New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Finance Ministry has announced new rules allowing for premature withdrawal of the Public Provident Fund (PPF) account deposit for reasons such as higher education or treatment of serious ailments….
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Quick government measures including actions against hoarders and increasing of stocks have led to “increased availability of the commodity” in the market on Tuesday resulting in modest fall in wholesale…
Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan at Mehboob studio in Mumbai. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Criticising Bollywood superstar Salman Khan for his remark that he felt like a “raped woman” after shooting a wrestling…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Political psychologist Ashis Nandy said the BJP does not have enough competent people in its ranks and does not want to take the risk of depending on people from outside…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) A day after he was booked in the water tankers scam along with his predecessor Sheila Dikshit, Delhi Chief Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Criticising Bollywood superstar Salman Khan for his remark that he felt like a “raped woman” after shooting a wrestling scene in his upcoming film ‘Sultan’, the National Commission for Women…
Beijing, June 21 (IANS) China is no barrier to India’s NSG membership, says a leading state-run Chinese daily even as it clubbed India and Pakistan together in their quest for membership to the elite nuclear…
Patna, June 21 (IANS) A special vigilance court here on Tuesday dismissed the interim bail pleas of Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) former chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh and his wife Usha Sinha, police said. The…
Islamabad, June 21 (IANS) President Mamnoon Hussain will lead Pakistan’s delegation to the meeting of the Head of States Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tashkent on June 23-24. According to Pakistan’s Foreign…
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Profit booking, combined with negative global cues and a weak rupee, subdued the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. Consequently, the key indices provisionally closed the day’s trade marginally in the red…
London, June 21 (IANS) Uncertainty, division and tension continued in Britain two days ahead of a referendum on its European Union membership as campaign rallies resumed on Tuesday. Campaigning renewed after a three-day suspension following…
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) An indigenous technology to restrict benzene, a carcinogenic element, in petrol and naphtha has been developed in collaboration with the state-run Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) in Dehradun, the Reliance Industries…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) From the world’s highest battlefield to its largest ocean, soldiers and families from the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force observed International Yoga Day by performing Yoga exercises in thousands…
Mumbai, June 21 (IANS) Profit booking, combined with negative global cues and a weak rupee, subdued the Indian equity markets on Tuesday. Consequently, the key indices traded marginally in the red during the late-afternoon session…
Toulouse, June 21 (IANS) Wales rode on excellent performances from Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale to inflict an embarrassing 3-0 loss on Russia at the Stadium de Toulouse here on Monday to claim first place…
Udhampur, June 21 (IANS) Indian soldiers celebrated the International Yoga Day on Tuesday at Siachen Glacier — the world’s highest battlefield. The armys Fire & Fury Corps at Siachen, Leh, Kargil and other forward posts…
Kabul, June 21 (IANS) At least 27 passengers were kidnapped on Tuesday after Taliban militants intercepted three vehicles in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand. “Armed militants stopped two trucks and a long-distance bus along Kabul-Herat…
Amman, June 21 (IANS) At least six Jordanian officials were killed and 14 injured on Tuesday in a terror attack at the border with Syria, the country’s armed forces said. Those killed include four border…
Aizawl/Agartala, June 21 (IANS) The International Yoga Day was observed, enthusiastically in Left Front-ruled Tripura and at low key in predominantly Christian Mizoram on Tuesday after church bodies asked their members to refrain from the…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) With two more days to go for the crucial referendum on Britain’s continuance in the European Union, speculation over its exit (Brexit) is making the global economy nervous and the…