and Chamoli districts of Uttarakhand, officials said on Friday. “As many as 30 people have been…
Bengaluru, July 1 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday inducted two Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) into its ‘Flying Daggers’ 45 Squadron here. Southern Air Command Air Officer Commanding-in Chief Air Marshal Jasbir…
Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) Continuing the upward trend evinced all this week, healthy macro-economic data and positive global cues lifted the Indian equity markets higher on Friday. The key indices were seen trading with appreciable…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Technology will be the main enabler of access to quality education, healthcare and financial services in empowering people in non-urban and rural areas and Digital India is slowly but steadily…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) A “significant” part of the banks’ non-performing assets (NPAs) were a result of loans obtained by fraudulent methods, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India Shashi Kant Sharma said here…
New York, July 1 (IANS) Ths US authorities have launched an investigation after the tragic death of a man driving electric automobile-maker Tesla’s autonomous car in a crash – the first known fatal accident involving…
Marseille, July 1 (IANS) Portugal beat Poland 5-3 via a penalty shoot-out to reach the semi-finals of the European football championships after the two sides were deadlocked at 1-1 after the extra time here. During…
Thane (Maharashtra), July 1 (IANS) Moving swiftly, the Thane police have cracked the Rs 9.16 crore armed dacoity of a cash van on June 28 by nabbing six persons and recovering Rs 3.12 crore from…
Bengaluru/New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The first squadron of the indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft Tejas — christened ‘Flying Daggers 45’ — was inducted into the Indian Air Force on Friday. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) A “significant” part of the banks’ non performing assets (NPAs) were a result of loans obtained by fraudulent methods, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, Shashi Kant Sharma…