New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday slammed the government on the issue of party vice president Rahul Gandhi’s citizenship issue being referred to the Lok Sabha’s Ethics Committee. “They (government) have blindly…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Innovation was a harbinger of socio-economic development, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday while launching a national portal for start-up entrepreneurs. On the sixth day of the ongoing festival of…
Gurgaon, March 17 (IANS) In view of a call given by Jat groups to resume their agitation demanding quota, the authorities here on Thursday imposed prohibitory orders banning assembly of five or more people. The…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered status quo on the Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal (SYL canal) and appointed the union home secretary as well as the Punjab chief secretary and…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Veterans protesting over the ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) scheme here on Thursday said all accounts of expenditure of the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) were proper and there was no…
Kottayam (Kerala), March 17 (IANS) Will Puthupally in Kerala be witness to a new version of the biblical tale of David and Goliath? Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who has been winning every election from there…
Pokhara (Nepal), March 17 (IANS) A Joint Investigation Team (JIT) from Pakistan, probing the Pathankot terror attack, will come to India on March 27, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday after a meeting…
Srinagar, March 17 (IANS) A bank guard was killed here on Thursday after being shot by his colleague, police said, adding they were probing if the incident was intentional or accidental. “A bank guard identified…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to roll back the hike in excise duty levied on…
Pokhara (Nepal), March 17 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held a meeting with Sartaj Aziz, foreign affairs advisor to the Pakistan prime minister, on the sidelines of the Saarc ministerial meeting here on Thursday….
By Anil Giri Pokhara, March 17 (IANS) Pakistan, the incoming chair of Saarc, has proposed the name of Pakistani diplomat Amjad Hussain B. Sial as the next Saarc secretary-general, officials said on Thursday. The name…
Bombay Stock Exchange. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices which opened higher on Thursday and further surged in line with global cues, particularly after the US Federal Reserve kept its…
Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting and BJP leader Arun Jaitley. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday declined specific comment if his government…
Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs, and Information and Broadcasting and BJP leader Arun Jaitley. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Describing the pan-India Goods and Services Tax Bill among the last major…
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) The Bombay High Court on Thursday commuted, to a life term, the death sentence to Mirza Himayat Baig after his conviction for the February 13, 2010 Pune German Bakery blast which…
By Anil Giri Pokhara, March 17 (IANS) India and Pakistan are vying to host the Saarc Environment and Disaster Management Centre, a new body to look into the environment- and disaster-related issues in the region….
(Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered status quo on the SYL canal and appointed the union home secretary as well as the Punjab chief secretary and DGP as…
Bombay Stock Exchange. (File Photo: IANS) Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets, the 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), on Thursday provisionally closed the day’s trading flat — lower by 5.11 points…
Hyderabad, March 17 (IANS) Airlines in India will need 1,740 new airplanes valued at $240 billion over the next 20 years, leading aircraft-maker Boeing has said. According to Boeing’s latest forecast, 1,460 or 84 percent…
Pathankot: Soilders inside the Pathankot Air Force base that was attacked by militants; on Jan 5, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Islamabad, March 17 (IANS) Indian has granted visas to members of the Pakistani Special Investigation Team,…